California has $68.4B in tracked subsidies across 6338 beneficiary companies. 2713 of these companies also donated to political campaigns (41% donor rate). County-level data available for 58 of 58 counties.

$68.4B Total Subsidies Tracked
6,338 Beneficiary Companies
2,713 Donor-Beneficiaries Matched 41% donor rate
$2082.2M Total Donated by Beneficiaries

County Overview

58 counties ranked by subsidy total. Click any county for full details.

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Key Findings

  • 2,713 of 6,338 subsidized companies (41.0%) made campaign donations — $2082.2M total.
  • $10.2M in donations flowed from beneficiaries to 40 political committees. Top recipient: INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC. ($4.3M).
  • 185 companies showed statistically significant pre-award donation spikes (BH-corrected, q<0.05). Top: GRIMMWAY ENTERPRISES INC. DBA GRIMMWAY FARMS (297.2× baseline, z=790.3).
  • $68.44B in total subsidies tracked across 6,338 beneficiary companies in California.

Political Committee Activity

$10.2M Total donated to committees
40 Committees receiving funds

Top recipient: INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC. ($4290K — 100% beneficiary-funded)

Pre-Award Donation Spikes

185 companies showed statistically unusual donation increases in the years around their subsidy award (Benjamini-Hochberg corrected, q<0.05).

Largest spike: GRIMMWAY ENTERPRISES INC. DBA GRIMMWAY FARMS (297.2× baseline, z=790.3)

All Counties

County-level subsidy data for California
CountyScoreTotal SubsidiesCompanies
Los Angeles21.5$32502.6M0
Inyo15.2$3.4M0
Mendocino15.2$8.4M0
San Benito15.20
Mariposa15.1$29.0M0
Placer15.1$1.4M0
Tehama15.1$14.9M0
San Joaquin13.3$344.6M0
Orange12.8$21129.2M0
Santa Clara12.6$8692.2M0
Contra Costa12.1$196.5M0
San Francisco12.0$105.2M0
Humboldt11.9$12.5M0
Monterey11.4$46.4M0
San Diego11.4$1147.6M0
Kern11.3$516.3M0
Sacramento11.0$487.5M0
Fresno10.3$175.8M0
Madera9.5$28.7M0
Sutter9.4$24.8M0
Yolo9.3$118.0M0
Alameda9.3$1196.7M0
Tulare8.8$152.6M0
Stanislaus8.6$303.0M0
Ventura8.3$131.7M0
Glenn7.8$16.4M0
San Bernardino7.3$363.6M0
Sonoma6.9$92.2M0
Solano6.7$32.4M0
Riverside6.4$267.3M0
Napa6.4$25.1M0
San Luis Obispo5.4$13.2M0
Butte5.3$77.4M0
San Mateo5.2$75.9M0
Santa Cruz4.3$14.1M0
Santa Barbara3.0$39.8M0
Merced2.7$6.1M0
Alpine0.00
Amador0.00
Calaveras0.0$0.3M0
Colusa0.00
Del Norte0.00
El Dorado0.0$1.1M0
Imperial0.00
Kings0.0$0.5M0
Lake0.00
Lassen0.00
Marin0.00
Modoc0.00
Mono0.00
Nevada0.0$0.4M0
Plumas0.00
Shasta0.0$34.5M0
Sierra0.00
Siskiyou0.00
Trinity0.0$14.3M0
Tuolumne0.00
Yuba0.00
How we calculated this

State summaries aggregate county-level data from Good Jobs First subsidy records cross-referenced with state campaign finance databases. Donor rates reflect the percentage of subsidy recipients matched to campaign contributors. County scorecards use a composite weighted score (subsidy concentration 35%, donor overlap 30%, tax burden 20%, WARN notices 15%).

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