Government Affairs Staff
State Government
Lara Diaz Dunbar, Senior Vice President
Alcohol, Food Safety, Tourism
Jonathan Barnato, Senior Director, Political + Regional Affairs
Health Care, Workers’ Compensation, Workplace Safety, Environment (including Prop 65), Labor and Employment, Political Reform
Brenda Coleman, Legislative Director
General Business Issues, Civil Justice (including ADA), Nutrition, Education, Tax, Immigration
Jon Ross, Contract Lobbyist, KP Advocates
Sandra Pizarro, Contract Lobbyist, KP Advocates
Local Government
Andrew Casaña, Senior Director, Local Government Affairs
Territory includes the following counties: Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, and San Luis Obispo. CRA Chapters in region include Los Angeles Chapter, Central Coast Chapter and Orange County Chapter.
Katie Hansen, Director of Local Government Affairs
Territory includes the following counties: San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino. CRA Chapters in region include San Diego County Chapter.
Johnnise Foster Downs, Director, Local Government Affairs
Territory includes: the area from the Greater Sacramento region west to the Pacific Ocean, north to the California/Oregon border and east to the California/Nevada border. It includes the following counties: San Mateo, Alameda, Stanislaus, Merced, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Mono, Alpine, Calaveras, San Joaquin, San Francisco, Contra Costa, Sacramento, Amador, El Dorado, Solano, Marin, Napa, Yolo, Sonoma, Sutter, Placer, Nevada, Yuba, Colusa, Lake, Butte, Sierra, Plumas, Glenn, Mendocino, Tehama, Lassen, Shasta, Trinity, Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou and Modoc. CRA Chapters in region include Shasta Chapter and Sacramento Chapter.
Amalia Chamorro, Director, Local Government Affairs
Territory includes the following counties: Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey, Fresno, Madera, Kings, Tulare and Inyo. CRA Chapters in region include Central Valley Chapter, Santa Cruz County Chapter and Fresno Chapter.
Chapter Activities
Jennifer Baland, Director, Regional Affairs