Lobbying

Merced County Association of Governments's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $10K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $30K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Transportation and Budget/Appropriations.

Merced County Association of Governments

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$30K
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

Merced County Association of Governments lobbying by quarter
Merced County Association of Governments lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$6,2491
Q1 2023$13.5K1
Q2 2023$13.5K1
Q3 2023$13.5K1
Q4 2023$13.5K1
Q1 2024$13.5K1
Q2 2024$13.5K1
Q3 2024$13.5K1
Q4 2024$13.5K1
Q1 2025$13.5K1
Q2 2025$10K1
Q3 2025$10K1
Q4 2025$10K1
Q1 2026$10K1
Q2 2026$10K1
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Transportation$68.6K · 13 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$61.3K · 13 reports
  • Clean air and water$18.1K · 7 reports
  • Housing$12.1K · 4 reports
  • Disaster planning and emergencies$6,000 · 3 reports
  • Law enforcement and criminal justice$6,000 · 3 reports
  • Homeland security$1,929 · 1 reports
  • Real estate and land use$1,929 · 1 reports
  • Veterans$1,929 · 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)11 reports
  • White House Office9 reports
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)7 reports
  • Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)4 reports
  • Bureau of Reclamation3 reports
  • Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)3 reports
  • Justice, Dept of (DOJ)3 reports
  • Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)1 reports
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)1 reports
  • Interior, Dept of (DOI)1 reports
  • Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
Townsend Public Affairs$177.7K15 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
BENJAMIN GOLDEENRep. Jim Costa LD, LA; Rep. Dennis Cardoza LAQ2 2026
JOSEPH MELORep. Jerry McNerney, PAQ3 2024
SAMANTHA MACIELSen. Kamala Harris District RepresentativeQ3 2024

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/19for Q2Townsend Public Affairs$10K
04/19for Q1Townsend Public Affairs$10K
01/19for Q4 2025Townsend Public Affairs$10K
25/10/18for Q3 2025Townsend Public Affairs$10K
25/07/21for Q2 2025Townsend Public Affairs$10K
25/04/21for Q1 2025Townsend Public Affairs$13.5K
25/01/21for Q4 2024Townsend Public Affairs$13.5K
24/10/21for Q3 2024Townsend Public Affairs$13.5K
24/07/22for Q2 2024Townsend Public Affairs$13.5K
24/04/22for Q1 2024Townsend Public Affairs$13.5K
24/01/22for Q4 2023Townsend Public Affairs$13.5K
23/10/19for Q3 2023Townsend Public Affairs$13.5K
23/07/17for Q2 2023Townsend Public Affairs$13.5K
23/04/20for Q1 2023Townsend Public Affairs$13.5K
23/01/20for Q4 2022Townsend Public Affairs$6,249