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Receipt summary — not a verdict

This member's profile: LOW — 1.2% of PAC dollars from tagged committees. Correlation ≠ causation — the filings are still real.

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Luz M. Rivas

Rep. CA-29

Principal committee C00857417 · Schedule A →

LOW

PAC dependency

1.2%

Share of PAC dollars from tagged committees (2024 cycle).

Tagged / total PAC

$5,013 / $431,739

Numerator and denominator for the dependency ratio — every line links to FEC.

Peer context

More PAC-dependent on tagged committees than 58% of House colleagues.

Tagged committeeFEC IDAmountSource
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PACC00797670$5,013Receipts · Committee

Score rule: influence_formula_v1

Post–Oct 7 delta

PAC dependency ratio before vs after 7 Oct 2023 (PAS2 transaction dates, 2024 cycle).

0.0%

Pre–Oct 7

1.2%

Post–Oct 7

+1.2pp

Change

Influence stack

Layer toggles

Default ON: direct PAC + documented IE. LDA and FARA live in separate sections — we never merge buckets.

  • Direct PACOn

    Objective

    FEC committee → candidate contributions (PAS2 bulk). Default ON.

  • LDA lobbying

    Fuzzy match

    Lobbying Disclosure Act filings — confidence-scored member links. Separate bucket.

    Open →
  • FARA foreign gov

    Separate tab

    Foreign-agent registration spend — never merged with domestic PAC totals.

    Open →

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Luz M. Rivas

Rep. CA-29

1.2%

PAC dependency (of PAC $)

LOW

$5,013 tagged · $431,739 total PAC

$5,013 / $431,739 PAC $. Editorial severity from public records. Correlation ≠ causation. Every dollar links to FEC.

Influence breakdown

PAC dependency1

Influence Mixer

Argue with the formula like a drunk poli-sci major

Your priors move, the FEC filings don't.

Sliders re-weight the editorial composite for Luz M. Rivas. The filings are fixed; your priors are adjustable — like Congress, but honest about it. Top-level split stays 55% electoral / 45% legislative.

Live composite (monkey-adjusted)

27

LOW

Schedule A earmarked conduit (tagged PACs)

FEC bulk itcont earmarks via tagged committees (2024 cycle) — semi-objective bucket; never merged into PAC dependency %.

$12,500 · 15 sample lines indexed

  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $1,000 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $500 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $500 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $250 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  • $250 · American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC

LD-203 lobbyist conduit contributions

Registrant/lobbyist-hosted contributions to committees honoring this member — lda.gov LD-203 filings since 2023. Separate bucket from FEC Schedule A PAC receipts above.

$20,000 across 4 itemized lines · American Israel Public Affairs Committee

  • $5,000 · 2026-03-23 · American Israel Public Affairs CommitteeLUZ RIVAS FOR CONGRESSLD-203 filing →
  • $5,000 · 2025-11-04 · American Israel Public Affairs CommitteeLUZ RIVAS FOR CONGRESSLD-203 filing →
  • $5,000 · 2024-10-03 · American Israel Public Affairs CommitteeLUZ RIVAS FOR CONGRESSLD-203 filing →
  • $5,000 · 2024-02-20 · American Israel Public Affairs CommitteeLUZ RIVAS FOR CONGRESSLD-203 filing →

Severity is an editorial composite from public records.See the math →