Tax dollars to lobby for more government

From Sunshine Review

February 10, 2009

[edit] Tax dollars to lobby for more government

California taxpayer-funded lobbying associations

"An expose in the Sacramento Bee shows that Los Angeles County spent $3.7 million from 2007-2008 to employ eight lobbyists and to contract separately with five lobbying firms to influence the California legislature."

[edit] External links

• Sacramento Bee Local government lobbying costs soar in California, February 10, 2009

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