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Powerful California lobbyists form a third house
In Sacramento a cohort of influential lobbyists operates as a de facto Third House. The piece profiles James O. Reimel and others, detailing salaries, client groups, and the reach of 156,000 members across districts. It notes former legislators now lobbying and public officials increasingly pushing their agencies’ interests before lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Rankin
Sacramento
California
Reagan
Shults
Jim Garibaldi
House
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Garibaldi
California Association of Highway Patrolmen
California Court Reporters Association
Gordon Garland
Assembly
Chiropractors’ Association
Golden Gate Bridge
F. E. Campbell Jr
Kent Redwine
Elmer Bromley
Don Cleary
City of
San Francisco
William Barton
California Teachers Association
Richard Carpenter
League of California Cities
Ben Read
California Medical Association
Public Health League
Jefferson Peyser
California Wine Institute
Peyser
Paul Lamardi
Senate
Edward Craig
Grange County
William Byron Rumford
Paid Prescriptions, Inc
Philip Soto
Gordon H. Winton Jr
Willeam Barton
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