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What has the City spent on Universal Broadband Services?
$8.3M across 626 payments, July 11, 2023 to September 9, 2026 — 186 purchase orders and 26 vendors, run by Non-departmental: Appropriations to Special Purpose Fund.
As published: UNIVERSAL BROADBAND SERVICES
This budget line has run for 4 fiscal years across 186 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): $356K.
Who was paid
The 25 largest of 26 vendors on this line.
130 payments
124 payments
56 payments
8 payments
4 payments
1 payment
22 payments
7 payments
38 payments
7 payments
130 payments
3 payments
10 payments
10 payments
10 payments
23 payments
1 payment
29 payments
2 payments
1 payment
1 payment
2 payments
1 payment
3 payments
1 payment
Under which orders
The 40 largest of 186 purchase orders booked to this line.
89 payments · May 23, 2024 to August 19, 2025
19 payments · June 5, 2025 to July 27, 2026
7 payments · April 15, 2025 to June 12, 2025
5 payments · July 29, 2024 to October 30, 2024
4 payments · April 11, 2024 to August 5, 2024
18 payments · August 27, 2024 to September 3, 2024
3 payments · October 2, 2024 to December 3, 2024
3 payments · August 29, 2025 to October 24, 2025
6 payments · August 3, 2023 to August 1, 2024
1 payment · August 1, 2024 to August 1, 2024
22 payments · April 14, 2025 to September 9, 2026
2 payments · June 16, 2025 to June 16, 2025
5 payments · May 6, 2025 to June 16, 2025
11 payments · September 11, 2024 to September 11, 2024
4 payments · April 21, 2025 to April 23, 2025
4 payments · June 13, 2025 to February 3, 2026
4 payments · September 10, 2024 to September 10, 2024
3 payments · May 24, 2024 to May 24, 2024
2 payments · March 10, 2026 to March 27, 2026
1 payment · November 26, 2024 to November 26, 2024
3 payments · November 10, 2025 to November 10, 2025
8 payments · July 16, 2024 to August 26, 2024
5 payments · May 24, 2024 to May 30, 2024
4 payments · November 17, 2023 to November 21, 2023
3 payments · November 15, 2024 to January 3, 2025
1 payment · July 28, 2023 to July 28, 2023
1 payment · March 13, 2025 to March 13, 2025
1 payment · August 30, 2024 to August 30, 2024
2 payments · May 5, 2025 to May 5, 2025
4 payments · May 8, 2025 to July 16, 2025
5 payments · July 11, 2023 to July 11, 2023
6 payments · May 28, 2026 to May 28, 2026
4 payments · August 12, 2025 to August 12, 2025
2 payments · July 10, 2025 to July 14, 2025
4 payments · May 2, 2024 to May 2, 2024
2 payments · August 26, 2025 to August 26, 2025
2 payments · April 24, 2025 to April 29, 2025
3 payments · June 9, 2025 to June 9, 2025
2 payments · August 24, 2023 to August 24, 2023
7 payments · February 25, 2026 to March 3, 2026
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.