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CITY OF OAKLAND — October 2005 to present <br />Description of services includes, but not limited to: <br />• Leading the efforts for City -sponsored legislative proposals; <br />• Leading the efforts for City sponsored funding proposals; <br />• Providing strategy and advice regarding effective means to successfully accomplish <br />City's priorities with the Governor, the Legislature, and the various branches of State <br />government; <br />• Representing the City in legislative committee hearings, meetings with agencies, and <br />with administrative officials; <br />• Arrange, support, lead and then follow up from meetings with City officials in <br />Sacramento; <br />• Work closely with the elected City officials, the City Manager, and Agencies to draft the <br />annual legislative priorities, sponsorship proposals and advocacy efforts for the <br />upcoming year; <br />• Closely monitor the State Budget and report out on efforts to secure or protect funding <br />per the City's interests; <br />• Provide weekly legislative updates and bill tracking matrices; <br />• Provide an annual report on work completed the past year; and <br />• Address other unforeseen matters as they appear. <br />Successful work completed: <br />• Successfully secured 7 legislative proposals into law ranging from public safety, good <br />government, and seismic safety enhancements; <br />• Over the course of our relationship we have secured over $74 million dollars in state <br />funding awards and efforts included drafting applications, submitting applications, and <br />then creating a successful lobbying strategy. Funds were secured for public safety <br />initiates, parks and recreation projects, community centers, transit orient development <br />projects, infill infrastructure projects, and transportation projects. <br />• Organized multiple Sacramento lobbying days; <br />• Interact closely with the Governor, his office, the administration, and agencies; <br />• Successfully overturned a decision by the Department of Finance on RDA dissolution <br />that reallocated over $1.7 million dollars in post -RDA funds for the Low and Moderate <br />Income Housing Project staff; and <br />• Worked closely with the Governor's Office, Senator Hancock, Assembly Member <br />Skinner, Assembly Member Bonta and the Department of Finance to overturn a previous <br />RDA dissolution decision and reallocated over $44 million dollars for the Oakland Army <br />Base project. <br />Contact names <br />• Assembly Member Rob Bonta - (916) 319-2018 <br />• Oakland Mayor Jean Quan — (510) 238-3141 <br />• Oakland Council President Pat Kernighan — (510) 238-7203 <br />0 Proposal for State Legislative Advocacy Services I City of San Leandro Page 20 <br />