CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Office Supplies?

$185K across 665 payments, July 24, 2017 to August 26, 2026 — 143 purchase orders and 21 vendors, run by Transportation.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: OFFICE SUPPLIES

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 143 separate purchase orders. A single payment in the register shows none of that — the commitment outlives any one order, and the orders are how it gets renewed.

$185KTotal spent
143Purchase orders
21Vendors
43%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$39K
FY2018-19
$62K
FY2019-20
$22K
FY2020-21
$5K
FY2021-22
$671
FY2022-23
$2K
FY2023-24
$49K
FY2024-25
$1K
FY2025-26
$2K
FY2026-27 *
$2K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $850.

Who was paid

Under which orders

The 39 largest of 143 purchase orders booked to this line.

3 payments · May 20, 2019 to May 20, 2019

2 payments · May 21, 2024 to May 21, 2024

2 payments · May 14, 2024 to May 14, 2024

1 payment · June 4, 2018 to June 4, 2018

2 payments · May 14, 2019 to May 14, 2019

1 payment · June 4, 2018 to June 4, 2018

8 payments · February 13, 2018 to February 28, 2018

5 payments · May 17, 2018 to May 17, 2018

6 payments · October 27, 2017 to November 15, 2017

1 payment · July 9, 2018 to July 9, 2018

5 payments · August 27, 2019 to September 9, 2019

9 payments · November 28, 2017 to November 28, 2017

2 payments · February 18, 2020 to February 18, 2020

3 payments · May 23, 2018 to May 31, 2018

1 payment · February 26, 2020 to February 26, 2020

2 payments · May 5, 2021 to May 5, 2021

2 payments · February 4, 2019 to February 4, 2019

4 payments · April 23, 2020 to April 23, 2020

3 payments · December 3, 2019 to December 3, 2019

4 payments · May 7, 2019 to May 7, 2019

1 payment · October 5, 2017 to October 5, 2017

1 payment · August 26, 2026 to August 26, 2026

2 payments · June 3, 2019 to June 3, 2019

1 payment · October 25, 2018 to October 25, 2018

41 payments · April 17, 2020 to April 20, 2020

4 payments · December 21, 2017 to December 21, 2017

1 payment · June 23, 2020 to June 23, 2020

4 payments · May 17, 2021 to May 17, 2021

1 payment · January 27, 2020 to January 27, 2020

1 payment · May 24, 2023 to May 24, 2023

2 payments · December 10, 2018 to December 10, 2018

2 payments · December 26, 2018 to December 26, 2018

1 payment · June 4, 2020 to June 4, 2020

4 payments · December 26, 2018 to December 28, 2018

4 payments · February 26, 2019 to February 27, 2019

4 payments · May 7, 2019 to May 9, 2019

1 payment · June 12, 2018 to June 12, 2018

1 payment · March 1, 2019 to March 1, 2019

1 payment · August 30, 2019 to August 30, 2019

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Grouped by account_name, the budget line a payment is booked against — populated on every row, and the most useful field for understanding what a payment actually bought. Back to the checkbook.