LA Lobbying Client Leaderboard

Los Angeles lobbying clients resolved and ranked across $1.159 billion in payments, with the top 200 and the rules used to merge client names.

Source

Los Angeles City Ethics Commission

Updated

Aug. 13, 2026

Desk

Money

Terms

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What ships

$1.159B tracked. CSV, column dictionary, licensing terms, SHA-256 manifest.

Files

• chick_fil_a_payments.csv87 KB, 276 rows
• fair_work_week_client_spend.csv2 KB, 12 rows
• fair_work_week_quarterly_allocation.csv47 KB, 65 rows
• lobbying_client_leaderboard.csv27 KB, 200 rows
• lobbying_client_totals.csv1.2 MB, 13,658 rows

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Columns in chick_fil_a_payments.csv

• client_name
• client_relationship
• lobbying_firm
• report_year
• report_quarter
• quarter_start_date
• quarter_end_date
• amount_paid_usd
• projects_reported
• council_files_cited
• agencies_lobbied
• source_report_url