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	Advocacy Public Solutions can help you build a network of relationships and partnerships to support your organization’s advocacy goals and objectives. We foster communication and gain active support for your project or policy from elected and appointed officials. By utilizing our positive reputation and proven experience, we take the definition of advocacy to a higher level to personally represent your cause. Combine all of this with a highly customized approach and you are bound to see results. • Coalition Building Public Solutions helps your company establish a network of relationships and partnerships to provide third-party support for your organization’s goals and objectives. We work with you to identify key contacts and introduce you to community and government links to reach all sectors of the community, including elected officials, law enforcement officials, educators, students, business executives, community activists, religious leaders and more. • Grassroots Campaigns At Public Solutions, we build partnerships between you, the public and interest groups who are able to advocate on your behalf and ultimately help you achieve your advocacy goals. • Strategic Planning At Public Solutions, we conduct an analysis of your company’s strengths, weaknesses, goals and objectives by mapping out a multi-faceted strategy to maximize organizational potential. We prioritize current resources and highlight growth opportunities within your organization, and identify additional resources to bring you a full-scale plan for business growth and success. :: back to top
	Case Studies Advocacy Picnic People Public Solutions worked with Picnic People, a local catering and event company specializing in company picnics, to fight an unfair proposed catered events fee in the City of San Diego’s parks. The City of San Diego was in the midst of a budget crisis and one of the proposed revenue sources was a tax on events utilizing a catering company that were held in the City’s parks. Picnic People felt that this proposed fee unfairly penalized their clients while overlooking the impact of large non-catered group events on City parks. Public Solutions assisted Picnic People with creating an alliance of vendors, employees and clients to protest the proposed fee. We created and delivered their message through meeting with City officials and appearances at City Council meetings. Every involved party acknowledged the budget challenges facing the City and Public Solutions successfully worked with Picnic People, the Park Users’ Alliance and City officials to arrive at a satisfactory compromise that added a revenue source while treating all park users fairly. :: back to top Coalition Building Affiliated Computer Services –ACS ACS is the vendor for the City of San Diego’s Red Light Photo Enforcement Program. Public Solutions provides government relations and advocacy services on behalf of ACS’ contract with the City of San Diego. Public Solutions successfully worked to renegotiate a contract between ACS and the City of San Diego that satisfied all parties, and this proven, life-saving technology is back in operation today. In addition, Public Solutions provides ongoing government relations and community outreach as the program is reinstated in San Diego. :: back to top Communications City of San Diego Contractor Outreach Public Solutions created and implemented a comprehensive marketing and outreach program to inform contractors about and encourage them to bid on water and sewer projects with the City. We developed a contact database and a direct mail brochure; produced an informational video; developed and placed advertising in local and regional media; created an Open House event and produced an interactive CD. :: back to top Grassroots Campaigns Mini Cab Co. Public Solutions provided advocacy services for Mini Cab Co, a transportation company that operates all-electric low-speed vehicles in downtown San Diego’s Gaslamp District. No existing ordinance covered Mini Cab Co.’s services when it began operations, and we assisted Mini Cab Co. with building a grassroots coalition of employees, customers and local business owners to support their quest for an ordinance that would allow the company to operate under a realistic business plan in San Diego. We also facilitated meetings and presentations for representatives of the City of San Diego and the Metropolitan Transit Development Board so that the owners of Mini Cab Co. could achieve their goal. :: back to top Strategic Planning Newland – Torrey Hills Public Solutions provided project management and strategic planning for the developer of Torrey Hills during the completion of Torrey Hills and Vista Sorrento Parkway. Throughout the project, Public Solutions worked with Newland representatives and City staff to develop a set of goals and objectives, as well as a project calendar, to complete the turnover of maintenance assessment districts from the developer to the City of San Diego. We coordinate with Newland, the City of San Diego, and homeowners to ensure that landscape zones are up to standard and ready for turnover to the City, on time and on schedule to meet the goals and objectives of the project. :: back to top