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What has the City spent on Social Equity Program?

$7.6M across 192 payments, December 16, 2021 to August 25, 2026 — 27 purchase orders and 10 vendors, run by Cannabis Regulation.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 6 fiscal years across 27 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.

$7.6MTotal spent
27Purchase orders
10Vendors
34%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2021-22
$1.8M
FY2022-23
$3.9M
FY2023-24
$924K
FY2024-25
$419K
FY2025-26
$573K
FY2026-27 *
$1K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $97K.

Who was paid

North Star Alliances$2.6M

57 payments

Wise Education Technology, Inc.$2.3M

56 payments

High Demand Development, LLC$1.1M

40 payments

Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches$575K

21 payments

Los Angeles County Bar Association$560K

1 payment

Connie Sparks$396K

13 payments

4FRONT Partners LLC$40K

1 payment

Cornerstone Ondemand Inc$27K

1 payment

Abm Parking Services Inc$1K

1 payment

California Science Center$750

1 payment

Under which orders

SC13CO23135393M$1.7M

27 payments · July 26, 2022 to November 13, 2023

SC13CO23136710M-2$781K

7 payments · April 17, 2023 to October 2, 2023

SC13CO23141397M$560K

1 payment · November 22, 2022 to November 22, 2022

SC13CO22135393M$555K

10 payments · December 16, 2021 to June 22, 2022

SC13CO23136710M$550K

7 payments · July 26, 2022 to January 19, 2023

SC13CO23136688M$441K

14 payments · July 26, 2022 to September 28, 2023

SC13CO22136710M-1$375K

6 payments · January 27, 2022 to May 10, 2022

SC13CO25145045M$306K

16 payments · July 17, 2024 to March 4, 2026

SC13CO25145046M$290K

26 payments · January 6, 2025 to April 23, 2026

SC13CO22136688M$262K

5 payments · December 16, 2021 to May 10, 2022

SC13CO23136705M$250K

8 payments · August 17, 2022 to July 10, 2023

SC13CO25145042M$250K

17 payments · December 17, 2024 to May 11, 2026

SC13CO23136712M$201K

7 payments · August 2, 2022 to February 16, 2023

SC13CO22136712M$195K

6 payments · January 27, 2022 to June 15, 2022

SC13CO22136705M$172K

6 payments · January 27, 2022 to April 13, 2022

SC13CO23136710M-1$135K

2 payments · January 19, 2023 to March 9, 2023

SC13CO22136710M-2$125K

2 payments · May 10, 2022 to July 26, 2022

SC13CO22136688M-1$124K

3 payments · May 10, 2022 to July 26, 2022

SC13CO24136705M$99K

5 payments · July 10, 2023 to August 2, 2023

SC13CO24135046M$55K

6 payments · May 13, 2024 to September 24, 2024

SC13CO24145045M$53K

4 payments · June 7, 2024 to July 17, 2024

SC13CO25137430M$40K

1 payment · December 4, 2024 to December 4, 2024

SC13CO22136705M-1$27K

1 payment · June 24, 2022 to June 24, 2022

SC13CO23140215M$27K

1 payment · May 2, 2024 to May 2, 2024

SC13CO25145043M$27K

1 payment · April 28, 2026 to April 28, 2026

SC13CO24136688M$21K

1 payment · September 28, 2023 to September 28, 2023

GAEAE13AE27130004M$1K

1 payment · August 25, 2026 to August 25, 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.