CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Solar Lighting?

$3.5M across 144 payments, April 8, 2024 to August 4, 2026 — 32 purchase orders and 6 vendors, run by Non-departmental: Appropriations to Special Purpose Fund.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: SOLAR LIGHTING

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 4 fiscal years across 32 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.

$3.5MTotal spent
32Purchase orders
6Vendors
81%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2023-24
$22K
FY2024-25
$2.2M
FY2025-26
$1.3M
FY2026-27 *
$16K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $453K.

Who was paid

9 payments

24 payments

Under which orders

23 payments · April 30, 2025 to June 20, 2025

1 payment · June 2, 2026 to June 2, 2026

6 payments · July 17, 2025 to March 25, 2026

1 payment · April 25, 2025 to April 25, 2025

2 payments · April 8, 2024 to April 8, 2024

2 payments · October 6, 2025 to October 6, 2025

11 payments · May 6, 2025 to May 27, 2025

1 payment · February 14, 2025 to February 14, 2025

2 payments · July 8, 2024 to July 8, 2024

3 payments · July 20, 2026 to July 20, 2026

7 payments · June 2, 2026 to June 9, 2026

2 payments · May 5, 2026 to May 5, 2026

2 payments · July 22, 2026 to July 22, 2026

4 payments · July 10, 2026 to July 30, 2026

2 payments · May 15, 2025 to May 15, 2025

2 payments · August 4, 2026 to August 4, 2026

2 payments · June 1, 2026 to June 1, 2026

43 payments · June 15, 2026 to July 10, 2026

2 payments · August 26, 2024 to August 26, 2024

3 payments · July 3, 2024 to July 9, 2024

2 payments · August 13, 2025 to August 13, 2025

1 payment · July 12, 2024 to July 12, 2024

3 payments · July 12, 2024 to July 12, 2024

1 payment · July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2025

1 payment · September 4, 2025 to September 4, 2025

2 payments · May 19, 2026 to May 19, 2026

1 payment · May 7, 2025 to May 7, 2025

3 payments · June 4, 2025 to June 4, 2025

3 payments · May 21, 2025 to June 17, 2025

2 payments · July 15, 2026 to July 15, 2026

2 payments · May 23, 2025 to May 23, 2025

2 payments · September 8, 2025 to September 8, 2025

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.