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What has the City paid Bookpal LLC.?

$103K in City payments across 40 checks, from January 17, 2018 to July 27, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: BOOKPAL LLC.

$103KTotal paid
40Payments
$2,570Average payment
FY2021-22Peak full year · $22K

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$15K
FY2019-20
$14K
FY2020-21
$9K
FY2021-22
$22K
FY2022-23
$6K
FY2023-24
$13K
FY2024-25
$18K
FY2025-26
$4K
FY2026-27 *
$1K

Who pays them

Cultural Affairs$102K
Public Works – Contract Administration$1K

What for

Art and Music Expense$49K

32 payments

Operating Supplies$33K

3 payments

Sony Pictures Big Read Program$20K

2 payments

Office and Administrative$1K

3 payments

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $1K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $0.

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
July 27, 2026Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE WORLD CUP: SOCCER'S GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP (SOFTCOVER)$1,454
March 26, 2026Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE [PAPERBACK]$2,266
March 26, 2026Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE WORLD CUP: SOCCER'S GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP (SOFTCOVER)$1,744
April 14, 2025Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$1,430
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$2,111
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$2,043
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$1,907
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$1,873
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$1,635
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$1,567
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$1,430
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$1,240
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$831
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$688
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$681
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$341
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsTHE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS$272
December 17, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsLA CASA EN MANGO STREET$272
March 4, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsPAPERBACK - CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?$2,746
January 19, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsPAPERBACK - CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?$3,146
January 19, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsPAPERBACK - CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?$2,746
January 19, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsPAPERBACK - CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?$849
January 19, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsPAPERBACK - CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?$499
January 18, 2024Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsPAPERBACK - CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?$2,796
May 18, 2023Art and Music ExpenseCultural AffairsAMERICAN BORN CHINESE$1,578

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.