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Support the Work

Investigations take time, fees, and stubbornness. Your support funds public records, data work, and the reporting that keeps power honest in the Central Valley. Every dollar goes to receipts, not overhead.

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Why It Matters

Most of what we uncover starts with a public records request.
Some agencies hand them over. Others charge hundreds just to export a file.
Behind every headline is time spent cleaning data, cross-checking budgets, and chasing paper trails that aren’t meant to be easy.

When you contribute here, you’re not funding slogans — you’re literally buying daylight.

Ways to Give

Donate to the Newsroom

Keep operations steady and independent.

  • $25 → keeps the lights on for a day

  • $60 → covers a week of hosting + storage

  • $100 → funds a data tool license renewal

  • $250 → supports one round of editing + fact-check

  • $1,200 → floats a full month of core operations

Sponsor a CPRA Fee
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Help us pay for the records themselves.

  • $35 → small scan fee (10–20 pages)

  • $75 → modest packet of emails or memos

  • $150 → one box of scanned records

  • $350 → large export or multi-department request

  • $750 → vendor-run database pull or body-cam footage

Underwrite a Dataset

Turn raw files into public knowledge.

  • $300 → small dataset cleaned + published

  • $600 → mid-size dataset with full documentation

  • $900 → multi-agency dataset + cross-checks

  • $1,200 → full investigative dataset, verified and documented

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Accountability in Action

We publish annual funding summaries that show exactly where your money went — from CPRA fees to server costs.Transparency isn’t a buzzword; it’s our workflow.
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Thank you for making public records truly public.

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