Posts Tagged: George Steffes

George Steffes: 1935-2025

Sacramento lobbyist George Steffes.

by CAPITOL WEEKLY STAFF posted 07.07.2025

Longtime Capitol lobbyist and Reagan aide George Steffes has passed. He died at UCD Med Center after weeks of hospitalization after suffering a fall. He was 90.

Capitol Weekly podcast: Rob Gunnison

Judge Thelton Henderson and journalist Lowell Bergman chat during our oral history project. (Image: Screen capture)

by Capitol Weekly Staff posted 10.25.2017

Journalist, educator and now, documentary filmmaker, Rob Gunnison joins the Capitol Weekly podcast to talk about the new Open California Oral History Project, which recently completed its first two installments — filmed interviews with retired U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson and long-time Sacramento loobbyist George Steffes. 

Oral history: Lobbyist George Steffes

Sacramento lobbyist George Steffes.

by Capitol Weekly Staff posted 10.17.2017

When Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California in 1966, George Steffes joined his administration as legislative secretary and director of policy, a job he held until 1972. Steffes then helped form the first multi-partner lobbying firm in Sacramento. He is the senior partner of Capitol Partners.