Federal contributions from ZIP 95060

Nearly 100,000 lines behind $24.7 million

Ninety-eight thousand two hundred seventy-eight itemized receipts add to $24,715,061. The mean is about $251 per line ($24,715,061 / 98,278). Among eight-figure ZIP totals, that is a high-volume, low-mean file: many modest itemizations, a thin tail of larger checks, and a quotient near two hundred fifty dollars.

Sort the ZIP 95060 FEC page by amount. 98,278 lines will dilute any large transfer in the average. This packet has no unique-donor count. Treat 98,278 as committee-report lines, not as a count of Santa Cruz residents who gave.

Santa Cruz County uses more than one ZIP. 95060 is the principal city code. Capitola, Scotts Valley, and mountain codes have their own hubs. Rank them on the all-ZIP index. Do not add those totals to $24,715,061. Santa Cruz’s 98,278-line file is one of the busiest in this batch. That volume is the story as much as $24,715,061. A reader who quotes only the dollars will miss that the mean sits near $251. Keep both figures together. The all-ZIP index will show other California codes with similar dollars and far fewer receipts; those are different objects, not a reason to average them with 95060.

Federal schedules on the Monterey Bay

California Fair Political Practices Commission filings for state office sit outside $24,715,061. Keep the federal ZIP total as a federal ZIP total. Mixing FPPC and FEC money invents a Santa Cruz figure this packet does not contain.

University of California, Santa Cruz employer strings live on individual receipts. This rollup does not tally them. A campus-giving story that quotes $24,715,061 without those strings is using a ZIP total as a substitute for an employer table. Ninety-eight thousand lines is enough volume that a few large transfers barely move the $251 mean. That is why sorting the ZIP 95060 FEC page by amount still matters: the tail can be real even when the average looks modest. $24,715,061 is the sum of all 98,278 tagged receipts, not the sum of the tail alone. Santa Cruz mail includes campus-adjacent streets and the city core. The FEC field does not split those. Anyone quoting $24,715,061 as “UC Santa Cruz giving” is substituting a ZIP for an employer table this packet does not contain.

What 95060 is not

The aggregate is not a city campaign report and not a county election-board total. It is federal itemizations from FEC.gov. It is not a party index. FEC schedules do not score ZIP codes by ideology.

Unitemized federal gifts sit outside $24,715,061. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted even if they mention a California race. Local measure committees that never file with the FEC are omitted.

Reading a $251 mean

A mean near $251 on 98,278 lines is a volume shape. Compare it with ZIPs that post similar dollars on far fewer receipts. The accurate comparison uses both $24,715,061 and the line count. This packet does not assign 95060 a national rank.

Cycle windows matter even when this packet does not print a cycle year. Recheck the live ZIP 95060 FEC page after large filings. If a later extract disagrees, the newer FEC.gov file wins.

Where to continue from 95060

The ZIP 95060 FEC page lists the table behind $24,715,061. The all-ZIP index ranks other codes. The donor directory is the name-level path. This copy uses only the packet’s total and contribution count. A mean near $251 follows from division and is not a median Santa Cruz resident. Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Compare 95060 with thicker-check California codes that post similar dollars on far fewer receipts. Use the all-ZIP index. Do not import those other totals onto this page. $24,715,061 and 98,278 remain the packet facts. Unitemized federal gifts and independent expenditures paid from another ZIP stay outside the total. Recheck the live hub after large filings. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Questions

How much did ZIP 95060 itemize in federal contributions?

LobbyVault’s ZIP aggregate shows $24,715,061 across 98,278 FEC contributions listing 95060, sourced from FEC.gov. The five-digit field is the contributor ZIP on each receipt. The mean is about $251 per line, which is not a unique-donor average.

Does 95060 include California state campaign filings?

No. $24,715,061 is federal itemizations from FEC.gov that list contributor ZIP 95060. FPPC state-office filings sit outside this total. Mixing the two would invent a combined Santa Cruz figure this packet does not contain. The 98,278-line count is federal receipts only.

Does 95060 cover all of Santa Cruz County?

No. 95060 is one five-digit code used for the city core and nearby coast. Other county ZIPs have separate FEC hubs. Compare them on the all-ZIP index. The $24,715,061 figure is only the itemizations labeled 95060.

Where can I see 95060 receipts?

On the ZIP 95060 FEC page, which lists the table behind $24,715,061 and 98,278 receipts. Rank other mailing codes on the all-ZIP index. Use the donor directory for person-level records. This packet reports the dollar total and the contribution count only.