CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Outside Auditor?

$5.4M across 68 payments, March 23, 2021 to August 27, 2026 — 6 purchase orders and 2 vendors, run by Housing.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: OUTSIDE AUDITOR

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 7 fiscal years across 6 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.

$5.4MTotal spent
6Purchase orders
2Vendors
70%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2020-21
$267K
FY2021-22
$1.0M
FY2022-23
$1.1M
FY2023-24
$962K
FY2024-25
$813K
FY2025-26
$1.1M
FY2026-27 *
$150K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $156K.

Who was paid

Abt Associates Inc$3.8M

50 payments

Abt Global LLC$1.6M

18 payments

Under which orders

SC43CO22137663M$960K

12 payments · November 8, 2021 to October 7, 2022

SC43CO23137663M$960K

12 payments · October 7, 2022 to August 14, 2023

SC43CO24137663M$960K

13 payments · August 14, 2023 to August 9, 2024

SC43CO25137663M$960K

15 payments · August 9, 2024 to December 15, 2025

SC43CO26137663M$927K

7 payments · December 15, 2025 to August 27, 2026

SC43CO21137663M$640K

9 payments · March 23, 2021 to November 8, 2021

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.