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What has the City spent on Park Mitigation Fee?

$69.7M across 4,199 payments, July 24, 2018 to September 9, 2026 — 384 purchase orders and 96 vendors, run by Recreation and Parks.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: PARK MITIGATION FEE

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 9 fiscal years across 384 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.

$69.7MTotal spent
384Purchase orders
96Vendors
13%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2018-19
$96K
FY2019-20
$1.2M
FY2020-21
$1.6M
FY2021-22
$5.1M
FY2022-23
$6.5M
FY2023-24
$8.8M
FY2024-25
$13.5M
FY2025-26
$28.4M
FY2026-27 *
$4.5M

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $1.1M.

Who was paid

The 25 largest of 96 vendors on this line.

50 payments

275 payments

313 payments

100 payments

148 payments

8 payments

28 payments

28 payments

3 payments

14 payments

15 payments

61 payments

Under which orders

The 40 largest of 384 purchase orders booked to this line.

61 payments · April 17, 2024 to April 22, 2025

18 payments · November 10, 2022 to August 14, 2026

33 payments · November 24, 2025 to July 15, 2026

58 payments · February 26, 2026 to June 15, 2026

111 payments · September 27, 2024 to August 28, 2026

35 payments · February 12, 2026 to August 10, 2026

36 payments · September 24, 2025 to June 18, 2026

6 payments · April 16, 2026 to August 28, 2026

12 payments · August 25, 2025 to June 12, 2026

92 payments · August 22, 2022 to August 14, 2024

12 payments · January 23, 2025 to April 14, 2026

90 payments · January 17, 2025 to November 17, 2025

25 payments · January 5, 2022 to June 7, 2023

1 payment · April 23, 2026 to April 23, 2026

26 payments · July 27, 2023 to August 14, 2026

70 payments · October 2, 2025 to June 22, 2026

8 payments · September 23, 2025 to July 24, 2026

4 payments · September 25, 2025 to June 3, 2026

60 payments · August 21, 2023 to July 11, 2024

5 payments · February 3, 2022 to July 6, 2022

60 payments · August 23, 2022 to March 15, 2024

56 payments · May 5, 2021 to February 8, 2023

99 payments · April 10, 2025 to June 17, 2026

3 payments · June 6, 2022 to June 13, 2022

27 payments · August 20, 2021 to April 1, 2024

25 payments · November 10, 2021 to November 22, 2022

47 payments · May 1, 2026 to August 6, 2026

22 payments · November 17, 2021 to May 31, 2023

33 payments · September 17, 2025 to February 19, 2026

53 payments · July 17, 2023 to April 17, 2024

9 payments · November 10, 2025 to May 12, 2026

23 payments · July 13, 2022 to October 5, 2023

8 payments · January 7, 2025 to January 28, 2026

12 payments · February 15, 2024 to September 18, 2024

7 payments · July 31, 2023 to November 5, 2025

16 payments · July 31, 2023 to July 16, 2024

3 payments · November 21, 2025 to April 16, 2026

8 payments · May 21, 2026 to September 2, 2026

3 payments · January 23, 2024 to August 28, 2024

14 payments · July 27, 2023 to August 12, 2024

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.