Editing Barbara Boxer (section)

===Lobbying===

In January 2020, it was reported that Boxer had become co-chair of Mercury Public Affairs, a prominent lobbying and public affairs firm, whose corporate clients have included [[Airbnb]] and [[AT&T]], along foreign governments such as [[Qatar]] and [[Turkey]].<ref name="Meyer"/>

Prior to joining Mercury Public Affairs, Boxer had worked as a paid advisor to [[Lyft]], during which time she advocated against the passage of [[California Assembly Bill 5 (2019)|AB-5]], a California law that Lyft opposed which reclassified as "employees" many workers, including Lyft drivers, who had previously been classified as "independent contractors" under state labor law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Open-Forum-AB5-Is-Not-the-Answer-for-All-Workers-14379743.php|title=Barbara Boxer: AB5 is not the answer for all workers - SFChronicle.com |date=2019-08-26 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04 |last1=Boxer |first1=By Barbara }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/29/aoc-rips-barbara-boxer-helping-lyft-fight-california-bill/2158941001/|title=AOC criticizes ex-Democratic senator for advising Lyft in battle over California gig worker bill|last=Behrmann|first=Savannah|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>

Boxer also has worked as a paid consultant on behalf of Poseidon Water as part of that company's effort to install a [[Huntington Beach Desalination Plant|desalination plant in Huntington Beach, California]], and also for CityLift Parking, a company in [[Oakland]], California, that designs automated parking lifts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/07/barbara-boxer-joins-dc-lobbying-firm-095196|first=Theodoric|last=Meyer|title=Barbara Boxer joins DC lobbying firm|date=January 7, 2020|work=Politico|language=en-US|access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-boxer-poseidon-20170419-story.html|first=Bettina|last=Boxall|title=Barbara Boxer will lobby for an environmentally controversial desalination plant in Huntington Beach|date=April 19, 2017|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref>

In October 2021, Boxer, former Los Angeles mayor [[Antonio Villaraigosa]], and former [[California State Assembly]] speaker [[Fabian Nunez]] led a high-profile mass exodus of employees from the California office of Mercury Public Affairs to set up their own public affairs and consulting firm. At the time of their departure, the press reported Mercury's California based clients included [[Clorox]], [[Lyft]], the California Charter Schools Association, and the [[Westlands Water District]], the utility that oversees the heart of the state's agricultural lands in the [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]].<ref name="latimes.com"/>