HILLSBOROUGH, CA: $38.5M on 58,335 FEC receipts

Hillsborough’s Peninsula pair

Fifty-eight thousand three hundred thirty-five lines produce $38,546,671. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $661. Burlingame, San Mateo, and Millbrae are other Peninsula city strings. They are not inside $38,546,671 unless the filer typed HILLSBOROUGH.

San Mateo County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up. $38,546,671 is the HILLSBOROUGH match only. The 58,335 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Not San Francisco and not a Hillsborough, other-state recode

San Francisco keeps a separate California hub. Other states have towns named Hillsborough. This packet’s key is HILLSBOROUGH plus CA: $38,546,671 and 58,335 lines. State CA is required in the citation.

A committee street can share the city field. A PAC or joint-fundraising row counts if the filer typed HILLSBOROUGH. Recheck both facts on the live hub after a later extract.

City string versus postal map

Filers type a city. FEC.gov stores that string. ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing 94010-area ZIPs can diverge from $38,546,671 when some receipts used Burlingame as the city.

The 58,335-line count follows the city field, not the postal map and not an employer field.

What the Hillsborough table leaves out

California state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts sit outside $38,546,671 and outside 58,335. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

Nothing here estimates how Hillsborough voted. Occupation and recipient live on other FEC fields. Use the city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index.

Citing HILLSBOROUGH, CA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $38,546,671 with 58,335 together. Dropping the line count hides a mean near $661.

If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Hillsborough receipt matters. Keep CA on the key so the citation does not collide with another state’s town.

How to use the Hillsborough hub

Start on the live Hillsborough city page. $38,546,671 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 58,335 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Burlingame, San Mateo, or Millbrae as the “real” Peninsula address. Filers typed HILLSBOROUGH. LobbyVault indexed HILLSBOROUGH. San Mateo County is useful for maps. It is not an FEC dimension on this hub. A mean near $661 is only $38,546,671 divided by 58,335. It is not a typical Hillsborough household gift. Occupation, recipient, and party live on other FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout. San Francisco is a different California city string with its own hub. Other states have towns named Hillsborough. State CA is required in the citation.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city HILLSBOROUGH, CA, $38,546,671, 58,335 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original filings remain on FEC.gov for any named Hillsborough receipt that needs a line-by-line check. California non-federal filings never enter either fact. Unitemized federal gifts never enter either fact. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations never enter either fact. 58,335 is not a unique-donor census. $38,546,671 is still the dollar sum of those lines. Quote both. The live Hillsborough hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. ZIP pages split a different field. Keep CA on the key so the citation does not collide with another state’s town.

Hillsborough’s pair on this extract is $38,546,671 and 58,335 lines, mean near $661. Print both. Burlingame, San Mateo, and Millbrae remain other Peninsula strings. San Francisco remains a separate California hub. San Mateo County is orientation. Other states have towns named Hillsborough, so CA belongs in every citation. California state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Repeat givers can inflate 58,335 without adding unique persons. The live Hillsborough FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. Open FEC.gov for a named receipt. Quote contributor city HILLSBOROUGH, CA with both packet numbers. Keep CA on the key so Hillsborough does not collide with another state’s town.

Questions

What is Hillsborough’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city HILLSBOROUGH, CA total $38,546,671 across 58,335 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Hillsborough residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Hillsborough’s 58,335 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 58,335 itemized lines for HILLSBOROUGH, CA. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $38,546,671.

Does Hillsborough’s total include Burlingame or San Mateo?

Only if the filer typed HILLSBOROUGH. Burlingame, San Mateo, and San Francisco are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $38,546,671 is the HILLSBOROUGH, CA match. The 58,335 lines follow the same rule. County labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Hillsborough facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $38,546,671 and 58,335 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.