SANTA ANA, CA: $32.6M on 81,093 FEC receipts

Santa Ana’s pair on the federal books

Eighty-one thousand ninety-three lines produce $32,596,978. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $402. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a ranking of Orange County giving. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Irvine, Anaheim, and Costa Mesa keep separate California hubs. They are not inside $32,596,978 unless the filer typed SANTA ANA. Orange County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

County seat, not the county total

Santa Ana is the county seat. FEC.gov still stores a city field, not a county field, on this hub. This packet publishes SANTA ANA, CA only: $32,596,978 and 81,093 lines.

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

City string versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. SANTA ANA plus CA is the match. Recoding into a Census place or an Orange County metro label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing central Orange County ZIPs can diverge from $32,596,978 when some receipts used Tustin or Garden Grove as the city. The 81,093-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Santa Ana aggregate

California state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $32,596,978 and outside 81,093. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing SANTA ANA, CA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $32,596,978 with 81,093 together. Dropping the line count hides volume on a low-thirty-million dollar book.

Office addresses can share the Santa Ana city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 81,093 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 Santa Ana receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Santa Ana hub

Start on the live Santa Ana city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $32,596,978 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 81,093 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Irvine as the “real” Orange County. Filers typed SANTA ANA. LobbyVault indexed SANTA ANA.

A mean near $402 is only $32,596,978 divided by 81,093. It is not a typical Santa Ana household gift. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city SANTA ANA, CA, $32,596,978, 81,093 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. California non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Tustin, Garden Grove, and Fountain Valley share Orange County without sharing this city key. $32,596,978 is SANTA ANA as typed. 81,093 is the matching line count. County-seat status does not pull neighboring cities into the total. The mean near $402 is division, not a typical Santa Ana gift and not a ranking of Orange County.

Start on the live hub, then ZIP pages, then original FEC.gov filings for named receipts. California non-federal campaigns never enter either fact. Unitemized federal gifts never enter either fact. If the live pair changes, this snapshot is stale. Print SANTA ANA, CA, $32,596,978, and 81,093 in one citation.

Orange County has many city hubs. Santa Ana is one of them. $32,596,978 does not stand in for Irvine, Anaheim, or the county. 81,093 lines are SANTA ANA receipts. The mean near $402 is $32,596,978 divided by 81,093. Researchers who need occupation or recipient must leave this page for other FEC fields. This overlay exists to explain the city table, not to replace it.

Keep SANTA ANA, CA, $32,596,978, and 81,093 in one citation. County-seat status does not change those two packet facts. Irvine remains a separate string. Anaheim remains a separate string. Orange County remains a map. The mean near $402 is a quotient. 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 Santa Ana receipt that needs the original report.

Questions

What is Santa Ana’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city SANTA ANA, CA total $32,596,978 across 81,093 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Santa Ana residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Santa Ana’s 81,093 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 81,093 itemized lines for SANTA ANA, 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 $32,596,978.

Does Santa Ana’s total include Irvine or Anaheim?

Only if the filer typed SANTA ANA. Irvine, Anaheim, and Costa Mesa are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $32,596,978 is the SANTA ANA, CA match. The 81,093 lines follow the same rule. Orange County is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Santa Ana facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $32,596,978 and 81,093 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 $402 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.