Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: Scott Wetch

No. 61 Scott Wetch

SScott Wetch, who merged his lobbying firm with Actum in 2024, is on this list because of his fierce advocacy for unions. As one Capitol insider puts it, “on labor issues, you don’t have to get right with the unions as much as you have to get right with Wetch.” And that ain’t easy. Wetch, who also is a member of the California State Athletic Commission, which regulates professional and amateur boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts, is a fighter himself and he always answers the bell for his clients. His bruising style hasn’t exactly made him the most popular figure in the Capitol community, but he doesn’t care and neither does labor. In the legislative ring, Wetch lands blows and tallies wins.

Updated Aug. 11, 2026