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What has the City spent on Summer Night Lights?

$761K across 3,114 payments, August 8, 2022 to September 1, 2026 — 271 purchase orders and 28 vendors, run by Recreation and Parks.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 5 fiscal years across 271 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.

$761KTotal spent
271Purchase orders
28Vendors
52%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2022-23
$26K
FY2023-24
$145K
FY2024-25
$573K
FY2025-26
$6K
FY2026-27 *
$12K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $2K.

Who was paid

The 25 largest of 28 vendors on this line.

889 payments

354 payments

963 payments

440 payments

3 payments

31 payments

122 payments

13 payments

10 payments

4 payments

8 payments

4 payments

9 payments

4 payments

5 payments

3 payments

4 payments

5 payments

3 payments

1 payment

Under which orders

The 40 largest of 271 purchase orders booked to this line.

6 payments · September 5, 2024 to March 6, 2025

72 payments · September 5, 2024 to March 6, 2025

242 payments · July 24, 2023 to August 31, 2023

165 payments · September 27, 2023 to September 27, 2023

72 payments · September 5, 2024 to March 6, 2025

88 payments · July 31, 2023 to July 31, 2023

3 payments · September 22, 2022 to September 22, 2022

84 payments · October 6, 2022 to August 23, 2023

1 payment · September 1, 2026 to September 1, 2026

14 payments · September 30, 2024 to February 13, 2025

36 payments · July 31, 2023 to July 31, 2023

7 payments · November 13, 2024 to November 13, 2024

7 payments · November 18, 2024 to November 18, 2024

7 payments · November 14, 2024 to November 14, 2024

7 payments · November 14, 2024 to November 14, 2024

7 payments · January 21, 2025 to January 21, 2025

7 payments · December 16, 2024 to December 16, 2024

7 payments · December 16, 2024 to December 16, 2024

7 payments · December 16, 2024 to December 16, 2024

7 payments · November 13, 2024 to November 13, 2024

4 payments · November 14, 2024 to November 14, 2024

4 payments · November 25, 2024 to November 25, 2024

4 payments · January 21, 2025 to January 21, 2025

4 payments · November 6, 2024 to November 6, 2024

4 payments · December 16, 2024 to December 16, 2024

4 payments · December 16, 2024 to December 16, 2024

4 payments · December 16, 2024 to December 16, 2024

4 payments · November 6, 2024 to November 6, 2024

88 payments · July 26, 2023 to July 26, 2023

7 payments · November 13, 2024 to November 13, 2024

7 payments · October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2024

7 payments · November 18, 2024 to November 18, 2024

7 payments · November 14, 2024 to November 14, 2024

7 payments · November 14, 2024 to November 14, 2024

7 payments · January 21, 2025 to January 21, 2025

7 payments · November 13, 2024 to November 13, 2024

7 payments · December 16, 2024 to December 16, 2024

7 payments · December 16, 2024 to December 16, 2024

7 payments · December 16, 2024 to December 16, 2024

4 payments · November 19, 2024 to November 19, 2024

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.