BRUCE A. MAGNANI, Vice President and Legislative Advocate with Houston Magnani and Associates (HMA), a government relations and advocacy firm headquartered in Sacramento, CA, has over twenty-five years of government relations experience. He joined HMA in November of 2005, after serving as Legislative Advocate for the California Chamber of Commerce. Specifically, Mr. Magnani has expertise in both business, and environmental issues; including AB 32/SB 32 compliance, Cap & Trade, energy, air quality, recycling, compostability, extended producer responsibility, construction, Prop 65, and transportation. Mr. Magnani has a unique insight into how state government operates which is attributable to the six years he worked as a Government Relations Specialist for the Department of General Services under the Governors Wilson, Davis, and Schwarzenegger administrations.