Lobbying

City of Santa Clara's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $30K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $80K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

City of Santa Clara

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$80K
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 Santa Clara lobbying by quarter
City of Santa Clara lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$22.5K1
Q1 2023$22.5K1
Q2 2023$22.5K1
Q3 2023$22.5K1
Q4 2023$22.5K1
Q1 2024$23K1
Q2 2024$23.2K1
Q3 2024$23.2K1
Q4 2024$23.2K1
Q1 2025$23.2K1
Q2 2025$20K1
Q3 2025$20K1
Q4 2025$20K1
Q1 2026$30K2
Q2 2026$30K2
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Budget and appropriations$140.3K · 17 reports
  • Transportation$95.8K · 13 reports
  • Communications and broadcasting$62.1K · 10 reports
  • Housing$38.9K · 8 reports
  • Natural resources$4,500 · 2 reports
  • Native American affairs$2,500 · 1 reports
  • Energy and nuclear$2,000 · 1 reports
  • Government issues$2,000 · 1 reports

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

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES17 reports
  • SENATE17 reports
  • Interior, Dept of (DOI)2 reports
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)1 reports
  • Energy, Dept of1 reports
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
Townsend Public Affairs$328.2K15 quarters
In-houseCity of Santa Clara$20K2 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
JOSEPH MELORep. Jerry McNerney, PAQ2 2026
BENJAMIN GOLDEENRep. Jim Costa LD, LA; Rep. Dennis Cardoza LAQ4 2024
SAMANTHA MACIELSen. Kamala Harris District RepresentativeQ1 2024

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/20for Q2Townsend Public Affairs$20K
07/07for Q2In-house$10K
04/20for Q1Townsend Public Affairs$20K
03/27for Q1In-house$10K
03/27for Q1In-house$10K
01/20for Q4 2025Townsend Public Affairs$20K
01/15for Q1In-houseUnder $5,000
25/10/20for Q3 2025Townsend Public Affairs$20K
25/07/21for Q2 2025Townsend Public Affairs$20K
25/04/21for Q1 2025Townsend Public Affairs$23.2K
25/01/17for Q4 2024Townsend Public Affairs$23.2K
24/10/21for Q3 2024Townsend Public Affairs$23.2K
24/07/22for Q2 2024Townsend Public Affairs$23.2K
24/04/22for Q1 2024Townsend Public Affairs$23K
24/01/22for Q4 2023Townsend Public Affairs$22.5K
23/10/19for Q3 2023Townsend Public Affairs$22.5K
23/07/17for Q2 2023Townsend Public Affairs$22.5K
23/04/20for Q1 2023Townsend Public Affairs$22.5K
23/01/20for Q4 2022Townsend Public Affairs$22.5K