Are efforts to influence the actions of either the City’s Water Rate Board or the Water Department's process of setting and establishing water rates that affect broad classes of individuals and users "lobbying" under the City’s Lobbying Law?
Yes. This process is an attempt to influence administrative action of City agencies under the City Lobbying Law. It is not representation of a particular client on a specific case or claim. As such, this activity is subject to the registration and reporting thresholds of the Lobbying Law.
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