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Proposal for State Legislative Advocacy Services | City of Santa Ana Page 14 <br />EXPERIENCE <br />Carly Shelby, Legislative Associate: Carly brings over three years of <br />government affairs experience to TPA. Carly has state legislative <br />experience in areas such as water, solid waste and recycling, revenue and <br />taxation, housing and land use, community services, pension reform, and <br />budget. Carly has strong relationships with legislative committee staff, <br />members of the legislature, and municipal representatives. <br />Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. <br />Legislative Associate 2021 – Present <br />Since joining TPA, Carly has worked with clients to develop their legislative advocacy agenda In <br />Sacramento. Some of her work includes: <br />Carly has worked to build advocacy tools for clients such as legislative tracking matrices, <br />policy issue summaries, and fact sheets. These tools allow clients to develop a successful <br />advocacy strategy to achieve positive government actions in Sacramento. <br />Carly has provided expert analysis and feedback on a variety of policy issues for our <br />clients. She has written letters and official correspondence to bring client concerns to the <br />attention of decision makers in Sacramento while helping navigate the legislative process. <br />League of California Cities <br />Legislative and Policy Development Assistant 2017-2020 <br />Carly was responsible for analyzing legislation and developing strategic policy positions to benefit <br />cities throughout California. Carly also maintained stakeholder relations with various government <br />agencies and government-proxy organizations to implement policy agendas crucial to local <br />government clients. <br />Press Office of Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon <br />Press Intern 2017 <br />Carly worked for Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and was responsible for maintaining <br />communications between the legislature and major news outlets as well as communicating the <br />Speaker and Democratic Caucus’ policy agendas. <br />The California Building Industry Association (CBIA) <br />Government Affairs Intern 2016 <br />Carly worked to implement CBIA’s policy agenda with emphasis on the issue areas of housing <br />and land use. Carly also provided strategic campaign support on the CBIA sponsored school bond <br />initiative. <br />California State University, Sacramento <br />Bachelor of Arts, Political Science 2021