CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

Lobbying client · California · filed 2025 to 2026

Municipality

$223,250 Reported spend

15 Filings counted

2 Outside firms hired

1 Bill named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 15 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 2 records, one per registrant listed below. Records are combined when the client name matches once case, punctuation and endings such as Inc. or LLC are set aside; for a city, county or port the state has to match as well.

Who filed for this client 2

TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INC $193,250 Outside firm · 8 filings
CARPI & CLAY, INC $30,000 Outside firm · 7 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

Bills named in these filings 1

H.R. 1968
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

1 filing

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $90,000 6 filings
2025 $133,250 9 filings

Issues lobbied 3

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 5

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 13
SENATE 11
Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) 6
Office of Management & Budget (OMB) 5
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2

Recent filings 15 total

Q3 report

TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INC

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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CARPI & CLAY, INC

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · posted Oct 19, 2026

View → Q2 report

TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

View → Q2 report

CARPI & CLAY, INC

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · posted Jul 13, 2026

View → Q1 report

TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Apr 21, 2026

View → Q1 report

CARPI & CLAY, INC

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · posted Apr 16, 2026

View → Q4 report

TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · $30,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

View → Q4 reportNo activity

CARPI & CLAY, INC

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · posted Jan 20, 2026

View → Q3 report

TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · $30,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2025

View → Q3 report

CARPI & CLAY, INC

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $10,000 income · posted Oct 16, 2025

View → Q2 report

TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

View → Q2 report

CARPI & CLAY, INC

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $10,000 income · posted Jul 16, 2025

View → Q1 report

TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $23,250 income · posted Apr 21, 2025

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TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · posted Apr 21, 2025

View → Q1 report

CARPI & CLAY, INC

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $10,000 income · posted Apr 16, 2025

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Filings through October 20, 2026, the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.