City of San Francisco

Campaign Finance Transactions

Individual campaign finance transactions filed with the San Francisco Ethics Commission, covering FPPC Forms 460, 461, 496, 497, and 450. Records include donor and recipient names, amounts, and committee details from the most recent version of each filing.

Example records
Namelegal entityAlternate Namelegal entityCityaddressStateaddressFiling ID NumberregistrationFiling DatetemporalFiling Start DatetemporalFiling End DatetemporalFppc IDregistrationFiler TypeclassificationCalculated AmountfinancialCalculated Datetemporal
Farella Braun + Martel LLPDavid Chiu for City Attorney 2024BerkeleyCA21549872402/01/202607/01/202512/31/20251466331Candidate or Officeholder25009/15/2025
California Housing PartnershipDavid Chiu for City Attorney 2024San FranciscoCA21549872402/01/202607/01/202512/31/20251466331Candidate or Officeholder25009/15/2025
Silicon Valley Leadership GroupDavid Chiu for City Attorney 2024San LorenzoCA21549872402/01/202607/01/202512/31/20251466331Candidate or Officeholder10009/15/2025
Use cases

Vendor Political Exposure Screening

A bank's compliance team onboarding a new corporate vendor checks whether the company or its principals have made political contributions to San Francisco officials who oversee city contracts, assessing potential conflicts of interest or politically exposed person risk before approving the relationship.

NameTransaction Amount 1Transaction DateAlternate NameFppc ID

Donation Aggregation for Contribution Limit Auditing

A fintech platform offering campaign finance monitoring to law firms aggregates all transactions from a single donor entity across multiple filing periods to determine whether cumulative contributions to a single committee approach or exceed legal limits, flagging potential violations before they are reported to regulators.

NameFppc IDTransaction Amount 1Transaction DateFiling ID Number

Employer-Bundled Contribution Pattern Detection

A fraud intelligence team investigates whether a single employer is coordinating contributions by routing donations through multiple employees to the same candidate committee, a practice that can constitute illegal bundling, by grouping transactions on occupation and employer fields against a common recipient.

Transaction OccupationIntermediary EmployerAlternate NameTransaction Amount 1Transaction Date
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Campaign Finance - State FilerCity of San FranciscoCampaign Finance ExpendituresCity of San FranciscoSFEC Campaign Consultant Political Contribution ReportsCity of San FranciscoCampaign Finance - Local Non-Primarily Formed CommitteesCity of San FranciscoSFEC Campaign Consultant Client Authorization and Termination StatementCity of San FranciscoSFEC Campaign Consultant Vendor ReportsCity of San FranciscoPlanning Department Records - ProjectsCity of San FranciscoColleges in San FranciscoCity of San FranciscoSFEC Form 113: Initiative, Recall, Referendum PetitionsCity of San FranciscoCampaign FinanceState of WashingtonCampaign IntermediariesCity of New YorkHealth InspectionsCity of San FranciscoCampaign Finance ReportsState of WashingtonSan Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Street Space PermitsCity of San FranciscoCity Campaign Contributions (and Misc Increases to Cash)City of Los AngelesCampaign Finance Transaction DetailCity of AustinBuilding Permits ContactsCity of San FranciscoElectrical Permits ContactsCity of San FranciscoLos Angeles City Campaign ExpendituresCity of Los AngelesContributions to out-of-state political committeesState of Washington