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Ballard Partners has picked up the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a client.
The devastating Southern California wildfires led some to question whether LA can accommodate the estimated 15M visitors who plan to attend the Games, while restoring destroyed infrastructure.
None of the Olympic sites were damaged by fires, though the Rose Bowl was in an evacuation zone for the Eaton Fire.
The Palisade Fire, which was between Malibu and Santa Monica, triggered an evacuation of Riviera County Club, site of host the golf competition.
Casey Wasserman, who heads LA28, visited Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago last month to update the president on the planning for the Games.
Trump predicted LA will host the greatest Olympics ever, and that the Games will go off without a hitch.
Brian Ballard, a top Trump fundraiser, heads his firm’s lobbying team that includes Patrick Kilcur, former executive VP-US government affairs at the Motion Picture Assn; and Michael LaRosa, who was communications director for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and press secretary for First Lady Jill Biden.
The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development enrolls Venable for government relations services.
Coinbase has hired Checkmate Government Relations, which has close ties to the Trump administration, to handle matters related to digital assets as the Senate works on the Clarity Act.
Peter Thiel-backed Palantir Technologies has added Democratic firm Ferox Strategies to its DC lobbying line-up to handle data analytics and technology issues.
Former congressmen Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Jeff Denham (R-CA) have signed on to handle the “new” TikTok on issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled platforms.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
