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What has the City paid Relx Inc.?

$2.8M in City payments across 2,104 checks, from July 7, 2017 to August 31, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: RELX INC.

$2.8MTotal paid
2,104Payments
$1,317Average payment
FY2018-19Peak full year · $406K

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$402K
FY2018-19
$406K
FY2019-20
$358K
FY2020-21
$389K
FY2021-22
$340K
FY2022-23
$280K
FY2023-24
$156K
FY2024-25
$195K
FY2025-26
$226K
FY2026-27 *
$20K

Who pays them

City Attorney$1.3M
Finance$489K
Police$207K
Fire$201K
Building and Safety$163K
City Ethics Commission$156K
Housing$138K
Civil, Human Rights and Equity$41K
Library$37K
City Clerk$20K

What for

Contractual Services$2.4M

1,049 payments

Office and Administrative$262K

726 payments

Building and Safety Contractual Services$67K

143 payments

Library Materials$37K

9 payments

Building and Safety Expense and Equipment$30K

63 payments

Operating Supplies$8K

55 payments

Cable Franchise Oversight$6K

42 payments

Elections$2K

8 payments

Travel & Training$1K

1 payment

Investigations$397

8 payments

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $20K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $42K.

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 31, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUL 26, INV# 3096638505$565
August 31, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUL 26, INV# 3096638505$554
August 31, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUL 26, INV# 3096638505$554
August 31, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUL 26, INV# 3096638505$110
August 31, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUL 26, INV# 3096638505$94
August 31, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUL 26, INV# 3096638505$63
August 31, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUL 26, INV# 3096638505$31
August 21, 2026Contractual ServicesFinanceINV 1300324687; JUL 2026 - 55 USERS; A/C 1512905 ONLINE LEGAL/BUS TAX SEARCH SERVICES$6,111
July 21, 2026Contractual ServicesFireACCNT # 1015057 SERV DATE: 06/01-30/2026$200
July 21, 2026Contractual ServicesFireACCNT # 1015057 SERV DATE: 05/01-31/2026$200
July 21, 2026Contractual ServicesFireACCNT # 1015057 SERV DATE: 04/01-30/2026$200
July 16, 2026Contractual ServicesFinanceINV 1300309581; JUN 2026 - 55 USERS; A/C 1512905 ONLINE LEGAL/BUS TAX SEARCH SERVICES$6,111
July 16, 2026Contractual ServicesCity Ethics CommissionLEXIS NEXIS SERVICE FOR CITY ETHICS COMMISSION$1,660
July 16, 2026Contractual ServicesFireBILLING ID: 1409770 SERV DATE: 04/01-30/2026$1,281
July 13, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUNE 26, INV# 3096563263$538
July 13, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUNE 26, INV# 3096563263$527
July 13, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUNE 26, INV# 3096563263$527
July 13, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUNE 26, INV# 3096563263$105
July 13, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUNE 26, INV# 3096563263$90
July 13, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUNE 26, INV# 3096563263$60
July 13, 2026Office and AdministrativeHousingJL: LEXISNEXIS SUBSCRIPTION - JUNE 26, INV# 3096563263$30
July 8, 2026Contractual ServicesControllerINV 1100321754 COMPUTER ASSISTED RESEARCH & COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS REPORTS FOR FY 25-26$200
July 8, 2026Contractual ServicesControllerINV 1100308442 COMPUTER ASSISTED RESEARCH & COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS REPORTS FOR FY 25-26$200
June 24, 2026Contractual ServicesFinanceINV 1300300164; MAY 2026 - 55 USERS; A/C 1512905 ONLINE LEGAL/BUS TAX SEARCH SERVICES$6,111
June 22, 2026Contractual ServicesBuilding and SafetyTO PAY FOR PROPERTY SEARCH DATABASE SERVICES FOR MAY 2026 (FUND 100)$770

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.