Redwood Shores, CA

A thin line count on a large dollar total

Eight hundred five lines produce $26,790,721. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $33,280. That shape is unusual next to other California cities on similar dollars, which often carry tens of thousands of receipts. The contrast is a filing-string fact. FEC.gov does not publish a median or a unique-donor count on this city aggregate.

LobbyVault reports $26,790,721 and 805. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. A handful of large itemized rows can dominate a mean this high. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string.

Redwood Shores is not Redwood City

Redwood City, Redwood Shores, and Foster City are different city strings when filers type them that way. Merging Redwood Shores into Redwood City would invent a Peninsula total the Commission does not store on this key. This packet publishes Redwood Shores, CA only: $26,790,721 and 805 lines.

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Redwood Shores against a municipal boundary file. A campus mail room, a work address, or a household that still typed Redwood Shores can sit inside $26,790,721.

Questions

What is Redwood Shores’ federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city Redwood Shores, CA total $26,790,721 across 805 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Redwood Shores residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Why does Redwood Shores show only 805 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 805 itemized lines for Redwood Shores, CA. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. A thin book on $26,790,721 produces a high mean near $33,280. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure.

Does Redwood Shores’ total include Redwood City or San Mateo?

Only if the filer typed Redwood Shores. Redwood City, San Mateo, and Foster City are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $26,790,721 is the Redwood Shores, CA match. The 805 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Redwood Shores facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $26,790,721 and 805 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. California non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $33,280 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.