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LA Council District Money Origins

Where 147 council campaigns raised money: in-district, elsewhere in Los Angeles and outside the city, plus ZIP-to-district flows.

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LA City Ethics Commission bulk filings
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15,651 rows. CSV, column dictionary, licensing terms, SHA-256 manifest.
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  • council_candidate_geography.csv42 KB, 402 rows
  • council_district_money.csv1 KB, 15 rows
  • district_donor_zip_flows.csv0.4 MB, 14,894 rows
  • zip_to_cd.csv11 KB, 340 rows

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Columns in council_candidate_geography.csv

  • candidate
  • council_district
  • election_cycle
  • itemized_total
  • positive_total
  • n_contributions
  • n_distinct_donors
  • self_funding
  • zip_known_base
  • in_district_share
  • in_city_share
  • out_of_city_share
  • top_industry
  • district_median_hh_income

The richer the district, the more of its money is local

Median in-district share of itemized contributions, council candidacies raising $150K+, 2000–2026, by district median household income

0%10%20%30%40%$60K$80K$100K$120K$140KMedian household income (ACS)CD 9CD 10CD 6CD 5CD 11r = 0.72, and 0.57 to 0.79 dropping any one district
Source: Basin Data, council-district-money-origins. LA City Ethics Commission bulk filings; ACS 2024.

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