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SANTA MONICA, CA

Santa Monica, CA is the contributor city on $140,052,116 in federal receipts across 291,649 FEC itemizations. Those are Federal Election Commission filings grouped on LobbyVault, not California FPPC state reports. The city string is whatever the committee entered. Entertainment offices, professional suites, and household streets share one bucket. Santa Monica is not rolled into Los Angeles. The total is tagged activity, not a roster of Santa Monica residents who donated.

Key figures

  • Santa Monica, CA contributor-city receipts total $140,052,116.
  • Those dollars sit on 291,649 FEC itemizations.
  • Los Angeles and Beverly Hills are stored separately and are not merged here.
  • PAC and joint-fundraising addresses can appear in the city field.
  • ZIP pages split the same federal filings by postal code.

A Westside city string separate from Los Angeles

Santa Monica shows 291,649 itemizations behind $140,052,116. LobbyVault adds every line whose city field is Santa Monica and whose state is CA. Los Angeles and Beverly Hills are stored as their own city strings. They do not inflate this Santa Monica number. That split is how FEC free-text city works, not a statement about who β€œreally” lives in which neighborhood.

Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents. Read $140,052,116 as tagged federal receipts, not as what Santa Monica households gave. The 291,649 figure is a count of disclosed lines, not unique persons. Committees that list a Santa Monica office sit in the same field as individual streets.

Nothing on this page estimates how Santa Monica voted, which candidates the receipts supported, or whether a listed street is a home. Occupation and recipient committee live on other FEC fields. The supported path is the Santa Monica city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index. The two facts to carry are $140,052,116 and 291,649 itemizations.

How to read dollars and lines together

Researchers comparing dollar volume to itemization volume should keep both facts in view: $140,052,116 and 291,649 contributions. Dropping either number hides whether the city string is driven by many modest lines or by a few large ones. This page keeps both so the public file can be checked without a second filter that FEC.gov does not put on the city column.

Committees type the city as it appears on the contributor record. A Westside address that residents think of as Los Angeles may be filed as Santa Monica, or the reverse. This hub holds only the 291,649 lines labeled SANTA MONICA. A basin-wide research project must add neighboring city hubs by design.

California FPPC accounts are not inside $140,052,116. This hub is federal itemizations labeled Santa Monica, CA: 291,649 records. A Westside briefing that blends Los Angeles is a different object unless that label is added on purpose. Keep this page’s two facts unchanged when you cite it.

Full analysis: Federal contributions listing Santa Monica, CA β†’

Questions

How much federal money lists Santa Monica as contributor city?
FEC itemizations labeled Santa Monica, CA total $140,052,116 across 291,649 contribution records. The sum is a federal city-field aggregate from FEC.gov, not a resident-only estimate.
Is Los Angeles included in the Santa Monica total?
No. Los Angeles is a separate FEC city field. This page is the 291,649 records stored as Santa Monica, CA, totaling $140,052,116. Use the cities index for neighboring labels.
Do PAC addresses count in Santa Monica FEC totals?
Yes, if the itemization lists Santa Monica, CA. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses share the city field with individuals. The $140,052,116 figure is not limited to household residents.
Where do the Santa Monica FEC numbers come from?
Federal Election Commission filings on FEC.gov, grouped by contributor city on LobbyVault. Headline facts are $140,052,116 and 291,649 contributions.

City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.

City ties

All data ties β†’

