ZIP 94022: $127.1 million on 96,458 FEC receipts

Los Altos dollars on 96,458 lines

$127,098,222 divided by 96,458 is about $1,320 per itemized line. That mean is higher than Palo Alto 94301’s on this wave and far below San Francisco 94104’s. Each code is a separate FEC key. This page cites only 94022. Large PAC or joint-fundraising rows can still sit inside $127,098,222.

Ninety-six thousand four hundred fifty-eight itemizations is a substantial list. Repeat givers and household pairs can lengthen it. This packet has no unique-donor count. Cite 96,458 as a contribution-line total, not a census of Los Altos.

No party split is published on $127,098,222. Peninsula geography is orientation. It is not an FEC finding about tech-corridor ideology. The Commission stores a ZIP string.

94022 is not 94301

Palo Alto and Los Altos are different contributor ZIPs. Adding 94022 to 94301 is a recode. FEC.gov did not publish a combined Peninsula figure on this table. A PAC that lists a 94022 address adds only to this total when that ZIP is filed.

Household rows and committee rows share the 96,458-line count. Open the ZIP 94022 FEC page for named receipts rather than inferring the mix from the mean.

What $127,098,222 omits

Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. California state-office campaigns are omitted. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted even if they mention a California race. Cite $127,098,222 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 94022, sourced from FEC.gov.

Amended reports can raise or lower both dollars and the 96,458-line count. Recheck the live ZIP 94022 FEC page after a large restatement. This prose is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Repeat rows are a feature of FEC itemization, not an error in 96,458. A contributor who gives twice is two lines. A redesignation can be another line. Subtracting duplicates without a documented match key would manufacture a total other than $127,098,222. Leave 96,458 as a contribution-line count.

94022 in the ZIP ranking

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same series. Compare 96,458 lines against 94301 and 94104 as filing shape. Do not convert that comparison into a claim about which Peninsula ZIP is more politically active. FEC.gov does not score activity.

Stacking Los Altos, California with neighboring ZIPs is a common recode. This page does not perform it. $127,098,222 is the 94022 key only. If you build a metro total, list every ZIP you included and do not call the sum an FEC publication. The all-ZIP directory is the inventory for that work.

Source tables

The ZIP 94022 FEC page holds $127,098,222 and 96,458 as currently indexed. The all-ZIP directory ranks other codes. The donor directory lists names on itemized rows. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls. No orchard-to-campus narrative is attached to the ZIP field.

LobbyVault’s donor directory is a name-level view across ZIPs. It is not a second copy of $127,098,222. Filtering that directory to 94022 should reconcile to the ZIP hub, not to a homemade average. When a name search and 96,458 disagree, the ZIP roll-up on the hub is the geographic total.

Filing shape on ZIP 94022: mid-volume suburban

Los Altos, California appears on FEC Schedule A as ZIP 94022. The indexed total is $127,098,222 across 96,458 contributions. That mid-volume suburban pattern is the fact the two numbers support. It is not a ranking of civic virtue and not a party split. FEC.gov did not attach those labels to this aggregate.

Use the ZIP 94022 FEC page as the live table. Use the all-ZIP directory to see where $127,098,222 sits among other codes. Use the donor directory for names. If an extract later prints a different dollar figure, the Commission’s filing wins. This prose will not silently rewrite 96,458.

A practical workflow for ZIP 94022 starts with $127,098,222, then 96,458, then the mean of about $1,320. Those three quantities describe a filing shape for Los Altos on FEC itemizations. They do not describe a precinct, a party, or a motive. After the two packet facts, the next honest step is named receipts on the ZIP 94022 FEC page, not a homemade average of household income. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP do not belong in $127,098,222 even if they mention a local race. State campaigns do not belong in $127,098,222. Unitemized federal gifts do not belong in $127,098,222. Keep the citation inside FEC.gov itemized receipts tagged 94022, indexed on LobbyVault, and recheck the hub after a large amendment rather than treating this prose as a ticker.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 94022?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 94022 total $127,098,222 across 96,458 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Los Altos, California. Joint fundraising committees and PAC addresses can appear in $127,098,222 when that five-digit code was filed. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 94022?

LobbyVault counts 96,458 itemized contributions for ZIP 94022. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 96,458 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $127,098,222.

Does ZIP 94022 include only residents of Los Altos, California?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops, joint fundraising committees, and office addresses in Los Altos, California can be part of $127,098,222 when 94022 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 96,458-line count follows the same rule. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 94022 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $127,098,222 and 96,458 lines for ZIP 94022. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from Los Altos, California are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $1,320 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.