California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the state’s fiscal year budget in 2022 with an unprecedented $2.3 billion set aside for port infrastructure renovations and enhancements. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, a client of California Advocacy, has prioritized building a new Goods Movement Training Campus in the San Pedro Bay port complex. The budget includes $110 million for this project. State legislators invested in

California’s 2023 Budget now includes ongoing funding to sustain the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute’s growth and allow for the Initiative to transition to an official Institute at UCLA. California Advocacy’s team performed legislative advocacy services for the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. As a result, the institute received $15 million in state funds for the Unseen Latinas Initiative for research, policy

We’ve all seen the popular “I’m Just a Bill” Schoolhouse Rock cartoon and think we have a good idea of how a bill becomes law. Well, there’s more to it than you might think. At the heart of creating a new law is the idea of fixing something. But sometimes, a new law can have unintended consequences.  Every professional organization, such as business associations,