• Amplify Your Impact

    Calkin Public Affairs is a California public affairs firm that develops compelling campaigns to deliver transformative results for our clients and communities.

  • Amplify Your Outcome

    Defeating a ballot measure and saving an industry.

  • Amplify Your Influence

    Award-winning creative keeps the lights on for Californians across the state.

  • Amplify Your Advocacy

    Turning up the heat through advocacy on AB 2513.

Our Competitive Edge

Our unique approach to public affairs comes from decades of experience, battle-tested strategies and winning results.

Catalyst Model™

Just like a political campaign, a successful public affairs campaign needs a clearly defined outcome, intensity, mindset and focus on speed and nimble strategies.

Find out more about our Catalyst Model

Deep Experience and Relationships

With over 25 years of experience comes diverse and unique insights, strong relationships and a track record of winning.

High-Quality Messaging and Creative

The best campaigns start with the best messaging that turns into the best creative elements that move people to act.

Senior-Level Team

From strategy development to campaign execution, our team of senior-level strategists provide continuous customer service that feels like a true partnership.

Customized Solutions for Every Situation

We know your situation is unique and requires a customized right-sized solution. Developing tailored campaigns of every size to meet your specific needs is our standard operating procedure.

  • Passing or blocking a piece of legislation or regulation is a team effort. Partnering directly with the government relations teams who are on the front lines of these fights, we work behind the scenes to make their lives easier. A proactive, coordinated and cohesive effort driven by a unified strategy is much more likely to succeed.

  • Whether you’re just starting out or need to course-correct, we can help you shape your own story. We lead with strategic communications to define your narrative and use compelling and authentic storytelling to communicate what we want our target audiences to hear and believe. And when necessary, we play defense in a strategic, intentional and coordinated manner.

  • Successful outcomes in a public affairs campaign can mean everything from securing funding and clearing regulatory hurdles to building broad-based coalitions of support and achieving favorable decision-making. Moving the ball forward often doesn’t look the same but the tools and intensity needed to keep things progressing are foundational.

  • When it comes to local or statewide candidate or issue campaigns, the threat is often personal, but the outcome is very much controllable with the right data, plan and tactical execution. Sizing up the threat and then developing a clear and concise campaign strategy and tactical framework that will act as the North Star is critical.