Los Altos Hills, CA and the 2008 FEC cycle

How Los Altos Hills, CA and 2008 share one dollar figure

This join is a Santa Clara Hills string against a 2008 FEC window. The dollar figure attached to that meeting is $140,650. 47 itemized individual contributions produced it. The city key’s stored lifetime total is $80,477,479, so other cycles hold $80,336,829. Folding those other cycles into a 2008 citation would overstate the window by $80,336,829.

FEC cycle labels are even years. The 2008 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2007 from 2008. Election-night tallies, primary-versus-general splits, and party splits are not in the facts and are not computed here. The page is nonpartisan public-record description.

Reading the Los Altos Hills, CA lifetime total next to 2008

0.17% is $140,650 divided by $80,477,479. That percentage is a share of the stored city key, not a share of all 2008 FEC receipts nationwide. No nationwide cycle denominator is in the facts, so none is quoted. Statewide California denominators are also absent.

Los Altos Hills is stored as LOS ALTOS HILLS in California. Los Altos without Hills, Palo Alto, and Mountain View are other city keys. If two suburb names look related on a map, the FEC still stores them as separate city strings unless the form text matches exactly.

How FEC cycle 2008 differs from a calendar year

The 2008 overlay path in this packet is /election-cycles/2008/. Open it for cycle-wide navigation. Return here for the Los Altos Hills slice of $140,650. The 2008 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2007 from 2008.

Because the window can include the paired odd year, a gift dated in that odd year can still be a 2008 receipt. This page does not quantify how many of the 47 lines fall in each calendar year. That split is not in the facts.

FEC gifts are not USAspending awards

Itemization rules mean small gifts can be absent. Joint fundraising, earmarks, and conduit committees can also shape how a city string appears without appearing as extra facts here. None of those mechanics are quantified in the packet. The published cell stays $140,650 and 47 contributions. Live FEC bulk files can be re-aggregated; if they move, this snapshot can lag.

Using the Los Altos Hills, CA hub, the 2008 hub, and ties

Put dollars first ($140,650), then both keys (Los Altos Hills, CA and 2008), then volume (47), then source (FEC.gov). That order matches the voice constraint on the packet. Motive language, party labels, and invented contractors would break the contract. None appear.

LOS ALTOS HILLS in 2008: facts only

Nothing in this file ranks Los Altos Hills as more politically active than another city. Itemized volume reflects who itemized and how committees keyed the city field. 47 lines at $140,650 can sit next to a neighbor city’s very different cell without implying a social ranking. Report the cell. Stop. Restating without new facts: Los Altos Hills, CA in 2008 is $140,650 from 47 itemized individual contributions on FEC.gov. The city string stores $80,477,479 across cycles, so this window is about 0.17% and other windows hold $80,336,829. Arithmetic mean per line is about $2,993. Unique donors, recipient committees, party split, and USAspending dollars are not in the packet. Live overlays at the city hub, the 2008 hub, and All FEC ties outrank this snapshot if they differ. Keep both join sides in any reuse of $140,650: donor city Los Altos Hills, CA and FEC cycle 2008, sourced from FEC.gov itemized individual receipts. The 47 contribution lines are volume for this cell only and are not added to counts from other Los Altos Hills cycle pages. City lifetime money $80,477,479 already includes the 2008 window; do not add $140,650 to $80,477,479.

Los Altos Hills, CA remains one donor-city string on FEC.gov. Cycle 2008 remains one even-year tag. Together they produce $140,650 from 47 itemized individual contributions. The city key still stores $80,477,479 when every stored cycle is included, so 2008 is about 0.17% of that running total and $80,336,829 sits in other windows. Those other windows are not listed here and are not estimated. Mean line size about $2,993 is $140,650 divided by 47, an arithmetic mean rather than a median.

Questions

How much did Los Altos Hills donors give in 2008?

Los Altos Hills, CA donors reported $140,650 in itemized individual contributions in the 2008 FEC election cycle, according to FEC.gov aggregates in this packet. That total sits on 47 contribution records. It is the city-and-cycle overlap, not the $80,477,479 all-cycle city total and not a statewide California figure. Mean line size in the packet is about $2,993. Unique donors are not counted here.

What share of Los Altos Hills FEC money is 2008?

About 0.17% of the stored Los Altos Hills, CA city total sits in 2008. The city total in the packet is $80,477,479; the 2008 slice is $140,650; other windows hold $80,336,829 (99.8%). That share is of this city key only, not of national 2008 FEC receipts. A nationwide cycle denominator is not in the facts and is not used.

Is Los Altos without Hills included?

No. The join uses the stored city string LOS ALTOS HILLS in CA, displayed as Los Altos Hills, CA. Los Altos Hills is stored as LOS ALTOS HILLS in California. Los Altos without Hills, Palo Alto, and Mountain View are other city keys. Alternate spellings, suburb names, and same-named cities in other states stay on other pages and are not added to $140,650 or $80,477,479. This file does not recode municipal boundaries.

Where are the Los Altos Hills and 2008 overlay pages?

The Los Altos Hills, CA city hub is /cities/ca-los-altos-hills/. The 2008 election-cycle hub is /election-cycles/2008/. California campaign finance is /states/CA/. All FEC ties is /ties/. This article’s canonical path is /ties/ca-los-altos-hills-2008-donations/. Live tables override this snapshot if they differ. The join dollars on this packet are $140,650 from 47 contributions.