CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Root for the Future?

$1.1M across 97 payments, December 5, 2022 to September 1, 2026 — 4 purchase orders and 3 vendors, run by Non-departmental.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: ROOT FOR THE FUTURE

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 5 fiscal years across 4 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.

$1.1MTotal spent
4Purchase orders
3Vendors
42%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2022-23
$163K
FY2023-24
$682K
FY2024-25
$157K
FY2025-26
$29K
FY2026-27 *
$74K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $29K.

Who was paid

Los Angeles Conservation Corps Inc$460K

14 payments

Koreatown Youth and Community Center Inc$451K

42 payments

Hollywood Beautification Team /C$194K

41 payments

Under which orders

SC50CO23124509M$460K

14 payments · December 5, 2022 to June 4, 2024

SC50CO23136652M$377K

34 payments · April 25, 2023 to September 8, 2025

SC50CO23136655M$194K

41 payments · January 6, 2023 to September 5, 2025

SC50CO27145562M$74K

8 payments · August 31, 2026 to September 1, 2026

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.