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What has the City paid Chicago Title Company?

$70.4M in City payments across 194 checks, from July 24, 2017 to August 28, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY

$70.4MTotal paid
194Payments
$362,756Average payment
FY2023-24Peak full year · $31.6M

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$26.3M
FY2018-19
$30K
FY2019-20
$308K
FY2020-21
$14K
FY2021-22
$18K
FY2022-23
$25K
FY2023-24
$31.6M
FY2024-25
$12.0M
FY2025-26
$20K
FY2026-27 *
$5K

Who pays them

Transportation$38.0M
General Services$31.7M
Non-departmental$397K
City Administrative Officer$232K
Economic and Workforce Development$23K
Recreation and Parks$9K
City Attorney$2K
City Council$2K

What for

Permanent Interim Housing Acquisition$30.2M

1 payment

Bus Facility Purchase Program$26.0M

2 payments

Electric Bus Yard Acquisition$12.0M

1 payment

Contractual Services$1.6M

151 payments

Public Works, Engineering Liability Payouts$275K

1 payment

PRJ-Rap:laurel Canyon Mulholland Open Space$230K

1 payment

MICLA Refunding of Commercial Paper$100K

1 payment

LA River Ecosystem Restoration & Recreation Acquisit Efforts$15K

12 payments

Exposition Blvd Bike Path Phase 2$5K

8 payments

National Blvd and Clarington Ave$4K

1 payment

Leasing$3K

3 payments

San Fernando Road Bike Path Phase 3 Metrolink Local Match$3K

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): $2K.

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 28, 2026Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesGSD RES TITLE SERVICES$1,000
August 25, 2026Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesGSD RES DIVISION TITLE SERVICES$1,000
August 4, 2026Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesGSD RES DIVISION TITLE SERVICES$1,000
July 29, 2026PRJ: Rap El Sereno Triangle Property Acquisition (C272-11)City Administrative OfficerC-144206, EL SERENO ARROYO TRIANGLE, $2,000.00$2,000
May 12, 2026Office and AdministrativeCity CouncilCD15 - TITLE REPORT FOR CROATIAN CULTURAL CENTER$500
March 13, 2026Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesITLE SERVICES FOR RES DIVISION$500
March 11, 2026Contractual ServicesRecreation and ParksPRELIMINARY REPORT & RELATED DUE DILIGENCE FOR 851 N. ALMA REAL DR. PROPERTY (PALISADES RC)(8/11/25)$3,000
March 11, 2026Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesTITLE SERVICES FOR RES DIVISION$1,000
January 22, 2026Parking Facilities Lease PaymentsTransportationCHICAGO TITLE COMPANY PRELIMINARY REPORT$500
January 7, 2026San Fernando Road Bike Path Phase 3 Metrolink Local MatchTransportationPRELIMINARY TITLE REPORT FOR ARVILLA AVE & SAN FERNANDO RD.$2,500
December 30, 2025Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesTITLE SERVICES FOR RES DIVISION$1,000
December 17, 2025LeasingRecreation and Parks#21874. TITLE REPORT EFF 7/28/25 AND RELATED DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE 610 W. CHANNEL ST. SKATEPARK$3,000
December 17, 2025LeasingRecreation and Parks#21874. TITLE REPORT EFF 7/28/25 AND RELATED DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE 610 W. CHANNEL ST. SKATEPARK-$3,000
November 24, 2025Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesTITLE SERVICES FOR RES DIVISION$3,500
November 17, 2025LeasingRecreation and Parks#21874. TITLE REPORT EFF 7/28/25 AND RELATED DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE 610 W. CHANNEL ST. SKATEPARK$3,000
September 26, 2025Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesTITLE SERVICES FOR RES DIVISION$1,000
September 26, 2025Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesTITLE SERVICES FOR RES DIVISION$1,000
August 18, 2025Office and AdministrativeCity CouncilCD15 - TITLE REPORT FOR CROATIAN CULTURAL CENTER$1,000
August 4, 2025Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesTITLE SERVICES FOR RES DIVISION$1,250
June 27, 2025LA River Ecosystem Restoration & Recreation Acquisit EffortsNon-departmentalGAE - CHICAGO TITLE CO, WO# E1908651 NORTH ATWATER EAST BANK RIVERWAY$500
June 27, 2025LA River Ecosystem Restoration & Recreation Acquisit EffortsNon-departmentalGAE - CHICAGO TITLE CO, WO# E1908651 NORTH ATWATER EAST BANK RIVERWAY$500
June 23, 2025Contractual ServicesRecreation and Parks12536 N. AMBOY AVE PRELIMINARY REPORT + PLOTTED EASEMENTS ON 12/14/23$3,000
June 16, 2025Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesTITLE SERVICES$1,000
May 28, 2025Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesTITLE SERVICES$7,208
May 28, 2025Parking Facilities Lease PaymentsTransportationF363/94A080 ESCROW CLOSING FEES$1,273

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.