Our Firm

Government Affairs + Association Management

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Established in 1971, California Advocates, Inc. is California’s oldest contract advocacy firm, currently serving nearly 70 clients. 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.

In 1991, we established California Advocates Management Services (CAMS) at the encouragement of our clients who sought our expertise in the management of their internal matters. With the formation of CAMS, California Advocates uniquely combines a solution-based legislative and regulatory advocacy firm with a full-service association management firm capable of providing an array of services from complete management services, meeting planning, and major trade shows.

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.