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Lobbying for CITY OF PALM DESERT · Municipality

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2026

Income

$30,000.00

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

California

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

JOSEPH MELO

Previously held: Rep. Jerry McNerney, PA

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 1

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Lobbying activity 1

Budget/Appropriations

appropriations, community project funding, CDBG appropriations

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