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A former top aide to Assembly leadership announced a list of blue-chip advocacy clients on Monday, becoming the latest ex-staff member to walk the well-worn path between the California Legislature and its lobbying corps.
Before launching his new lobbying and consulting shop, Greg Campbell served as chief of staff to Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and her predecessor John A. Pérez, D-Los Angeles. He played an important role in carrying out the will of both speakers and helping to manage the sometimes-fractious Democratic caucus.
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SACRAMENTO -- Hours after Greg Campbell awoke from surgery in 2013, the phone rang in his Sacramento hospital room. It was Gov. Jerry Brown, calling to wish him a speedy recovery from the operation that removed a large tumor from his brain.
Campbell -- a powerful, behind-the-scenes staffer in the Capitol -- thanked Brown for the call. Then he seized the moment to lobby the governor to approve an important bill by his boss to expand the Medi-Cal health care system for the poor.
"Greg says ... 'But governor, the only reason I'm alive today is because I have good health insurance. There are one-and-a-half-million Californians who don't have health insurance who could have insurance if you sign AB1x1,'" recalled former Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, who was at Campbell's bedside during the call.
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Hours after Greg Campbell awoke from surgery in 2013, the phone rang in his Sacramento hospital room. It was Gov. Jerry Brown, calling to wish him a speedy recovery from the operation that removed a large tumor from his brain.
Campbell — a powerful, behind-the-scenes staffer in the Capitol — thanked Brown for the call. Then he seized the moment to lobby the governor to approve his boss’ bill to expand the Medi-Cal health care system for the poor.
“Greg says … ‘But governor, the only reason I’m alive today is because I have good health insurance. There are 1½ million Californians who don’t have health insurance who could have insurance if you sign AB1x1,’” recalled former Assembly Speaker John Pérez, who was at Campbell’s bedside during the call.
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