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What has the City paid MV Transportation Inc?

$32.5M in City payments across 527 checks, from July 18, 2017 to November 14, 2025. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: MV TRANSPORTATION INC

$32.5MTotal paid
527Payments
$61,726Average payment
FY2019-20Peak full year · $7.1M

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$6.6M
FY2018-19
$6.8M
FY2019-20
$7.1M
FY2020-21
$4.2M
FY2021-22
$6.1M
FY2022-23
$1.2M
FY2023-24
$187K
FY2024-25
$130K
FY2025-26
$8K

Who pays them

Transportation$32.5M

What for

Transit Operations$31.8M

490 payments

Fta Cares COVID-19 Recovery Funds$434K

4 payments

Contractual Services$325K

33 payments

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
November 14, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$5,833
November 10, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$1,824
June 12, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$3,511
May 21, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$3,146
April 14, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$4,004
April 4, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportation003040 LA FIRES/FEMA SUPPORT SHUTTLE$21,126
March 24, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$2,430
March 18, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportation003040 MASS CARE TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT AS NEEDED SERVICE COST$14,929
February 11, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$4,667
January 6, 2025Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$3,600
December 3, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$4,466
November 14, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$4,629
September 24, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$7,995
August 22, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$3,798
August 7, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$27,493
July 24, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$23,886
June 10, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$3,802
May 17, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$6,280
May 16, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$3,364
April 9, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$2,293
March 14, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$7,356
February 7, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$12,305
January 23, 2024Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$12,922
November 15, 2023Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$40,169
November 15, 2023Contractual ServicesTransportationFUND 100/003040-SAFE INITIATIVE TRANSP FOR THE HOMELESS$8,065

Also in City Ethics records

MV Transportation also appears in City Ethics Commission filings as a lobbying client or as the payor of behested payments. The same company under four spellings. The records show both; they do not show that one led to the other.

Lobbying, as a client

$658K reported paid to 4 lobbying firms, 2005–2026. Filed under: MV Transportation; MV Transportation Inc; MV Transportation, Inc; MV Transportation, Inc..

YearReported paid to firms
2026$50K
2024$24K
2018$0
2017$6K
2016$30K
2015$23K
2012$15K
2011$76K
2010$98K
2009$98K
2008$73K
2007$72K
2006$71K
2005$24K
FirmYearsReported paid
Afriat Consulting Group Inc2005–2012$526K
Spiker Consulting Group, Inc.2015–2018$59K
Kirra, LLC2026$42K
High Point Strategies, LLC2024–2026$32K

Matters lobbied, as filed

  • Transportation Services · 2026Agencies: Airports, Los Angeles World (LAWA, LAX); City Attorney, Office of; City Council; Mayor, Office of; Recreation & Parks; Transportation (LADOT, DOT)
  • DASH Contracts · 2024–2026Reference: VariousAgencies: City Council; Controller, Office of; Mayor, Office of; Transportation (LADOT, DOT)
  • transportation issues · 2017–2018Agencies: City Council
  • Transportation/ Bus Contracts · 2015–2016Agencies: City Council; Transportation (LADOT, DOT)
  • Assist client with government contracts. · 2008–2012Agencies: Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA); City Council; Mayor, Office of; Transportation (LADOT, DOT)
  • Assist client with issues regarding government contracts · 2005–2008Agencies: ANY CITY AGENCY; Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA); City Administrative Officer (CAO); City Clerk; City Council; Mayor, Office of; Transportation (LADOT, DOT)

Behested payments made

1 report of payments made at a City official's request, $10K in all (a payment reported by two officials is counted once). Filed under: MV Transportation, Inc.. What a behested payment is.

DateRequested byPayeeAmount
February 15, 2007Antonio VillaraigosaMayorAn individual or unclassified payeeNot stated$10,000

Source: City Ethics Commission lobbying and Form 803 datasets on data.lacity.org, matched to this vendor by hand. See lobbying at City Hall for how the records are read.

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.