SAN RAFAEL, CA: $18.6M on 92,065 FEC receipts

92,065 lines behind SAN RAFAEL's $18.6M

SAN RAFAEL shows 92,065 itemizations behind $18,553,871. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $18.6M is a high-volume city field: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. The implied mean is about $202.

San Rafael is a Marin County volume field. San Francisco rows that list SAN FRANCISCO sit on another hub. Mill Valley and Novato are neighboring Marin strings, not subsets. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string. Read $18,553,871 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of SAN RAFAEL gave. The 92,065 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints SAN RAFAEL together with Mill Valley, San Anselmo, and Novato, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $18,553,871 on 92,065 SAN RAFAEL, CA rows, mean near $202. Keep the stored spelling SAN RAFAEL in the citation.

Why SAN RAFAEL on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in San Rafael give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city SAN RAFAEL, CA total $18,553,871 across 92,065 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. SAN RAFAEL, CA is the stored Marin string. San Francisco is a different city key.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $18,553,871. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $202 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

What $18,553,871 does not cover

Unitemized federal gifts never enter $18,553,871 or the 92,065-line count. CA state-office filings are also omitted. A candidate based in SAN RAFAEL can raise from other cities; a SAN RAFAEL, CA row can travel to a committee in any state.

Mill Valley, San Anselmo, and Novato share a map with SAN RAFAEL and still need their own hubs. The 92,065 lines stored as SAN RAFAEL, CA are the only rows in this extract. About $202 each is division, not a household typical.

Same-name cities and the CA key

State CA is part of the match. SAN RAFAEL, CA is not merged with a same-named place in another state. SAN RAFAEL is a Marin volume book; 92,065 lines produce $18,553,871, mean near $202.

San Francisco is a comparison only on the same series: contributor city, itemized federal receipts. Mill Valley, San Anselmo, and Novato are other strings when typed. Mixing CA state-campaign data with $18,553,871 breaks the comparison.

How 92,065 lines sit next to ZIP pages

The city field and the ZIP field are independent FEC columns. 92,065 SAN RAFAEL rows may cluster in a few codes or scatter. This packet lists neither those ZIPs nor a split. Use the ZIP directory and the live SAN RAFAEL hub.

Amendments can move the city hub and a ZIP page on different clocks. Recheck both before publishing a comparison. This guide’s facts remain $18,553,871 and 92,065 for contributor city SAN RAFAEL, CA.

Citing SAN RAFAEL, CA from FEC.gov

Report $18,553,871 with 92,065 lines and name FEC.gov as the source, indexed on LobbyVault. The mean near $202 is $18,553,871 divided by 92,065. Do not call that a typical SAN RAFAEL resident.

Links on this page go to the SAN RAFAEL hub, the all-cities directory, and the ZIP directory. Mill Valley is a neighbor, not a subset. Marin County is not totaled here. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, the newer FEC extract controls.

Researchers citing SAN RAFAEL should keep state CA in the sentence so readers do not hunt a same-named place. The live city table can show named committees that this snapshot does not list. A later FEC extract can move $18,553,871 or 92,065 without this guide rewriting itself. Treat the mean near $202 as division only. Mill Valley, San Anselmo, and Novato remain other strings. The 92,065-line count still is not a headcount.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city SAN RAFAEL, CA?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city SAN RAFAEL, CA total $18,553,871 across 92,065 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in San Rafael. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $202 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is San Rafael counted as San Francisco on this extract?

No. SAN RAFAEL, CA is the stored Marin string. San Francisco is a different city key. LobbyVault counts 92,065 itemized contributions for SAN RAFAEL, CA against $18,553,871. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 92,065 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the San Rafael total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed SAN RAFAEL with state CA. Office addresses and mail that list San Rafael can be part of $18,553,871 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 92,065-line count follows the same rule.

Are San Rafael numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $18,553,871 and 92,065 lines for SAN RAFAEL, CA. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from CA are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.