Lobby Day
Sign up for our 2025 lobby day here. CARA's Annual Statewide Lobby Days began in 2012. Our Lobby Days were unique in that they took place In-District, allowing CARA members to speak to their representatives or staff about issues that affected them at a more accessible location. In addition to CARA's Lobby Days, our members have visited the Capitol many times with our partner organizations to speak to legislators and make our priorities known.
“ Our virtual lobby days have created a space that is more accessible for our members allowing more people across the state to participate."
When COVID-19 hit in 2019, CARA knew it would be unsafe to have large in-person gatherings to lobby. For the safety of our members, we transitioned to a Virtual Lobby Day. Our virtual lobby days have created a space that is more accessible for our members, allowing more people across the state to participate. Today, even when it is much safer to gather in person, our members prefer to conduct lobby day virtually. Our virtual lobby days have given us the ability to schedule meetings with every single CA legislator on one day and have members from all across the state participate.
Thank you to all our members and coalition partners who made this year's Lobby Day a success! We met with over 100 offices and increased the number of co-authors and supporters of our bill in our legislature.
