Lobbying Disclosure: Nielsen Merksamer for LA Metro (Q1 2000)
June 20, 2026
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The Frame
This document reveals how much public transit funding was spent on professional services during a three-month period to influence specific California state legislation.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The agency is responsible for the expenditure of public funds for lobbying services.
Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Mueller & Naylor LLP
The firm received payment for providing lobbying services to the transportation authority.
Last recorded activity June 20, 2026.
Next step not available in the current record.
Summary
Key Facts
- The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority paid $25,980 to the firm Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Mueller & Naylor LLP for lobbying services.
- The reporting period covers January 1, 2000, through March 31, 2000.
- The payment amount includes compensation for services rendered during the 4th quarter of 1999.
- The lobbying activity focused on three specific California Assembly Bills: AB 1612, AB 1765, and AB 1951.
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This document reveals how much public transit funding was spent on professional services during a three-month period to influence specific California state legislation.
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The report explicitly notes that the payment amount includes fees for services provided in the previous calendar year (Q4 1999).
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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