Bicker, Castillo and Fairbanks

Bicker, Castillo and Fairbanks is a Public Affairs/Political Consulting, based in Sacramento. Kathy Fairbanks was a spokesperson for the opposition campaign at the GMO labeling kick-off. The firm is also known have created front groups in the past, like for the auto insurance industry’s Prop 17 push. Bicker, Fairbanks & Castillo all previously worked for Burson-Marsteller.

Fairbanks also worked for the California Chamber of Commerce, in 1999, when the Chamber was spending $2.4 million per legislative session on lobbying. The list of bills she urged Gov. Davis to veto included a bill that would have increased workers compensation benefits, and one that would have allowed employees to use up to half of their annual sick leave to stay home and care for sick family members. She also opposed limiting the expansion of Big Box stores and barring businesses from using revenues from state contracts for anti-union activities.

Q1 expenditures received from Coalition Against the Costly Food Labeling Proposition: $17,541.09