Platinum Advisors

02/02/2026

Congratulations to Waymo on expanding operations to the San Francisco International Airport!

Time to fly! Starting today, Bay Area travelers can catch their next flight at San Francisco International Airport via convenient and fully autonomous Waymo rides. We'll start by offering SFO access to a select number of riders and will gradually welcome all riders over the coming months.

01/13/2026

Platinum Advisors is pleased to announce our new client, the California Self Storage Association! We look forward to representing the California Self Storage Association and advocating on the critical issues facing self-storage owners and operators throughout California.

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The California Self Storage Association has retained Platinum Advisors, a government-relations firm, to represent its interests in statewide local efforts.

01/02/2026

Congratulations to our client, the Diversified Restaurant Group, on the official opening of Taco Bell Cantina at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco!

Located at 333 Jefferson Street, this exciting new location is now serving San Francisco from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m., bringing late-night dining options and vibrant energy to one of the city's most iconic destinations.

Now you can your boozy Baja blasts and Crunchwrap Supremes at Fisherman’s Wharf.

12/11/2025

Manufacturing is coming back to San Francisco. At historic Pier 70, our client, Astranis, is building the next generation of communications satellites - compact, affordable, and produced at a scale never before seen in geostationary orbit.

Proud to support their work modernizing critical infrastructure and bringing advanced manufacturing jobs to California.

Astranis is modernizing an essential piece of modern communications infrastructure—and doing it in its own urban factory.

08/19/2025

Today, we are proud to highlight our firm's summer intern Alexa Weiss based out of our San Francisco office! Alexa has been instrumental with our clients' success by helping oversee legislative monitoring, policy research, and representing the firm at events across the Bay Area.

01/30/2025

We are excited to announce that Allison Barnett has joined Platinum Advisors' Sacramento lobbying team!

Most recently, Allison served as Senior Director of Government Relations at Health Net of California, a subsidiary of Centene Corporation, where she led the company’s state government relations efforts in California. In that role, she was responsible for overseeing a team of lobbyists, managing relationships with state and local government officials, and acting as the primary liaison between the company and key stakeholders, including legislators, state agencies, and healthcare advocates.

Read the announcement here:

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Platinum Advisors announced that Allison Barnett would be joining the firm’s Sacramento lobbying team where she will focus on government relations strategies involving some of the nation’s leading healthcare companies. Most recently, Barnett served as Senior Director of...

10/24/2024

This week, our client, the Golden State Warriors, joined San Francisco Mayor London Breed 倫敦．布里德, Supervisor Matt Dorsey, and Port of San Francisco Executive Director Elaine Forbes to celebrate the opening of Bayfront Park, a 5.4-acre open space located between Chase Center and San Francisco Bay.

The newest attraction in San Francisco’s Central Waterfront designed to be resilient to climate change, features open lawns, a section of the Bay Trail, multiple plazas, and numerous trees and native plants.

“The opening of Bayfront Park will significantly enhance the experience for all who visit Chase Center and Thrive City,” said Warriors President & Chief Operating Officer Brandon Schneider. “The Warriors are committed to making San Francisco and the Mission Bay neighborhood a vibrant, world-class destination and we are thrilled to see Bayfront Park add to that overall vision. We are proud to have hosted nearly five million fans at over 400 events since Chase Center’s opening, creating an estimated $4.2 billion in economic impact for San Francisco, and we look forward to partnering with the city and local community organizations to expand our offerings.”

News Mayor London Breed Celebrates Grand Opening of Bayfront Park in Mission Bay With stunning views of the San Francisco Bay and an innovative design that incorporates structures made from reclaimed steel from the old Bay Bridge, the new vibrant waterfront destination by Chase Center adds to a netw...

07/29/2024

In today's Summer Intern Spotlight, we're proud to introduce you to Annie Joyce. Annie joins us from Dublin City University where she is studying Health and Society. She is based out of our Washington, D.C. office where she has already proven herself to be a crucial member of our federal advocacy team.

07/10/2024

In today's Summer Intern Spotlight, we are very happy to introduce you to Daragh McQuaid, working out of Platinum's Washington, D.C. office this summer. Daragh joins us from the University of Cambridge. We're proud to have you as part of our team, Daragh!

07/08/2024

This summer, we're excited to introduce you to our interns across our San Francisco, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C. offices.

Today, we're excited to introduce you to Sophia Papazian, working out of our San Francisco office. Sophia is a Political Economy major from UC Berkeley. Thank you, Sophia, for all your work supporting our clients!

04/17/2024

As the US Trade Representative revisits digital trade policy, Platinum Advisors Senior Vice President Daniel Sepulveda examines the history of the issue and presents a potential path forward.

Read and download the full white paper, Reevaluating American Digital Trade Policy, here:

The United States is in the process of reevaluating its approach to digital trade policy. After decades of bipartisan support for the open global internet and the free flow of data largely in venues outside of trade agreements, the issue has entered the trade space. Though e-commerce chapters in tra