# Best Friends Animal Society

Lobbying client. 12 lobbying filings, 1 lobbyists, 1 legislation lobbied, $4,300 to 6 alderpersons since 2019 (company $0, employees $0, lobbyists $4,300).

## Legislation lobbied

- [Call for hearing(s) on operational challenges at Chicago Animal Care and Control and impact on public safety operations and implications for animal welfare in Chicago](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/matter/7283B3E4-D460-F011-BEC1-001DD8301D22) (R2025-0018690)

## What they lobbied for

- ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL (City Council/Alderpersons)
- EDUCATE ON POTENTIAL ORDINANCE (City Council/Alderpersons)
- RELATIONSHIP BUILDING (Mayors Office)
- EDUCATING ADMINISTRATION ON CONDUCTING A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR CACC (Mayors Office)
- CACC DIRECTOR NATIONAL SEARCH (Animal Care And Control)
- PETS IN LOW INCOME TAX PAYER SUBSIDIZED HOUSING (Mayors Office)

## Most funded alderpersons

- [Matthew J. Martin](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/47): $2,000
- [Byron Sigcho-López](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/25): $1,000
- [Gilbert Villegas](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/36): $500
- [Samantha Nugent](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/39): $300
- [Michael D. Rodriguez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/22): $250
- [Daniel La Spata](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/1): $250

## Lobbyists

- [John Kamis](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/lobbyist/6323-john-kamis)

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Source: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/lobbying/best-friends-animal-society · Chicago Politics, an independent, nonpartisan tracker of the Chicago City Council. Guide for agents: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/llms.txt