COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

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Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2009–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	—	3	1
2025	—	4	1
2024	—	4	1
2023	—	4	1
2022	—	4	1
2021	—	8	1
2020	—	4	1
2019	—	5	1
2018	—	6	1
2017	—	10	1
2016	—	4	1
2015	—	7	1
2014	—	7	1
2013	—	6	1
2012	—	4	1
2011	—	5	1
2010	—	4	1
2009	—	5	1

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INC	—	94

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	77
SENATE	77
Education, Dept of	66
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	45
Defense, Dept of (DOD)	16
Small Business Administration (SBA)	12
Natl Science Foundation (NSF)	11
Natl Endowment for the Humanities	6
White House Office	2
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)	1
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Education	Education	84
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	79
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	40
Immigration	Immigration	33
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	16
Unemployment	Unemployment	15
Veterans	Veterans	13
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	6
Small Business	Small Business	6
Defense	Defense	2
Economics/Economic Development	Economics/Economic Development	1
Government Issues	Government Issues	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (1)

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 1747113th Congress

Workforce Development Investment Act of 2013

2014 · fourth_quarter · Firm: TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Higher Education Pell Grant Funding, Community College Workplace training grants, and Perkins Grant Funding, Veterans Education and Veterans Opportunity to Work Act, Hispanic Serving Institutions Program Funding, WIA TAAACT Grant Entrepreneur training H.R. 1747 Higher Education Reauthorization

Client expense: — · Firm income: $19,650

Matched citations: H.R. 1747

Source: Senate LDA

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