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Lobbying Disclosure: Fire Districts Association of California (Q1 2000)

Original title: HEIM NOACK KELLY & SPAHNN lobbying for FIRE DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA

Record date · June 20, 2026

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What This Bill Does

This document discloses payments made by the Fire Districts Association of California to the firm Heim Noack Kelly & Spahn for the first quarter of 2000. It lists the specific state assembly and senate bills the firm monitored or influenced during this period.

Why it matters

This report identifies the financial resources spent by a public safety trade association to influence 28 specific pieces of state legislation between January and March 2000.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Fire Districts Association of California

The organization incurred costs to influence state legislative outcomes regarding fire district operations.

Directly affected

Heim Noack Kelly & Spahn

The firm received payment to provide professional lobbying services to the association.

Key Facts

  • The Fire Districts Association of California paid $3,339.53 for lobbying services between January 1, 2000, and March 31, 2000.
  • The lobbying firm Heim Noack Kelly & Spahn was retained to represent the association's interests.
  • The lobbying activity focused on 17 Assembly bills: AB 256, 441, 678, 1757, 1806, 1821, 1884, 1952, 1971, 1998, 1999, 2115, 2120, 2325, 2488, 2499, and 2838.
  • The lobbying activity focused on 11 Senate bills: SB 402, 739, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1398, 1592, 1627, 1637, 1756, 1919, and 2040.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the purpose of this document?
This is a public disclosure report showing how much money a specific organization spent to hire lobbyists to influence state legislation.
Which bills were the lobbyists working on?
The lobbyists were tracking or influencing 28 different bills, including 17 Assembly bills and 11 Senate bills listed in the report.

What else do you want to know?

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Lobbying Activity

HEIM NOACK KELLY & SPAHNN

on behalf of FIRE DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA

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Full breakdown

Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.

Discoveries

1 pattern noticed across the record

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

High Volume Legislative Monitoring

The association monitored 28 distinct bills in a single quarter, suggesting a broad legislative agenda for fire district regulation.

Connected Entities

Heim Noack Kelly & Spahn, Fire Districts Association of California
OrganizationHeim Noack Kelly & Spahn“Lobbying firm hired by the Fire Districts Association of California.”Map →
OrganizationFire Districts Association of California“The client organization paying for lobbying services.”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.sos.ca.gov

Analysis Score

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  • Significance30
    How much this matters to a regular citizen
  • Controversy10
    Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
  • Entertainment5
    Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
  • Buzz5
    Current news / social attention level

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