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.

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Redwood Shores, CA: $26.8M on 805 FEC receipts

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city Redwood Shores, CA sum to $26,790,721 across 805 contributions. Redwood Shores’ pair is a thin-line San Mateo County city string: eight hundred five receipts on a twenty-six-million-dollar total, which pulls the mean toward $33,280. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

Redwood Shores’ federal itemized city book is $26,790,721 across 805 contributions.
The mean near $33,280 reflects a thin line count on this extract.
Redwood Shores is not a Redwood City merge; cite the exact city string.
Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

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.

Not a San Mateo or Palo Alto sum

San Mateo, Palo Alto, and Redwood City keep separate California hubs. Adding them to Redwood Shores would be a recode. Quote $26,790,721 and 805 for Redwood Shores, CA only.

State CA on the key is required in the citation. Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands. Amended reports can raise or lower the pair, and on a book of 805 lines a few amendments can move the mean sharply.

What $26,790,721 from Redwood Shores omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $26,790,721. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $26,790,721 as “all federal money from Redwood Shores” overstates the series.

California state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $26,790,721 and outside 805. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts. San Mateo County and municipal races that never become federal Schedule A rows sit outside both facts as well.

ZIP codes under the Redwood Shores city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Redwood Shores city total of $26,790,721 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs the postal service assigns to Redwood Shores. Filers can type this city with a ZIP mapped to Redwood City or Belmont, and the reverse. A researcher who adds those postal pages to this hub is mixing two cuts of the same series.

Do not treat a mean near $33,280 as proof that Redwood Shores ZIPs are high-dollar donor ZIPs. This packet has no ZIP list, no occupation field, and no unique-donor count. 805 is a thin line count. $26,790,721 is a dollar sum. On a book this small, a few large itemized rows can dominate the mean. If the live hub reprints a different pair, the newer FEC extract wins.

Citing Redwood Shores, CA

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city Redwood Shores, CA, $26,790,721, 805 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Dropping the line count hides the thin-book shape that distinguishes this hub from a high-volume Peninsula city on similar dollars. Name Redwood Shores, not Redwood City. San Mateo County, the lagoon, and “the Peninsula” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $33,280 is only $26,790,721 divided by 805. It is not a typical Redwood Shores household gift and not a typical campus-office gift. Occupation, recipient, and party live on other FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout. Do not infer that Redwood Shores is “more generous” than a high-volume Peninsula city because the mean is higher; those are different books. Original PDFs and electronic filings remain on FEC.gov for any named Redwood Shores receipt that needs a line-by-line check. California non-federal filings never enter either fact. Unitemized federal gifts never enter either fact.

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.

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