The California seal, photo by Cheri Alguire via ShutterstockCapitol Weekly’s analysis found that nearly a third of the money spent on lobbying in the first quarter went to just 14 lobbying firms – the only firms to report receiving more than $1 million each in lobbying payments over the first three months of 2023.
Sacramento lobbyist John Latimer. (Photo: Capitol Advocacy)Capitol Advocacy, a prominent Sacramento lobbying firm, celebrates 20 years in the business this month. Founder John Latimer sat down to chat with Capitol Weekly’s John Howard and Tim Foster about the nuts and bolts of the of lobbying, the impact — or not — of term limits and what’s changed since he launched the firm two decades ago.
Illustration by Chris Shary60. John Latimer
Is there anything in the Capitol community John Latimer hasn’t done? He worked in the Legislature as a staff chief and as a consultant on several committees. He managed a number of lawmakers’ political campaigns. He even ran for the Assembly himself in 1998, although he didn’t win. But he clearly bounced