SANTA CRUZ, CA: $31.0M on 96,304 FEC receipts

Santa Cruz’s volume relative to its dollars

Ninety-six thousand three hundred four lines produce $30,956,195. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $321. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a ranking of Monterey Bay giving. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Capitola, Watsonville, and Monterey keep separate California hubs. They are not inside $30,956,195 unless the filer typed SANTA CRUZ. Santa Cruz County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Coastal city, not Silicon Valley

San Jose and Palo Alto keep separate hubs. Adding them to Santa Cruz would be a recode. This packet publishes SANTA CRUZ, CA only: $30,956,195 and 96,304 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 CRUZ plus CA is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a Monterey Bay MSA label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing county ZIPs can diverge from $30,956,195 when some receipts used Aptos or Soquel as the city. The 96,304-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Santa Cruz aggregate

California state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $30,956,195 and outside 96,304. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing SANTA CRUZ, CA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $30,956,195 with 96,304 together. Dropping the line count hides Santa Cruz’s volume on a $31 million book.

Office addresses can share the Santa Cruz city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 96,304 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 Cruz receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Santa Cruz hub

Start on the live Santa Cruz city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $30,956,195 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 96,304 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Watsonville as the “real” county. Filers typed SANTA CRUZ. LobbyVault indexed SANTA CRUZ.

A mean near $321 is only $30,956,195 divided by 96,304. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city SANTA CRUZ, CA, $30,956,195, 96,304 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. California non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Aptos, Soquel, and Capitola are neighboring strings. They are outside $30,956,195 unless the filer typed SANTA CRUZ. The 96,304 lines follow the city field. Monterey Bay is not an FEC dimension. The mean near $321 is the high-volume shape of this coastal extract.

Do not fold San Jose into this hub. Do not treat 96,304 as unique persons. California non-federal filings stay outside. Cite SANTA CRUZ, CA with $30,956,195 and 96,304. If a later extract lands a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Santa Cruz’s 96,304 lines on $30,956,195 put the mean near $321. Capitola and Watsonville stay outside unless a filer typed SANTA CRUZ. Monterey Bay is not an FEC field. Do not fold San Jose into this hub. California state filings stay outside. Cite SANTA CRUZ, CA with both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. Unitemized gifts never enter either number.

Keep SANTA CRUZ, CA, $30,956,195, and 96,304 in one citation. The mean near $321 is those two numbers divided. Capitola remains a separate string. Watsonville remains a separate string. Monterey Bay 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 Santa Cruz receipt. Do not convert 96,304 lines into unique persons.

Questions

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

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city SANTA CRUZ, CA total $30,956,195 across 96,304 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 Cruz residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Santa Cruz’s 96,304 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 96,304 itemized lines for SANTA CRUZ, 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 $30,956,195. The mean near $321 follows from division.

Does Santa Cruz’s total include Watsonville or Monterey?

Only if the filer typed SANTA CRUZ. Capitola, Watsonville, and Monterey are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $30,956,195 is the SANTA CRUZ, CA match. The 96,304 lines follow the same rule. Monterey Bay is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Santa Cruz facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $30,956,195 and 96,304 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 $321 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.