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Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. filed a Q3 report for City of Oakland on October 19, 2026, reporting $80,000 in lobbying income.

Lobbying for City of Oakland · Municipality

As filed: TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INC for CITY OF OAKLAND.

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Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 19, 2026

Income

$80,000

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

California

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 2

BENJAMIN GOLDEEN

Previously held: Rep. Jim Costa LD, LA; Rep. Dennis Cardoza LA
JOSEPH COLE HANSEN

Previously held: Rep. Barbara Lee Field Representative

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 2

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 4

Transportation

funding for local projects, funding for transportation grants, infrastructure legislation, transit funding

Housing

HOME, PRO Housing, homelessness funding and services

Budget/Appropriations

appropriations, community project funding, OMB rulemaking

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

law enforcement funding, alternatives to 911

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.