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Townsend Public Affairs

Townsend Public Affairs filed a Q4 report for City of Oakland on January 18, 2026, reporting $80,000 in lobbying income.

Lobbying for City of Oakland · Municipality

As filed: TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS for CITY OF OAKLAND.

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Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q4 report

Reporting period

4th Quarter 2025

Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 18, 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 3

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

federal surface transportation policy, freeway removal project, funding for local projects, funding for transportation grants, infrastructure legislation, transit funding

Housing

CDBG, HOME, homelessness funding and services

Budget/Appropriations

appropriations, community project funding, congressionally directed spending

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

gun violence prevention funding, alternatives to police

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