About the Campaign Finance Data
Under state law, campaign finance statements required by the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) are filed in the CAL 2.01 data format, which is supported by the California Secretary of State. Each campaign finance statement is broken down into individual schedules, which are parsed into datasets. These datasets are consistent across all campaign committees and can be downloaded in a variety of common formats, including Excel, CSV, and JSON.
Please note that street address information is redacted from the publicly available data on the Internet, as mandated by state law. To obtain street address details from campaign finance statements, you must submit a public records request.
For local San Francisco campaigns, statements can be accessed through datasets on DataSF. Links to the datasets and additional documentation are provided below.
If you’re a software developer interested in API access, please refer to the SODA API Documentation.
Datasets
State Disclosure Requirements
DataSF Datasets
Available on DataSF (San Francisco’s open data portal):
Netfile Datasets
Netfile, the electronic filing system used by committees for state-mandated campaign finance disclosures, also offers data exports for transactions reported on FPPC forms. To access these, visit the Netfile Public Access Site and choose the export options at the top of the page.
Local San Francisco Disclosure Requirements
The following forms are part of San Francisco’s local campaign finance disclosure requirements:
- SFEC Form 107 – Training for Candidates and Treasurers
- SFEC Form 113 – Important Notice for Initiative, Recall and Referendum Petitions
- SFEC Form 114.5 – Behested Contributions Received by Certain Committees
- SFEC Form 122 – Transfer of Funds
- SFEC Form 124 – Contributions Made by Business Entities
- SFEC Form 125 – Bundled Contributions Disclosure Report
- SFEC Form 126f2 – Notification of Submission of Proposal
- SFEC Form 126f4 – Notification of Contract Approval
- SFEC Form 128 – Acceptance of Expense Ceiling
- SFEC Form 134b – Candidate’s Notice of Exceeding 100 Percent of the Voluntary Expenditure Ceiling
- SFEC Form 143 – Requests by Candidates for Independent Determination of Filings