A. SUMMARY
Transactions from FPPC Forms 460, 461, 496, 497, and 450. This dataset combines all schedules, pages, and includes unitemized totals. Only transactions from the "most recent" version of a filing (original/amendment) appear here.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED
Committees file campaign statements with the Ethics Commission on a periodic basis. Those statements are stored with the Commission's data provider. Data is generally presented as-filed by committees.

If a committee files an amendment, the data from that filing completely replaces the original and any prior amendments in the filing sequence.

C. UPDATE PROCESS
Each night starting at midnight Pacific time a script runs to check for new filings with the Commission's database, and updates this dataset with transactions from new filings. The update process can take a variable amount of time to complete. Viewing or downloading this dataset while the update is running may result in incomplete data, therefore it is highly recommended to view or download this data before midnight or after 8am.

During the update, some fields are copied from the Filings dataset into this dataset for viewing convenience. The copy process may occasionally fail for some transactions due to timing issues but should self-correct the following day. Transactions with a blank 'Filing Id Number' or 'Filing Date' field are such transactions, but can be joined with the appropriate record using the 'Filing Activity Nid' field shared between Filing and Transaction datasets.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET
Transactions from rejected filings are not included in this dataset. Transactions from many different FPPC forms and schedules are combined in this dataset, refer to the column "Form Type" to differentiate transaction types.
Properties suffixed with "-nid" can be used to join the data between Filers, Filings, and Transaction datasets.
Refer to the Ethics Commission's webpage for more information.
Fppc Form460 is organized into Schedules as follows:

• A: Monetary Contributions Received


• B1: Loans Received


• B2: Loan Guarantors


• C: Nonmonetary Contributions Received


• D: Summary of Expenditures Supporting/Opposing Other Candidates, Measures and Committees


• E: Payments Made


• F: Accrued Expenses (Unpaid Bills)


• G: Payments Made by an Agent or Independent Contractor (on Behalf of This Committee)


• H: Loans Made to Others


• I: Miscellaneous Increases to Cash

RELATED DATASETS

• San Francisco Campaign Filers


• Filings Received by SFEC


• Summary Totals


• Transactions

A. SUMMARY
This dataset contains current summary information for electronically filed FPPC campaign forms. The columns in this dataset correspond to the figures reported on the summary page of FPPC forms 450, 460, 461, and 465. Refer to the FPPC Forms represented in this dataset.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED
Committees file campaign statements with the Ethics Commission on a periodic basis. Those statements are stored with the Commission's provider. Data is generally presented as-filed by committees.
If a committee files an amendment, the data from that filing completely replaces the original and any prior amendments in the filing sequence.

C. UPDATE PROCESS
Each night starting at midnight Pacific time a script runs to check for new filings with the Commission's database, and updates this dataset with transactions from new filings. The update process can take a variable amount of time to complete. Viewing or downloading this dataset while the update is running may result in incomplete data, therefore it is highly recommended to view or download this data before midnight or after 8am.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET
Transactions from rejected and superseded filings are not included in this dataset. Transactions from many different FPPC forms are combined in this dataset, refer to the column "Form Type" to differentiate transaction types.

A row with no value in the SyncFlag column indicates a paper filing amended an electronic filing. The SFEC is working on how to automatically deal with these cases.

Properties suffixed with "-nid" can be used to join the data between Filers, Filings, and Transaction datasets.

Refer to the Ethics Commission's webpage for more information.

RELATED DATASETS

• San Francisco Campaign Filers


• Filings Received by SFEC


• Summary Totals


• Transactions

A. SUMMARY
This dataset lists the current campaign filings received by the SFEC; Campaign forms include FPPC forms 410, 450, 460, 461, 465, 470, 496, 497. Refer to the FPPC page for forms represented in this dataset.
Filings of the following SFEC forms are also recorded in this dataset:

• SFEC161 - Itemized Disclosure Statement for Mass Mailings


• SFEC162 - Electioneering Communication Report


• SFEC163 - Member Communication Report

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED
Committees file campaign statements with the Ethics Commission on a periodic basis. Those statements are stored with the Commission's provider. Data is generally presented as-filed by committees.

C. UPDATE PROCESS
Each night starting at midnight Pacific time a script runs to check for new filings with the Commission's database, and updates this dataset with transactions from new filings. The update process can take a variable amount of time to complete. Viewing or downloading this dataset while the update is running may result in incomplete data, therefore it is highly recommended to view or download this data before midnight or after 8am.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET
Filings received on paper will not have corresponding data in the Transactions or Summary datasets.
A "rejected" filing is usually one made in error, under the wrong filing account, or containing an error in reporting period.
Amendment filings supersede all transactions from the original filing and any prior amendments. Transactions from prior filings are removed from the accompanying "Transactions" dataset in order to represent the most up-to-date version of transactions.
"Filer Name" reflects the name of the committee at time of filing. Committees can change names over time.

Refer to the Ethics Commission's webpage for more information.

RELATED DATASETS

• San Francisco Campaign Filers


• Filings Received by SFEC


• Summary Totals


• Transactions

A. SUMMARY
This dataset contains a list of active and terminated campaign committees and non-committee campaign finance filers in the Ethics Commission's records database.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED
This dataset comes from an export of the Ethics Commission's filer database.

C. UPDATE PROCESS
Each night starting at midnight Pacific time a script runs replacing this dataset with a complete list of all filers within the Ethics Commission's filing database. This process can take a variable amount of time to complete. Viewing or downloading this dataset while the update is running may result in incomplete data, therefore it is highly recommended to view or download this data before midnight or after 8am.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET
The "Filer Name" is the most current version of a committee name as registered with the Ethics Commission.
Properties suffixed with "-nid" can be used to join the data between Filers, Filings, and Transaction datasets.
The California Secretary of State issues "FPPCIds" to committees when registering. After the committee registers with the SOS, the committee can file a courtesy copy of their registration with the Ethics Commission. Until that filing is received, committees' fppcids may appear as "pending".
Committees are (generally) only required to register with the Ethics Commission if they participating in local elections.
Refer to the Ethics Commission's webpage for more information.

RELATED DATASETS

• San Francisco Campaign Filers


• Filings Received by SFEC


• Summary Totals


• Transactions

Under S.F. Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code 1.128, a candidate who wishes to accept the voluntary expenditure ceiling must file Form SFEC-128 no later than the deadline for filing nomination papers. In a race where at least one candidate has accepted the VEC, all candidates running for office in the same race must file Form SFEC 134(b) within 24 hours of receiving contributions, making expenditures, or having funds that exceed 100 percent of the applicable VEC.

A. SUMMARY
This dataset contains data from financial statements of campaign committees that file with the San Francisco Ethics Commission and (1) contribute to or (2) receive funds from a San Francisco committee which was Primarily Formed for a local election, or (3) filed a Late Reporting Period statement with the SFEC. Financial statements are included for a committee if they meet any of the three criteria for each election included in the search parameters and are not primarily formed for the election.

The search period for financial statements begins two years before an election and runs through the next semi-annual filing deadline. The dataset currently filters by the elections of 2024-03-05 and 2024-11-05.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED
During an election period an automated script runs nightly to examine filings by Primarily Formed San Francisco committees. If a primarily formed committee reports accepting money from or giving money to a second committee, that second committee's ID number is added to a filter list. If a committee electronically files a late reporting period form with the San Francisco Ethics Commission, the committee's ID number is also included in the filter list. The filter list is used in a second step that looks for filings by committees that file with the San Francisco Ethics Commission or the California Secretary of State.

This dataset shows the output of the second step for committees that file with the San Francisco Ethics Commission. The data comes from a nightly search of the Ethics Commission campaign database. A second dataset includes committees that file with the Secretary of State.

C. UPDATE PROCESS
This dataset is rewritten nightly and is based on data derived from campaign filings. The update script runs automatically on a timer during the 90 days before an election. Refer to the "Data Last Updated" date in the section "About This Dataset" on the landing page to see when the script last ran successfully.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET
Transactions from all FPPC Form 460 schedules are presented together, refer to the Form Type to differentiate.

Transactions from FPPC Form 461 and Form 465 filings are presented together, refer to the Form Type to differentiate.

Transactions with a Form Type of D, E, F, G, H, F461P5, F465P3, F496, or F497P2 represent expenditures, or money spent by the committee. Transactions with Form Type A, B1, C, I, F496P3, and F497P1 represent receipts, or money taken in by the committee. Refer to the instructions for Forms 460, 496, and 497 for more details.

