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

charge was twelve dollars.”

I took out my notepad and copied the billing code and both license plate numbers. My fingers felt cold against the paper.

“Can I get a photocopy of this page?” I asked.

“The copier is broken,” Tommy said, pointing toward a machine in the corner with a yellow service tag taped to the glass. “But you can take continue reading …