City of Oakland
Municipality
Based in CA
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AI Overview
With $1.9M in lobbying spend across 28 quarterly filings, City of Oakland is a significant lobbying presence.
$1.9M
Total Lobbying Spend
28
Quarterly Filings
1
Lobbying Firms Used
8
Individual Lobbyists
Spending by Year
| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $111K |
| 2019 | $167K |
| 2020 | $167K |
| 2021 | $345K |
| 2022 | $288K |
| 2023 | $336K |
| 2024 | $252K |
| 2025 | $244K |
Lobbying Firms
TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INC
What They Lobby For
- head start funding
- census questions, immigration policy
- job training funding
- DOJ grants, sanctuary city restrictions, funding for recitivism and retention programs, sex trafficking legislation
- EDA Grants
- medical cannabis legislation, healthy homes program
- CDBG, HOME, homelessness funding, homelessness services, Fair Housing Act
- appropriations
- gun legislation
- firefighter grant funding
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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