Transactions on Form 460 Schedules D, F, G, and H are also reported on Schedule E. When doing summary statistics use care not to double count expenditures.

Transactions from FPPC Form 496 and Form 497 filings are presented in this dataset. Transactions that were reported on these forms are also reported on the Form 460 at the next filing deadline. If a 460 filing deadline has passed and the committee has filed a campaign statement, transactions on 496/497 filings from the late reporting period should be disregarded.

This dataset only shows transactions from the most recent filing version. Committee amendments overwrite filings which come before in sequence.

Campaign Committees are required to file statements according to a schedule set out by the C

A. SUMMARY
This dataset contains data from financial statements of state committees that (1) contribute to or (2) receive funds from a San Francisco committee which was Primarily Formed for a local election, or (3) filed a Late Reporting Period statement with the SFEC during the 90 days before an election. The search period for financial statements begins two years before an election and runs through the next semi-annual filing deadline. The dataset currently filters by the elections of 2024-03-05 and 2024-11-05.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED
During an election period, an automated script runs nightly to examine filings by Primarily Formed San Francisco committees. If a primarily formed committee reports accepting money from or giving money to a second committee, that second committee's ID number is added to a filter list. If a committee electronically files a late reporting period form with the San Francisco Ethics Commission, the committee's ID number is also included in the filter list. The filter list is used in a second step that looks for filings by committees that file with the San Francisco Ethics Commission or the California Secretary of State.

This dataset shows the committees that file with the California Secretary of State. The data comes from a nightly export of the Secretary of State's database. A second dataset includes Non-Primarily Formed committees that file with the San Francisco Ethics Commission.

C. UPDATE PROCESS
This dataset is rewritten nightly based on data derived from campaign filings. The update script runs automatically on a timer during the 90 days before an election. Refer to the "Data Last Updated" date in the section "About This Dataset" on the landing page to see when the script last ran successfully.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET
Transactions from all FPPC Form 460 schedules are presented together, refer to the Form Type to differentiate.

Transactions with a Form Type of D, E, F, G, H, F496, or F497P2 represent expenditures or money spent by the committee. Transactions with Form Type A, B1, C, I, F496P3, and F497P1 represent receipts or money taken in by the committee. Refer to the instructions for Forms 460, 496, and 497 for more details.

Transactions on Form 460 Schedules D, F, G, and H are also reported on Schedule E. When doing summary statistics use care not to double count expenditures.

Transactions from FPPC Form 496 and Form 497 filings are also in this dataset. Transactions that were reported on these forms are also reported on the Form 460 at the next filing deadline. If a 460 filing deadline has passed and the committee has filed a campaign statement, transactions on filings from the late reporting period should be disregarded.

This dataset only shows transactions from the most recent filing version. Committee's amendments overwrite filings which come before in sequence.

Campaign Committees are required to file statements according to a schedule set out by the California Fair Political Practices Commission. Depending on timing, transactions which have occurred may not be listed as they might not have been reported yet.

E. RELATED DATASETS

Under S.F. Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code 1.128, a candidate who wishes to accept the voluntary expenditure ceiling must file Form SFEC-128 no later than the August 12, 2016 deadline for filing nomination papers.In a race where at least one candidate has accepted the VEC, all candidates running for office in the same race must file Form SFEC 134(b) within 24 hours of receiving contributions, making expenditures, or having funds that exceed 100 percent of the applicable VEC.

A. SUMMARY
This dataset provides the expenditure source data for the campaign finance explorer app at https://data.sfgov.org/campaign_finance. Learn more about San Francisco campaign finance at https://sfethics.org.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED
Data comes from campaign filings with the San Francisco Ethics Commission, specifically FPPC Form 460 Schedule E filings for committees formed to support or oppose candidates and ballot measures in the November 3, 2020 election.

C. UPDATE PROCESS
The data comes from campaign filings due on a semi-annual basis, refer to the FPPC filing schedule.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET
Some committees may have submitted amendments to the SFEC since the last update to this dataset. The next update is scheduled for August 1, 2021. For the most up-to-date numbers, see the Ethics Commission website