City of Los Angeles

Clients of Registered Lobbying Firms

Entities who wish to influence City matters often hire lobbyists to represent them. A lobbying firm must register these entities as clients. Maintained by the City of Los Angeles.

Example records
Client Last Namelegal entityLobbying Firmlegal entityRegistration YeartemporalDate Representation BegantemporalDate TerminatedtemporalClient CityaddressClient StateaddressCity Agenciesgeographic
Duncan SolutionsThe CrisCom Company201301/02/201312/31/2013MilwaukeeWIANY CITY AGENCY | Mayor, Office of | City Council
Crown Disposal Company, Inc.The CrisCom Company201301/02/201312/31/2013Sun ValleyCAANY CITY AGENCY
Raytheon CompanyRoger Ham Consulting201301/01/201312/31/2013PasadenaCACity Council | Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) | C
Use cases

Vendor Political Exposure Screening

A bank's compliance team onboarding a new corporate client checks whether the business has registered lobbying activity with the City of Los Angeles, which city agencies it targeted, and how long that activity lasted, to assess whether the entity has regulatory or procurement entanglements that could create reputational or counterparty risk.

Client Last NameLobbying FirmCity AgenciesDate Representation BeganDate Terminated

Lobbying Network Mapping for Competitive Intelligence

A sales intelligence team at a government affairs consultancy identifies which out-of-state companies have historically hired Los Angeles lobbyists, which firms they used, and which agencies they engaged, to find prospects whose representation contracts have lapsed and who may be in the market for new advocacy services.

Client Last NameLobbying FirmClient StateDate TerminatedCity Agencies

Fraud and Shell Entity Cross-Reference

A fraud investigator at an insurance carrier cross-references a claimant business against this registry to determine whether the entity has a documented public footprint in Los Angeles municipal affairs, using the presence or absence of lobbying registration as one signal in a broader identity verification workflow.

Client Last NameClient CityClient StateRegistration YearDate Representation Began