Lobbying

City of Oakland's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $80K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $240K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Budget/Appropriations and Housing.

City of Oakland

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$240K
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

City of Oakland lobbying by quarter
City of Oakland lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$84K1
Q1 2023$84K1
Q2 2023$84K1
Q3 2023$84K1
Q4 2023$84K1
Q1 2024$84K1
Q2 2024$84K1
Q3 2024$84K1
Q4 2024$84K1
Q1 2025$84K1
Q2 2025$80K1
Q3 2025$80K1
Q4 2025$80K1
Q1 2026$80K1
Q2 2026$80K1
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Budget and appropriations$260K · 15 reports
  • Housing$260K · 15 reports
  • Transportation$260K · 15 reports
  • Law enforcement and criminal justice$232K · 13 reports
  • Disaster planning and emergencies$80K · 6 reports
  • Energy and nuclear$56K · 4 reports
  • Computer industry$28K · 2 reports
  • Economic development$24K · 2 reports
  • Telecommunications$24K · 2 reports
  • Education$16K · 1 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  • SENATE15 reports
  • Transportation, Dept of (DOT)13 reports
  • White House Office9 reports
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)6 reports
  • Energy, Dept of4 reports
  • Commerce, Dept of (DOC)2 reports
  • Education, Dept of2 reports
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)2 reports
  • Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)2 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
Townsend Public Affairs$1.2M15 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
BENJAMIN GOLDEENRep. Jim Costa LD, LA; Rep. Dennis Cardoza LAQ2 2026
JOSEPH COLE HANSENRep. Barbara Lee Field RepresentativeQ2 2026
JAMES LYTLERep. Joyce Beatty, Legislative CorrespondentQ1 2025
SAMANTHA MACIELSen. Kamala Harris District RepresentativeQ4 2022

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/19for Q2Townsend Public Affairs$80K
04/19for Q1Townsend Public Affairs$80K
01/18for Q4 2025Townsend Public Affairs$80K
25/10/18for Q3 2025Townsend Public Affairs$80K
25/07/21for Q2 2025Townsend Public Affairs$80K
25/04/23for Q1 2025Townsend Public Affairs$84K
25/04/21for Q1 2025Townsend Public Affairs$84K
25/01/21for Q4 2024Townsend Public Affairs$84K
24/10/21for Q3 2024Townsend Public Affairs$84K
24/07/22for Q2 2024Townsend Public Affairs$84K
24/04/22for Q1 2024Townsend Public Affairs$84K
24/01/22for Q4 2023Townsend Public Affairs$84K
23/10/19for Q3 2023Townsend Public Affairs$84K
23/07/17for Q2 2023Townsend Public Affairs$84K
23/04/20for Q1 2023Townsend Public Affairs$84K
23/01/20for Q4 2022Townsend Public Affairs$84K