1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID: f0fed8cc-5dc8-4c10-abe9-16f450ab70ce
Type: Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period: first_quarter
Year: 2026
Posted: 2026-04-17 12:47:57
Income (reported): $45,000
Expenses (reported): —
Filing document: Open on lda.senate.gov

Registrant (lobbying firm)

KADESH & ASSOCIATES, LLC

Private Consulting Firm

Contact: MARK KADESH
Address: zip:20003, city:Washington, state:DC, street:230 2nd Street, SE

Client

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Government-entity client: true
Effective date: 2008-02-09

Issues lobbied + lobbyists

`BUD` — Budget/Appropriations

HR 4553/S 3293 - FY26 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill - Funding for MET priorities, including draught mitigation and infrastructure projects HR 4754/S 2431- FY26 Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill - EPA/water conservation funding HR 6938 - Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment, Appropriations Act, 2026 - drought mitigation and water infrastructure projects; EPA/water conservation funding

Lobbyists: MARK KADESH (covered position: Rep. Harman (1995-1997) - COS; Sen. Feinstein (1998-2007) - LD & COS); CHRISTIAN KIERIG (covered position: Sen. Feinstein (1995-2001) - LA); DAVE KIRK RAMEY (covered position: Rep. Ken Calvert (1993 - October 2016) - COS); BEN MILLER (covered position: Rep. George Miller (2003-2012) - Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director, Deputy Chief of Staff; Rep. Huffman (2013-2020) - Chief of Staff)

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

`ENV` — Environment/Superfund

Bureau of Reclamation - Colorado River allocations and salinity issues Department of Energy - - salinity program IIJA/IRA Implementation - Bucket 1 and 2 NOFOs/grants Large Scale Water Recycling implementation Farm Bill - Colorado River salinity program

Lobbyists: MARK KADESH (covered position: Rep. Harman (1995-1997) - Chief of Staff; Sen. Feinstein (1998-2007) - Legislative Director & Chief of Staff); CHRISTIAN KIERIG (covered position: Sen. Feinstein (1995-2001) - Legislative Assistant); DAVE KIRK RAMEY (covered position: Rep. Ken Calvert (1993 - October 2016) - Chief of Staff); BEN MILLER (covered position: Rep. George Miller (2003-2012) - Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director, Deputy Chief of Staff; Rep. Huffman (2013-2020) - Chief of Staff)