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What has the City paid Verizon Wireless?

$22.2M in City payments across 17,279 checks, from July 19, 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: VERIZON WIRELESS

$22.2MTotal paid
17,279Payments
$1,284Average payment
FY2024-25Peak full year · $3.1M

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$1.6M
FY2018-19
$2.0M
FY2019-20
$2.5M
FY2020-21
$2.7M
FY2021-22
$2.9M
FY2022-23
$2.3M
FY2023-24
$2.5M
FY2024-25
$3.1M
FY2025-26
$2.4M
FY2026-27 *
$253K

Who pays them

Police$5.5M
Fire$4.4M
Transportation$4.4M
Public Works – Sanitation$1.3M
Housing$872K
City Council$824K
General Services$699K
City Attorney$582K
Public Works – Street Services$443K
Recreation and Parks$392K

What for

Office and Administrative$10.0M

7,882 payments

Contractual Services$5.9M

4,725 payments

Transit Operations$1.3M

62 payments

Operating Supplies$903K

676 payments

Transit Bus Communications$853K

49 payments

Field Equipment Expense$449K

133 payments

Spa-Misc Operational Expense$351K

325 payments

Target-Dest.ambulance Svc.rev.$337K

116 payments

Communication Services$299K

327 payments

PW-Sanitation Expense and Equipment$270K

167 payments

Technology and Communications Equipment$188K

105 payments

ATSAC Systems Maintenance$176K

176 payments

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $253K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $356K.

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, 2026Office and AdministrativeMayorVERIZON 542033004-00002 FEB-MAR 2026$556
August 28, 2026Office and AdministrativeMayorVERIZON 542033004-00002 JAN-FEB 2026$556
August 28, 2026Office and AdministrativeMayorVERIZON 542033004-00002 MAY-JUNE 2026 (ENCUMBRANCE)$556
August 28, 2026Office and AdministrativeMayorVERIZON 542033004-00002 JULY-AUG 2025$556
August 28, 2026Office and AdministrativeMayorVERIZON 542033004-00002 APRIL-MAY 2026$477
August 28, 2026Office and AdministrativeMayorVERIZON 542033004-00002 MAR-APR 2026$434
August 28, 2026L.A. Cityview 35 OperationsInformation Technology AgencyWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$152
August 26, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$57,750
August 26, 2026FEMA Usr 2024FireWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$583
August 26, 2026FEMA Usr 2024FireWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$583
August 26, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$480
August 26, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$250
August 26, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$60
August 25, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$57,750
August 25, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$2,319
August 25, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$2,286
August 25, 2026ATSAC Systems MaintenanceTransportationWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$1,679
August 25, 2026ATSAC Systems MaintenanceTransportationWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$1,679
August 25, 2026FEMA Usr 2024FireWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$583
August 25, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$480
August 25, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$428
August 25, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$160
August 25, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$75
August 25, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$75
August 25, 2026Office and AdministrativePoliceWIRELESS DATA, VOICE, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES$60

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.