• Amending Cable Communications Act of 1984 to clarify that local governments with statewide franchising agreement can use PEG fees for both operating and capital purposes
• Securing FASTLANE Grants through Federal Highway Administration for State Route 84; TIGER Grant through Department of Transportation for regional Iron Horse Trail overcrossings; BART to ACE connection in Tri-Valley through Federal Transit Administration New Starts Program
• Transfer of Technologies through Department of Energy prorams via Department of Energy facility located in Livermore to encourage innovation and start-ups in Tri-Valley

Duration: July 1, 2009 to October 3, 2022

General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Transportation, Energy/Nuclear, Small Business, Economics/Economic Development, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Budget/Appropriations, Housing, Roads/Highway, Urban Development/Municipalities

Spending: about $480,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Energy - Dept of, Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Economic Development Administration, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Senate,, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Education - Dept of, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Economic Development Administration,, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)