WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA: $16.6M on 51,410 FEC receipts

51,410 lines carrying $16,555,289

The headline pair is $16,555,289 and 51,410 lines. The implied average is about $322. Cite both numbers. Quoting only the dollars drops the line-count shape of the WEST HOLLYWOOD book. Los Angeles County filers typed WEST HOLLYWOOD with state CA.

WEST HOLLYWOOD is not HOLLYWOOD. Filers who typed HOLLYWOOD created a different Los Angeles County key. Beverly Hills and LOS ANGELES are neighboring strings. State CA stays on the citation. 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 $16,555,289 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of West Hollywood gave. The 51,410 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints West Hollywood together with Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $16,555,289 on 51,410 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA rows, mean near $322. Keep the stored spelling WEST HOLLYWOOD in the citation.

Why WEST HOLLYWOOD on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in West Hollywood give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA total $16,555,289 across 51,410 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA is the stored city field. HOLLYWOOD is a different string when filers typed it.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $16,555,289. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $322 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Outside the WEST HOLLYWOOD itemized book

$16,555,289 is not spending by West Hollywood candidates. A candidate who lives in West Hollywood can raise money from other cities. A donor row tagged WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA can go to a committee anywhere. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside both packet facts.

Postal confusion with Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles is why the city field is a poor residency proxy. $16,555,289 counts rows that stored WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA. 51,410 lines. About $322 each. Neighbor names need their own hubs. CA state-office receipts are omitted.

WEST HOLLYWOOD versus Los Angeles on the FEC tape

WEST HOLLYWOOD is an incorporated WeHo mid-volume book in an incorporated city in Los Angeles County. 51,410 lines produce $16,555,289, a mean near $322. That line count is not a unique-donor count. Comparing this mean to Los Angeles is only valid on the same series: contributor city, itemized federal receipts.

A West Hollywood total of $16,555,289 does not absorb Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State CA stays on the citation so WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. Mixing in CA state-campaign data breaks the comparison.

City total versus postal codes in CA

51,410 city-field lines can spread across many ZIPs or cluster in a few. This packet does not list those ZIPs. Open the ZIP directory and the live West Hollywood hub rather than guessing the split. After an amendment wave, recheck both the city hub and any ZIP you compared. Snapshots drift independently.

Because this packet carries only city, state, dollar total, and contribution count, every other story about West Hollywood politics sits outside the extract. That includes candidate quality, issue fights, and local election results. This guide stays on the two numbers FEC.gov supplied for the city field: $16,555,289 and 51,410.

Source tables for $16,555,289

A mean of about $322 is division of $16,555,289 by 51,410. It is fair to report as arithmetic. It is not fair to report as a typical resident of West Hollywood. Means move with a few large lines. Internal links on this page go only to the West Hollywood city hub, the all-cities directory, and the ZIP directory.

West Hollywood’s $16,555,289 across 51,410 contributions is a Los Angeles County city field, mean near $322. Hollywood is a neighboring string, not a subset. Los Angeles County is not summed here. Repeat gifts add rows. Cite $16,555,289 with 51,410 from FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, the newer FEC extract controls.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA total $16,555,289 across 51,410 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 West Hollywood. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $322 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is West Hollywood the same as Hollywood on FEC reports?

No. WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA is the stored city field. HOLLYWOOD is a different string when filers typed it. LobbyVault counts 51,410 itemized contributions for WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA against $16,555,289. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 51,410 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the West Hollywood total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed WEST HOLLYWOOD with state CA. Office addresses and mail that list West Hollywood can be part of $16,555,289 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 51,410-line count follows the same rule.

Are West Hollywood numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $16,555,289 and 51,410 lines for WEST HOLLYWOOD, 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.