CheckbookBudget line
What has the City spent on Translation Services?
$465K across 521 payments, November 7, 2018 to July 27, 2026 — 8 purchase orders and 4 vendors, run by Housing.
As published: TRANSLATION SERVICES
This budget line has run for 9 fiscal years across 8 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.
Spending by fiscal year
* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $17K.
Who was paid
Under which orders
157 payments · August 16, 2022 to August 6, 2025
60 payments · August 20, 2025 to July 27, 2026
30 payments · December 8, 2020 to March 14, 2022
34 payments · October 7, 2021 to November 14, 2022
143 payments · November 7, 2018 to September 3, 2020
88 payments · September 21, 2020 to September 21, 2020
5 payments · May 22, 2025 to August 6, 2025
4 payments · November 14, 2022 to March 22, 2023
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.