Governmental Affairs

The governmental arm of our office is responsible for addressing governmental policies, regulations, and procedures relevant to the services, programs, faculty, staff, and students of NOCCCD, Cypress College, Fullerton College and NOCE.

Our team collaborates with senior executives to establish and foster strategic partnerships in business, government, and education, leveraging these alliances to further the strategic goals and initiatives of the District’s regions and partners. 

The office, in collaboration with legislative consultants at Nossaman LLC, is primarily responsible for influencing public policy decisions that affect community colleges through the governmental budget processes, federal grants and contracts, state and local funding opportunities, and proposed legislation. 

Government Relations is responsible for facilitating, coordinating and maintaining all District interaction with federal, state and local government, including the federal, state or local executive branches and executive agencies; the Congress; the State Legislature; local City Councils; and any federal, state or local public or private entity whose primary responsibility is interacting with or influencing the federal, state or local government. 

Services Provided: 

• Official point of contact for city, county, state, and federal legislative and appointed staff and elected officials 
• Legislative bill tracking 
• Local, state and federal legislative advocacy 
• Requests to sponsor legislation 
• Policy analysis and message development 
• Letters of support or opposition 

Note: Any official position taken on proposed legislation or initiatives must first be reviewed then approved by Chancellor’s Staff before submission or publication. For questions, please contact Kai Stearns, District Director, Public and Governmental Affairs.