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legislative advocacy comes down to winning in the legislative,
regulatory and public policy areas. Winning is the only thing that
matters. Lovell's winning record is unmatched.
Here are just a few examples:
- Secured passage of legislation that dramatically expanded the
Gallo Winery's table wine sales in West Virginia. Previous
efforts by other lobbyists had not been successful and Lovell
obtained passage of the law through the difficult task of
persuading a Democratic Legislature to override the veto of
Democratic Governor Jay Rockefeller.
- Obtained passage of major criminal justice legislation in one day. This is the first time in modern history that such an
expeditious action was taken. Even more significantly, the
Legislature was not even scheduled to meet that day.
- During the time Lovell represented the Los Angeles District
Attorney, he obtained passage of more criminal justice legislation
than the combined total of all previous LA District Attorney
advocates who represented the office during the twentieth
century.
- Secured enactment into law of landmark legislation
that outlawed the tripping of horses at rodeo events. Lovell
passed this law, on behalf of the California Equine Council, despite
the fact that the Legislature had rejected similar laws the previous
two years. Once the law was enacted in California, similar
laws outlawing this cruel practice were enacted in Arizona, Texas,
Illinois and Oklahoma.
- Obtained legislation that guaranteed that welfare
fraud investigators could continue to operate under the new welfare
reform laws. This legislation was obtained despite the fact
that the legislative committee drafting welfare reform legislation
had unanimously approved another bill that provided no such
guarantee for welfare fraud investigators.
- Organized a grassroots lobbying effort that helped
secure $100,000,000.00 in state funding for local law
enforcement. This budget allocation came about even though the
so-called conventional wisdom was that it was off the table for the
that budget cycle. The Legislature has since passed
legislation guaranteeing continuation of this funding in all future
budget years.
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