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Government Affairs + Association Management

California Advocates

Established in 1971, we are California’s oldest contract advocacy firm. Over the years, we have provided professional advocacy services for a broad range of corporations, associations, local governments, and special districts on a myriad of public policy issues before the legislature and regulatory agencies.

Why Choose Us?

California Advocates uniquely combines a solution based legislative and regulatory advocacy firm with a full-service association management division. This approach results in a diverse firm, with experienced professionals, able to offer a wide array of services to associations, special districts, corporations, and local government entities.

Government Affairs

  • Full Service Legislative Engagement
  • Regulatory Affairs, including Regulatory Review, Comment Development, and Advocacy
  • Budget Augmentations
  • Enforcement Action Engagement
  • Strategic Guidance and Political Action
  • Compliance with Highest Ethical Standards
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Association Management

  • Headquarters Office & Admin Support Services
  • Financial Management Services
  • Meeting, Conference and Trade Show Management
  • Membership Management Services
  • Website & Information Technology Administration
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Our Clients

Government Affairs

Association Management

Accomplishments

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Successfully secured $242 million in state and federal funding to address the Red Bluff Diversion Dam.  We accomplished this by leading a team of district staff, project managers and federal advocates to ensure the project was a top California appropriation request, securing local and state government support and funding while maneuvering for the largest American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funded water project in the country.

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Carried a series of successful legislation for our food and consumer product clients on “slack fill” laws to clarify the state law, making it consistent with federal regulations and eliminating unnecessary litigation.

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Successfully collaborated with the California Department of Aging, resulting in the procurement of 30,000 mobile devices on behalf of our global leading technology client.

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Retention by the World Bank to legislatively expand permissible investments of California public pension funds to include certain financial instruments issued by the World Bank.

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Successful management of the merger of two fledging trade associations to one thriving association.

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Successful facilitation of an association name and infrastructure change.

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Successful development and implementation of technological efficiencies.

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I have been in the legal industry for 40 years and have worked closely with the CAMS team for the past 15 years. Their dedication and support to CALSPro is unwavering and at times we feel like we’re their only client. In my heart I know that if not for Jenny and her team, our association would not be here today.

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CAMS is a pleasure to work with!  Jennifer Blevins is an amazing Executive Director, whose hard work makes our meetings and events possible.  Kelly Hoskins, the Advertising and Online Education Coordinator, made it possible to promote and hold frequent remote programming over Zoom during the last two years when COVID prevented many in-person events.  CAMS’ team of professionals and their responsiveness to their clients are unparalleled.

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“They’re great at answering questions. I really appreciated the open conversation. They’re really great at explaining legal terms in a way we could understand and apply to our business.”

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