CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Sony Pictures Big Read Program?

$193K across 20 payments, February 28, 2018 to September 16, 2025 — 11 purchase orders and 5 vendors, run by Cultural Affairs.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: SONY PICTURES BIG READ PROGRAM

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 9 fiscal years across 11 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.

$193KTotal spent
11Purchase orders
5Vendors
44%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$20K
FY2018-19
$20K
FY2019-20
$20K
FY2020-21
$15K
FY2021-22
$51K
FY2022-23
$4K
FY2023-24
$21K
FY2024-25
$17K
FY2025-26
$25K

Who was paid

Cambridge Players Inc$85K

10 payments

Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory$50K

5 payments

Future Roots Inc$25K

2 payments

Bookpal LLC.$20K

2 payments

Stuart Bernstein$14K

1 payment

Under which orders

SC30CO22139970M$25K

3 payments · April 25, 2022 to October 7, 2022

SC30CO24145293M$25K

2 payments · June 21, 2024 to August 28, 2024

SC30CO25200521M$25K

2 payments · July 21, 2025 to September 16, 2025

SC30CO18130826M$20K

3 payments · February 28, 2018 to June 25, 2018

SC30CO19132610M$20K

2 payments · February 22, 2019 to May 2, 2019

SC30CO20134835M$20K

2 payments · March 2, 2020 to June 8, 2020

SC30CO21137439M$20K

2 payments · February 4, 2021 to July 1, 2021

OPO30220000300330$18K

1 payment · November 19, 2021 to November 19, 2021

GAEAE30AE25000048P$14K

1 payment · March 25, 2025 to March 25, 2025

SC30CO22137439M$5K

1 payment · January 28, 2022 to January 28, 2022

OPO30220000300739$2K

1 payment · December 17, 2021 to December 17, 2021

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.