CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Refuse Collection Services?

$675K across 466 payments, August 8, 2017 to September 3, 2026 — 13 purchase orders and 2 vendors, run by Recreation and Parks.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICES

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 13 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.

$675KTotal spent
13Purchase orders
2Vendors
94%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$47K
FY2018-19
$58K
FY2019-20
$74K
FY2020-21
$58K
FY2021-22
$77K
FY2022-23
$58K
FY2023-24
$83K
FY2024-25
$101K
FY2025-26
$113K
FY2026-27 *
$8K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $16K.

Who was paid

Under which orders

48 payments · September 10, 2025 to August 4, 2026

45 payments · August 17, 2023 to July 18, 2024

46 payments · August 21, 2024 to August 5, 2025

53 payments · August 20, 2019 to August 18, 2020

50 payments · August 26, 2020 to August 10, 2021

45 payments · August 17, 2022 to August 8, 2023

44 payments · September 27, 2021 to August 9, 2022

54 payments · August 17, 2017 to August 7, 2018

47 payments · August 16, 2018 to August 6, 2019

2 payments · June 17, 2025 to June 17, 2025

5 payments · August 21, 2025 to October 20, 2025

4 payments · August 20, 2026 to September 3, 2026

2 payments · August 8, 2017 to August 8, 2017

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.