For Immediate Release: June 14, 2024
Contact: Nancy Jackson (213) 978-1960
Entities registered to lobby City agencies reported receiving payments totaling over $18.3 million in the first quarter of 2024, according to a summary published today by the Ethics Commission. Reports filed by lobbying entities disclosed that, during the first quarter, clients paid a total of $18,313,086 to lobby the City. This marks a six-percent decrease in payments compared to the previous quarter.
Of the 1,947 clients registered for the first quarter, the ten who made the largest aggregated payments for lobbying services are listed in the Top 10 Highest Paying Clients table to the right. Payments from these clients totaled $2,322,146 and represented 13 percent of all payments by lobbying clients for the quarter.
The ten lobbying firms receiving the most client payments in the first quarter of 2024 are listed in the Top 10 Highest Paid Lobbying Firms table below. Together, these lobbying firms received a total of $6,617,412, representing 36 percent of all client payments received in the first quarter.
| Top 10 Highest Paying Clients | Total Payments Made in Q1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Englander Knabe & Allen* | $384,087 |
| 2 | Hackman Capital / Radford Studio Center / Television City Studios, LLC** | $355,988 |
| 3 | Fox Corporation / Fox Studio Lot LLC / Foxcorp Holdings LLC ** | $288,439 |
| 4 | BARDAS Investment Group | $287,247 |
| 5 | Chick-Fil-A | $222,505 |
| 6 | Rendon, LLC | $182,244 |
| 7 | Luna Luna Entertainment LLC | $176,182 |
| 8 | LAFC Sports, LLC | $157,512 |
| 9 | 619-629 N Western Manager LLC | $137,675 |
| 10 | Topa Equities / Topa Property Group, Inc | $130,568 |
* This client made payments to lobbying firms on behalf of other clients, and those payments were aggregated.
** Entities with a known parent-subsidiary relationship are aggregated.
| Top 10 Highest Paid Lobbying Firms | Total Payments Received in Q1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DLA Piper LLP (US) | $1,160,134 |
| 2 | Englander Knabe and Allen | $1,091,830 |
| 3 | Rand Paster & Nelson, LLP | $666,510 |
| 4 | M Strategic Communications | $664,500 |
| 5 | TChoi and Associates | $547,955 |
| 6 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP | $538,357 |
| 7 | MAX DEVELOPMENT LLC dba three6ixty | $520,308 |
| 8 | Craig Lawson & Co., LLC | $507,915 |
| 9 | Beroukhim & Company, LLC | $471,750 |
| 10 | Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP | $448,154 |
Of the 824 first-quarter lobbying entities, eight also reported fundraising activity totaling $40,800 for City campaigns, officeholders, and committees. The first graph below shows fundraising and contribution activity reported since 2022.
In addition to the lobbying entities, two major filers reported activity totaling $45,449 in the first quarter of 2024. The second graph below tracks major filer activity reported over the past year.
The full summary of first-quarter lobbying and major filer activities is available on the Ethics Commission’s website. Disclosed information about lobbying entities and their clients can be viewed and searched through the Lobbying Dashboard and the Public Data Portal on the Ethics Commission’s website.
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The Ethics Commission was created by Los Angeles voters in 1990 to impartially administer and enforce the City’s governmental ethics, campaign financing, and lobbying laws.