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Spending on lobbying firms topped $463 million through 18 months of legislative cycle
Special interest groups, AKA “lobbyist employers,” paid lobbying firms more than $82 million to lobby members of California’s state government in the second quarter of 2024, according to a Capitol Weekly analysis of lobbying firm reports. As always noted …