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Mr. Jeffrey S Dunn Legislative Analyst, Southern California Association of Governments

Jeffrey S. Dunn is the Legislative Analyst for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the nation's largest Metropolitan Planning Organization comprised of 189 member cities in 6 counties throughout Southern California, encompassing a jurisdiction of over 19 million residents. Mr. Dunn maintains state and federal legislative tracking and oversight responsibilities on a broad range of regional issues, including surface transportation, rail, aviation, housing, land-use planning, design-build/public-private partnerships, Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), and the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU. Mr. Dunn is also the SCAG lead legislative staff for federal climate change legislation, state and federal greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) regulation, and SB 375 implementation - landmark state legislation to integrate California's transportation and land-use planning efforts to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the automobile and light truck sector by reducing vehicle miles travelled. Mr. Dunn's legislative career began as a legislative correspondent for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, providing direct support to the Communications Subcommittee on issues related to cellular and satellite communications, cable television regulation, and FCC authority and oversight.

Mr. Dunn followed his Hill experience by becoming the Legislative Analyst for the Los Angeles County Superior Court, covering a wide range of state legislative issues affecting court civil and criminal operations, trial court funding and budget, juvenile and family law and courthouse security.

Immediately prior to his tenure at SCAG, Mr. Dunn served in a variety of capacities on the staff of the 2004 Wesley Clark Presidential Campaign handling fundraising, media/press, and field staff organization throughout the primary campaign. Mr. Dunn also served as a standing member of west coast advance for 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee John Kerry. Mr. Dunn is a long-time resident of Santa Monica, California.