LAGUNA BEACH, CA: $29.0M on 64,017 FEC receipts

Coastal city dollars versus line count

Sixty-four thousand seventeen lines produce $29,012,096. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $453. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Laguna Niguel, Newport Beach, and Dana Point keep separate California hubs. They are not inside $29,012,096 unless the filer typed LAGUNA BEACH. Orange County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Laguna Beach, not Laguna Niguel

Laguna Niguel is a different city string. This packet publishes LAGUNA BEACH, CA only: $29,012,096 and 64,017 lines. Folding the two Lagunas would be a recode.

State CA on the key is required in the citation. Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands.

City field versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. LAGUNA BEACH plus CA is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a South Orange County label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing South County ZIPs can diverge from $29,012,096 when some receipts used Laguna Niguel or Corona del Mar as the city. The 64,017-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Laguna Beach aggregate

California state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $29,012,096 and outside 64,017. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing LAGUNA BEACH, CA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $29,012,096 with 64,017 together. Dropping the line count hides how the $453 mean is produced.

Office addresses can share the Laguna Beach city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 64,017 lines are receipts, not unique persons. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Laguna Beach receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Laguna Beach hub

Start on the live Laguna Beach city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $29,012,096 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 64,017 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Newport Beach as the “real” coast. Filers typed LAGUNA BEACH. LobbyVault indexed LAGUNA BEACH.

A mean near $453 is only $29,012,096 divided by 64,017. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city LAGUNA BEACH, CA, $29,012,096, 64,017 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. California non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, and Laguna Hills are different Laguna strings. $29,012,096 is LAGUNA BEACH only. The 64,017 lines follow that exact city field. South Orange County is a regional label. The mean near $453 is arithmetic.

Newport Beach keeps a separate hub. California non-federal filings stay outside. Cite LAGUNA BEACH, CA with both facts. Recheck the live hub. ZIP pages will diverge when filers used another Laguna name. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Laguna Beach is not Laguna Niguel. $29,012,096 and 64,017 belong to LAGUNA BEACH as typed. Newport Beach is a different hub. The mean near $453 is division. South Orange County is a regional label. California state filings stay outside. Cite both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. ZIP pages that mix Laguna place names will diverge from this pair. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Keep LAGUNA BEACH, CA, $29,012,096, and 64,017 in one citation. The mean near $453 is those two numbers divided. Laguna Niguel remains a separate string. Newport Beach remains a separate string. South Orange County remains a regional label. California non-federal filings remain outside. Unitemized federal gifts remain outside. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations remain outside. Start on the live city page. Open ZIP pages for a postal cut. Open FEC.gov for a named Laguna Beach receipt.

Questions

What is Laguna Beach’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city LAGUNA BEACH, CA total $29,012,096 across 64,017 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Laguna Beach residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Does Laguna Beach’s total include Laguna Niguel?

Only if the filer typed LAGUNA BEACH. Laguna Niguel, Newport Beach, and Dana Point are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $29,012,096 is the LAGUNA BEACH, CA match. The 64,017 lines follow the same rule. South Orange County is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

How should I read Laguna Beach’s 64,017 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 64,017 itemized lines for LAGUNA BEACH, 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 $29,012,096. The mean near $453 follows from division.

Where do the Laguna Beach facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $29,012,096 and 64,017 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 $453 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.