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What has the City spent on Special Events (El Pueblo)?

$116K across 255 payments, October 26, 2017 to July 30, 2026 — 63 purchase orders and 12 vendors, run by El Pueblo de Los Angeles.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: SPECIAL EVENTS (EL PUEBLO)

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 63 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.

$116KTotal spent
63Purchase orders
12Vendors
50%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$8K
FY2018-19
$23K
FY2019-20
$2K
FY2020-21
$127
FY2021-22
$5K
FY2022-23
$993
FY2023-24
$38K
FY2024-25
$27K
FY2025-26
$6K
FY2026-27 *
$5K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $0.

Who was paid

Under which orders

The 40 largest of 63 purchase orders booked to this line.

2 payments · August 15, 2024 to August 15, 2024

12 payments · November 7, 2018 to November 7, 2018

6 payments · March 14, 2024 to March 14, 2024

8 payments · May 8, 2024 to May 8, 2024

10 payments · May 22, 2019 to May 22, 2019

2 payments · May 12, 2022 to June 9, 2022

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

9 payments · May 19, 2025 to May 19, 2025

2 payments · March 20, 2024 to March 20, 2024

2 payments · May 6, 2024 to May 6, 2024

1 payment · September 17, 2024 to September 17, 2024

5 payments · May 12, 2026 to May 12, 2026

1 payment · May 15, 2024 to May 15, 2024

5 payments · April 1, 2019 to April 1, 2019

5 payments · May 13, 2024 to May 13, 2024

3 payments · May 13, 2024 to May 13, 2024

3 payments · July 31, 2024 to August 15, 2024

1 payment · March 7, 2024 to March 7, 2024

13 payments · December 26, 2017 to December 26, 2017

4 payments · October 24, 2024 to October 24, 2024

5 payments · May 30, 2025 to May 30, 2025

8 payments · March 14, 2024 to March 14, 2024

4 payments · March 14, 2024 to March 14, 2024

5 payments · June 17, 2019 to June 17, 2019

5 payments · April 22, 2019 to April 22, 2019

4 payments · February 20, 2024 to February 20, 2024

4 payments · October 24, 2024 to October 24, 2024

4 payments · January 13, 2025 to January 13, 2025

4 payments · January 12, 2026 to January 12, 2026

3 payments · May 6, 2024 to May 6, 2024

4 payments · February 23, 2026 to February 23, 2026

2 payments · May 18, 2018 to May 18, 2018

4 payments · July 18, 2018 to July 18, 2018

2 payments · April 22, 2019 to April 22, 2019

3 payments · January 22, 2018 to January 22, 2018

13 payments · May 18, 2020 to May 18, 2020

4 payments · January 20, 2023 to January 20, 2023

7 payments · May 22, 2020 to May 22, 2020

6 payments · April 8, 2024 to April 8, 2024

10 payments · May 17, 2019 to May 17, 2019

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.