CheckbookVendor

What has the City paid Argus Inc?

$2.4M in City payments across 198 checks, from January 27, 2021 to August 20, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: ARGUS INC

$2.4MTotal paid
198Payments
$11,913Average payment
FY2025-26Peak full year · $564K

By fiscal year

FY2020-21
$272K
FY2021-22
$204K
FY2022-23
$219K
FY2023-24
$409K
FY2024-25
$452K
FY2025-26
$564K
FY2026-27 *
$238K

Who pays them

Police$1.4M
Information Technology Agency$269K
Mayor$235K
General Services$209K
Civil, Human Rights and Equity$141K
City Attorney$109K

What for

Contractual Services$2.2M

186 payments

Litigation$109K

11 payments

Cable Franchise Oversight$14K

1 payment

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $238K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $3K.

Most recent payments

The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.

DateBudget linePurposeAmount
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$27,225
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$19,520
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$11,400
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$11,060
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$9,000
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$9,000
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$9,000
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$7,875
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$7,000
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$5,985
August 20, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$5,875
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$23,700
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$21,450
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$20,480
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$9,800
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$8,500
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$8,500
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$8,500
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$8,000
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$5,180
August 17, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$675
June 4, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$28,500
June 4, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$21,900
June 4, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$20,480
June 4, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceIT SERVICES$9,000

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.