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Lobbying for CITY OF OAKLAND · Municipality

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 19, 2026

Income

$80,000.00

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

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

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

Lobbying activity 5

Transportation

federal surface transportation policy, 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

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

law enforcement funding, alternatives to 911

Education

Defense college scholarship program

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