• Discussions with staff on City needs re: community projects. Community Project Requests in THUD Account for Senator Padilla, Senator Butler. Communication with Rep. Duartes office regarding request in THUD account.
• Need to address equity, add new interchange on Service Rd. January visit by Mayor. Visited: Sen. Padilla, Sen. Butler, Rep. Duarte, Department of Transportation.

Duration: October 1, 2023 to present

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Economics/Economic Development, Government Issues, Housing, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Roads/Highway, Urban Development/Municipalities

Spending: about $30,000 (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 2023: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives