Urban Development/Municipalities

Issue Code: URB

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AI Overview

Urban Development/Municipalities is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $135.8M in total lobbying spend across 7,206 filings, it ranks among the significantly lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.

$135.8M
Total Lobbying Spend
7,206
Filings
50
Top Clients

Spending by Year

YearSpendingFilings
2018$12.9M709
2019$12.5M674
2020$13.7M744
2021$14.9M856
2022$19.2M1,032
2023$21.2M1,118
2024$19.4M1,015
2025$22.0M1,058

Biggest Spenders

#ClientSpending
1City of New Orleans$1.9M
2Columbus Chamber of Commerce$1.6M
3City of Portland$1.4M
4County of San Bernardino, Ca$1.3M
5Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago$1.3M
6San Francisco International Airport$1.3M
7City of Dallas$1.2M
8City of Las Vegas$1.2M
9Enterprise Community Partners, INC.$1.2M
10Miami-dade County$1.2M
11Riverside Co. Flood Control & Water Conservation District$1.2M
12San Antonio River Authority$1.1M
13City of Mesa$1.1M
14Broward County, Fl$1.1M
15Los Angeles County Development Authority$1.1M
16El Paso Water Utilities -- Public Service Board DBA El Paso Water$1.0M
17California State Coastal Conservancy$1.0M
18City of Glenwood Springs, Co$950K
19City and Borough of Sitka$940K
20City of Mcallen, Texas$900K
21City of Pasadena, Ca$870K
22City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge$870K
23City of Detroit$850K
24Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District$830K
25Erc Modular INC., a Delaware Corp.$800K

Top Firms

Sustainable Strategies DC$11.7M
Squire Patton Boggs$9.6M
Cfm Strategic Communications (Conkling Fiskum & Mccormick)$9.1M
Thorn Run Partners$9.0M
Van Scoyoc Associates$8.4M
David Turch & Assoc.$6.8M
O'connell & Dempsey, LLC$5.6M
Capitaledge Strategies, LLC$4.9M
Capitaledge Advocacy INC. (Formerly Capitaledge Advocacy, LLC)$3.5M
Keller Partners & Company$2.9M
Holland & Knight LLP$2.8M
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP DBA Taft Advisors LLC FKA (Taft, Stettinius & Ho$2.8M
Smith Garson FKA Smith Dawson & Andrews$2.4M
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$2.4M
Strategics Consulting, LLC$1.9M

What They Lobby For

  • DACA, immigration reform, federal higher education policy, federal grant funding for; research; higher education programs; and community colleges.
  • To promote the City of McAllens economic, policy, and budget priorities, particularly in the areas of cross-border trade, economic development, and infrastructure.
  • Appropriations and authorization regarding water resources
  • Issues related to barriers to housing production
  • Funding for building construction and municipal and public building construction and finance
  • Liaison with White House, federal agencies and congressional officials on behalf of County regarding DC visits and general priorities/initiatives (housing/homelessness/immigration).
  • HR 244 (Public Law No: 115-31) Consolidated Appropriations Act 2017; H.J. Res. 99 (Public Law No: 115-30), Continuing Resolution for Appropriations for remainder of FY2017; America First: A Budget Blu
  • Advocacy on behalf of a TIGER grant application for the Ashley River Crossing project
  • Flood protection issues related to airport infrastructure
  • Lobbied for issues related to urban development.

Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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