Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John L. Maltbie, County Manager
Connie Juarez-Diroll, Legislative Officer
Subject: State Advocacy Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing waiver of the request for proposals process and:
A) Execution of an agreement with Political Solutions, LLC for state advocacy services for the term of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019, in an amount not to exceed $173,000; and
B) Execution of an agreement with The Quintana Cruz Company, LLC for state advocacy services for the term of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019, in an amount not to exceed $173,000.
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BACKGROUND:
In February 2014, the County issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for state advocacy services. A committee of the Board as well as key County staff conducted interviews and recommended that the County contract for state lobbying services with the firms of Political Solutions, LLC and Gonzalez, Quintana, Hunter & Cruz, LLC (now "The Quintana Cruz Company, LLC") with a division of their respective policy areas of focus, thus: Political Solutions (education, health and hospitals, social services, and child support) and The Quintana Cruz Company (elections, land use, local government, public safety, tax and finance, transportation, environment, and housing).
Political Solutions, LLC and The Quintana Cruz Company LLC have successfully and effectively represented the County since May 2009 and May 2014, respectively.
DISCUSSION:
Political Solutions, LLC will continue to represent the County in the areas of education, health and hospitals, social services, child support, and will help to support the County's Home for All effort as needed. Political Solutions, LLC will receive a yearly fee of $84,871.80 in 2018 and $87,417.95 in 2019.
At the end of 2017, Steve Cruz (the County's principal lobbyist in the areas of elections, land use, local go...
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