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What has the City paid Californians for the Arts?

$38K in City payments across 24 checks, from April 5, 2019 to July 20, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: CALIFORNIANS FOR THE ARTS

$38KTotal paid
24Payments
$1,563Average payment
FY2023-24Peak full year · $10K

By fiscal year

FY2018-19
$5K
FY2019-20
$5K
FY2020-21
$3K
FY2021-22
$5K
FY2023-24
$10K
FY2024-25
$5K
FY2026-27 *
$5K

Who pays them

Cultural Affairs$38K

What for

Office and Administrative$18K

20 payments

LA Cultural Tourism & Promotion$15K

3 payments

Employee Training Productivity and Efficiency Program$5K

1 payment

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $5K 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 20, 2026LA Cultural Tourism & PromotionCultural AffairsFY26 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL$5,000
March 21, 2025Employee Training Productivity and Efficiency ProgramCultural AffairsFY2025 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL 3/21/2025 - 3/21/2026$5,000
March 7, 2024Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2025$2,200
March 7, 2024Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2025$1,950
March 7, 2024Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2025$450
March 7, 2024Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2025$250
March 7, 2024Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2025$150
August 15, 2023Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2023 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2024$2,200
August 15, 2023Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2023 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2024$1,950
August 15, 2023Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2023 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2024$450
August 15, 2023Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2023 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2024$250
August 15, 2023Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsDCA MEMBERSHIP DUES - MARCH 1, 2023 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2024$150
March 24, 2022Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/22-02/28/23$2,200
March 24, 2022Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/22-02/28/23$1,950
March 24, 2022Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/22-02/28/23$450
March 24, 2022Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/22-02/28/23$250
March 24, 2022Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/22-02/28/23$150
March 4, 2021Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/21-02/28/22$1,100
March 4, 2021Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/21-02/28/22$975
March 4, 2021Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/21-02/28/22$225
March 4, 2021Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/21-02/28/22$125
March 4, 2021Office and AdministrativeCultural AffairsFOR MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CA ARTISTS AND ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS, 03/01/21-02/28/22$75
March 3, 2020LA Cultural Tourism & PromotionCultural AffairsFOR 2020 MEMBERSHIP DUES, 01/01/2020-12/31/2020$5,000
April 5, 2019LA Cultural Tourism & PromotionCultural Affairs2019 MEMBERSHIP DUES, 1/1/19-12/31/19$5,000

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.