Joseph
Yocca
Joseph Yocca brings over two decades of
top level state legislative and government relations experience to
Capitol Venture.
In his professional capacities inside the
California State Legislature, Mr. Yocca served as Chief of Staff to the
Senate Republican Leader and Policy Director to various legislative
offices, including the Assembly Minority Floor Leader and Whip. He was
responsible for many major policy directions for those caucuses since
1986, when he began his career as chief of staff to the Assembly Whip.
His career in the legislature also included service as Chief Consultant
to the Public Employees and Retirement Committee, and he also served as
lead staff on budget policy issues in both the Senate and Assembly.
Widely recognized as an authority on legislative
procedure and state budget policy and process, Mr. Yocca brings
additional valuable experience as a political consultant and as a
respected legislative advocate for the past decade. His areas of policy
concentration include the state budget, healthcare, transportation,
education, energy, business regulation & taxation policy, resources and
government agency relations.
Mr. Yocca
has been widely quoted in major public policy and news publications
throughout his career in California’s Capitol concerning the top
political and public policy issues of the day. He has also been
published in various public policy journals in the state, including
California Political Review, Reason and Government Affairs Today. He
has been featured in Who’s Who in California and in many periodicals and
journals. He is a graduate of California State University and resides
in Sacramento.
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