Total Donations

$140,052,116

Contributions

291,649

Top Industry

SANTA MONICA BANK

Top Industries

SANTA MONICA BANK
$7K
PHYSICIAN
$7K
REQUESTED
$6K
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER
$5K
CHARLES HOU COMPANY
$5K
HOMEMAKER
$5K
HOUSE WIFE
$4K
SONNENBLICK GOLDMAN CORP
$3K
WILLIAM DAVIS INVESTMENTS
$3K
THE FORUM
$3K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$109K
1982
$56K
1984
$72K
1986
$60K
1988
$46K
1990
$25K
1992
$64K
1994
$26K
1996
$59K
1998
$40K
2000
$110K
2002
$68K
2004
$118K
2006
$67K
2008
$158K
2010
$111K
2012
$184K
2014
$132K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in SANTA MONICA, CA, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1AUSTIN, AUBREY E JR$6,0007SANTA MONICA BANK1980
2HOU, CHARLES C$5,0001CHARLES HOU COMPANY1980
3DOUGLAS, LEWIS W JR$5,0001REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER1980
4BOXENBAUM, CHARLES$3,1755SONNENBLICK GOLDMAN CORP1980
5DAVIS, WILLIAM LLOYD$2,5003WILLIAM DAVIS INVESTMENTS1980
6BUSS, JERRY H$2,5001THE FORUM1980
7BUSS, JEFREY H MR$2,5001β€”1980
8HORNER, DAVID B DR$2,0002PHYSICIAN1980
9CASTELLUCCI, JOHN D$2,0002β€”1980
10CALDWELL, PHILA M$2,0001HOUSE-WIFE1980
11MARGOLIN, ARNOLD$1,9004MARGOLIN PRODUCTIONS1980
12HAYDEN, TOM$1,8003WRITER1980
13LOWE, ROBERT J$1,5003DESTINATION RESORTS1980
14MANNON, WILLIAM H$1,5002SCOPE INDUSTRIES1980
15MURPHY, ASHLEY T$1,5002CENTURY SOUTHWEST CORP1980
16LEEDY, C C JR$1,2502FOREST CITY DILLON, INC1980
17MURPHY, CAROL P$1,2502β€”1980
18MACLEOD, GAVIN$1,2503ACTOR1980
19CAHN, SANFORD A$1,2252CAHN & WEISS1980
20GILCHRIST, JOHN M MR$1,0001ERNEST W HAHN INC1980
21HENDERSON, DONALD R DR$1,0001PHYSICIAN1980
22DOLE, MOLLY MRS$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
23KISER, ANTHONY C M$1,0001FILM PRODUCER1980
24LASKY, BRYON H$1,0001OGO DEVELOPMENT1980
25CASTELLUCCI, STELLA$1,0001β€”1980
26CASTELLUCCI, JOHN D MR$1,0001REQUESTED1980
27HUME, CRAIG R$1,0002TOSCO CORP1980
28CASTELLUCCI, ANNA D$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
29CARLSBERG, RICHARD$1,0001CARLSBERG CORP CENTER1980
30CALDWELL, PHILA M MRS$1,0001β€”1980
31DIENER, WILLEMINA$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
32HOW, LI YOUNG$1,0001β€”1980
33HAIGHT, FULTON$1,0001ATTY1980
34HOROWITZ, JACK$1,0001RETIRED1980
35DIENER, WILHELMINA F$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
36HAHN, K ROBERT MR$1,0001LEAR SIEGLER INC1980
37KELLER, SHARON S$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
38BERMAN, BERNARD C MR$1,0001REQUESTED1980
39BERMAN, GAIL ANNE MRS$1,0001REQUESTED1980
40BLACKMAN, PETER MR$1,0001O MELVENY & MYERS1980
41BLACKMAN, PETER MRS$1,0001BARRY & CO1980
42BORTS, ANDREW$1,0001β€”1980
43DELLINGER, ARTHUR J MR$1,0001CPA PARTNER1980
44EVANS, LYNN LOCKIE MRS$1,0001REQUESTED1980
45JOHNSON, M K DR$1,0001PHYSICIAN1980
46BRIGGS, VICTORIA MRS$1,0001β€”1980
47BROWN, J B$1,0001CALMARK PROPERTIES INC1980
48JOHNSON, M K MRS$1,0001PHYSICIAN1980
49HOW, PAUL S$1,0001β€”1980
50HORMEL, SIMONE E$1,0001β€”1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from SANTA MONICA, CA.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1JANE FONDA CLIMATE PACC00806893$150,000
2NRSCC00027466$146,177
3REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418$130,739
4ACTBLUEC00401224$109,149
5THE REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (REALPAC)C00033779$96,500
6NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00303339$85,000
7TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2020C00695585$50,000
8CLUB FOR GROWTH PACC00432260$44,950
9DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$39,660
10ROMNEY VICTORY, INC.C00518282$33,790
11BOEHNER FOR SPEAKERC00478354$30,000
12CLFC00504530$30,000
13REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376$28,890
14DCCCC00000935$27,313
15OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445$27,078