California Political Treasurers Association
Greetings!

The March 22nd meeting in Long Beach, held at the Hotel Maya, included a presentation from Richard Platel, the Director of Enforcement for the City of Los Angeles Ethics Commission. Mr. Platel has 26 years experience in law enforcement including time as a Philadelphia detective and ten years with the California State Bar involved with attorney ethics complaints.

Member Betty Ann Downing updated the membership regarding the formation of the Long Beach Ethics Commission.

David Gould spoke about the Secretary of State CARS Project and the numerous questions regarding the development and implementation of the CAL-ACCESS replacement system. Additionally, the Board recently corresponded with Christine McKenzie, the CARS Project Director, to outline our concerns about the project. Below is a copy of our correspondence.


Laura Stephen provided a legislative update. Bobby Reed and Steve Davey with eFundraising Communications gave an overview of their firms services.
After the conclusion of the meeting, Bobby Reed hosted cocktails for the members.

The complete minutes, complied by Mary Nunes, can be viewed
via this link:


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The 20th Annual CPTA Conference will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center from Wednesday, August 7th through Saturday, August 10th.

The Conference Registration form is attached at the bottom of the newsletter as well as via this link:


You may reserve your rooms for the event directly with Marriott reservations no later than Friday, July 5, 2019 at 1‐800‐393‐2510 (be sure to provide the reservationists with our association name to receive the group discount) or via the link below:


David Gould is arranging an expert users conference for CPTA members with the Federal Election Commission including meeting your Reports Analysts (RADs). Please send David a list of your Federal committees so that he can arrange for your RADs to attend. David's email address is dlgould@gouldorellana.com. David is also arranging for a tour of the Library of Congress.


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Legislative Update
by Branché Jones

On April 10th, AB 1574 by Assemblymember Mullin passed in the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee. The measure would require periodic lobbying disclosure reports to be filed monthly instead of quarterly. Assemblymember Mullin indicated during the hearing that he would be taking amendments to make the reporting every two months instead of every month. We have been working with Assemblymember Mullin’s office and trying to explain to them how burdensome this change of law would be. His perspective is that he would like to see more transparency around lobbying payments during the busy times of the legislative session. Throughout these discussions his staff has been very receptive to our input so we will continue to meet with them and seek further amendments to the bill. We will keep you updated on the bill as it moves through the legislative process. The bill will next be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

If you have any questions about this legislation or any other legislative issues, contact Laura Stephen - laura@stephencompany.
com)



WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Deanna Cendejas
Kaufman Legal Group

Jordan Eldridge
Eldridge Political Partners

Teri Gregorio
WE-PAC Warren Enterprises

Megan Imperial
Sutton Law Firm

Danielle McKee
Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk

Rachel Wong
Olson, Hagel & Fishburn

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SAVE THE DATE

The next regularly scheduled CPTA meeting is set for Friday, November 15, 2019 , in Sacramento.

This meeting is sponsored by First Foundation Bank and Senior Vice President Gretchen Eischen.

As usual, attending members will donate $20 towards the cost of the lunch.
CPTA MEMBER RATE DISCOUNT

Long-time CPTA supporter, eFundraising Connections, LLC, is offering a special rate to our members of 3.9% + $0.30 per transaction through July 1st.

Contact Bobby Reed (breed@efundraisingconnections.com) for additional information.
ON THE MOVE!

Effective May 1st CPTA Member (and CPTA Treasurer) Nancy Haley is starting her own political finance & campaign reporting firm, Haley & Company, LLC. Nancy's Scott & Cronin colleague and CPTA member, Danielle Stephen, will be joining her.

Nancy's new email address is nancy@haleyandcompany.com. Danielle's email address is danielle@haleyandcompany.com. The Haley & Company address is 374 No. Coast Highway 101, Suite 2, Encinitas, CA 92024. Nancy's phone number remains (619)708-9744.
Congratulations, Nancy!
CPTA Web Site: www.cpta.info
CPTA Meeting minutes and copies of newsletters are posted on the CPTA website. If you need a login and password to access the Members Only section, please contact Marissa Quaranta. Marissa's email is mquaranta@seowenscompany.com.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Jeremiah Ivans

After graduating from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a Business Economics degree, I moved back to Sacramento and began working for a construction company doing loan draws. I quickly realized this position was not for me and moved on to doing accounting for apartment complexes. After three years in this position I was forced to move on as the owner of the company passed way. I then found myself working for Franklin Templeton calculating daily mutual funds prices and preparing annual statements. Again after a couple years I was again forced to move on as my position was moved to India. Now in 2008 I applied for a position at Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, and my main concern about the position was is this a full time job.

It has now been over 11 years since I started at OHF, knowing nothing about political reporting. During this time I have done campaign reporting for state and local candidate and ballot measure committees, IE committees, Federal committee, all kinds of general purpose committees and filed a countless number of LCRS/LIERS. I have had the pleasure of working with a number of individuals who were both extremely knowledgeable and willing to show me the very complicated world of political reporting, including Brelin Marshall (who hired me) and Mia Brumfield (who I meet on my first day). 

I now live in West Sacramento with my wife and three kids, a daughter and twin boys. We are kept very busy with school, baseball, softball and girl scouts and my wife recently opened her own property management business.
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To add a new member for your firm or to revise your current members - contact Nancy Haley, the CPTA Treasurer. Nancy's email address is nancy@haleyandcompany.com.

CPTA WEBSITE LOGO

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(mquaranta@seowenscompany.com). Please request Marissa confirm receipt of your email so that you can confirm it didn't land in her junk mail.