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Ethics commission: LA lobbyists

spent more than $17.9 million in
third quarter
Of the 2,016 clients registered for the third quarter,
the largest aggregated amount for lobbying
services was $339,885 paid by The Peebles Corp.,
which topped the commission's Top 10 Highest
Paying Clients list.

Los Angeles City Hall photographed on Friday, November 1, 2019. (Photo by Dean
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By CITY NEWS SERVICE | news@socalnews.com |
PUBLISHED: December 10, 2019 at 7:21 p.m. | UPDATED: December 10, 2019 at 7:52
p.m.

The Los Angeles Ethics Commission reported Tuesday, Dec. 10, that entities
registered to lobby city agencies reported receiving payments totaling more than
$17.9 million in the third quarter of the year.

Of the 2,016 clients registered for the third quarter, the largest aggregated amount
for lobbying services was $339,885 paid by The Peebles Corp., which topped the
commissionʼs Top 10 Highest Paying Clients list.

The Peebles Corp. is a private real estate investment firm that paid for lobbying
services for the redevelopment of the Angels Landing proposed development
complex.

Payments from the 10 clients on the list totaled $2,486,551 and represented 13.9%
of all payments by lobbying clients for the quarter, the commission reported.

The commissionʼs Highest Paid Lobbying Firms list was headed by Englander
Knabe and Allen (including three6ixty), which received $2,044,356.

Englander Knabe and Allen is described on its website as a strategic

communications firm that is paid by multiple sources for various lobbying
activities, according to Ethics Commission documents.

Together, the 10 lobbying firms on the list received a total of $8,775,399,

representing 49% of all client payments received in the third quarter.

Of the 720 third-quarter lobbying entities, 16 reported fundraising activity totaling

$160,900 for city campaigns, officeholders and committees.

In addition to lobbying entities, four major filers reported activity totaling

$172,503 in the third quarter of 2019.

Last quarter, a total $18.1 million was spent on city lobbying activity, up about
$200,000 from the third quarter and $4.6 million more than the first quarter.

The full summary on third-quarter lobbying and major filer activities is available
at ethics.lacity.org. Disclosed information about lobbying entities and their clients
can be searched through the Public Data Portal of the commissionʼs website.

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