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Terra Global Capital makes standing forests count
A forest can store carbon for decades. Terra Global Capital works on the harder transaction: getting money to the people who keep it standing.
Audrey Zagazeta and the work before the groundbreaking
Before a project becomes a place, someone has to examine its consequences. Circlepoint’s president and CEO has built a career in that demanding space between California’s ambitions and the communities that live with them.
Keadjian Sells the Part of Communication That Happens Before Anyone Speaks
The Walnut Creek firm enters when a project is technically sound but socially stuck. Its method is simple enough to fit on four cards - listen, identify, solve, mobilize - and difficult enough to keep nearly 100 people busy.
The $175-an-Hour Work of Getting Everyone in the Room
Endicott Communications sells something harder to photograph than a bridge and almost as necessary: the patient coordination that helps public projects survive contact with the public.
Before the music starts, EKA gets the city to listen
A Hollywood Boulevard concert needs more than a headliner. EKA works on the permits, politics, and public trust that let ambitious plans leave the drawing board.
Curt Pringle & Associates knows who needs the letter
Before a project reaches a public hearing, it has to reach the people around it. Inside the Southern California firm that turns government relations into letters, briefings, introductions, and a great deal of follow-through.
Ground Floor Public Affairs knows who else needs to be in the room
A Giants event, a tech coalition, a development approval: Ground Floor Public Affairs works where a business plan meets the people who can help it happen. Its San Francisco story is about the practical value - and limits - of relationships.
Lighthouse Public Affairs and the business of getting to yes
A flower market, a driverless car, and a city contract have something in common: somebody else gets a vote. Lighthouse Public Affairs makes a business of understanding who, and what it will take to move forward.
Rincon Strategies knows who gets a vote
A California public affairs firm turns water worries, housing proposals and election arithmetic into campaigns. Its newest tool watches the paperwork; its oldest advantage is knowing the people.
Cerrell knows a good proposal still needs a yes
For six decades, Cerrell has worked where California business meets public decision-making. Its history explains why a press release is sometimes the smallest part of the job.
Randle Communications knows when Sacramento leaves town
A California public affairs firm built a housing campaign around legislative recess. Its larger business is knowing who needs to hear a message, where they will hear it, and what they can do next.
Sugerman Group knows the headline comes after the hard part
A Los Angeles communications firm works where buildings, institutions and public opinion meet. Its assignments reveal how much has to happen before anyone picks up a ceremonial shovel.
Bodewell Group and the business of getting to yes
A water plant can work perfectly and still lose the public. Bodewell Group sells the patient, practical work between a sound proposal and a community willing to live with it.