Los Angeles Watchdog Group Tracks Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars in City Contracts

column was marked with a red stamp that read Account validation, followed by a six-digit billing code.

“What does this billing code represent?” I asked, pointing to the numbers.

Tommy leaned in to look where my finger was resting. “That is a direct billing code for a city-subsidized account.”

“Whose account?” I asked.

He pulled a laminated reference card continue reading …