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David Quintana’s professional history spans nearly two decades in and around the State Capitol. Mr. Quintana provides clients with strategy development, policy analysis, relationship-building, campaign consulting, and unapparelled direct lobbying services. Quintana’s reach extends into numerous sectors, including high-tech/social media, finance, energy, education, health and business districts and gaming.
After serving in the United States Air Force for a decade, Mr. Quintana then graduated from the University of California, Davis and the Boston College School of Law. He has the unique ability to combine his political connections with policy knowledge. This is why whenever there is a big fight brewing in the political arena, David Quintana is brought in to generate results.
Mr.Quintana launched his famous Back to Session Bash 15 years ago and it has since become the “Must Attend” event of each year since. The event has grown from a modest gathering for Capitol staffers to a star-studded blowout drawing in thousands of guests with lines to get in around the building. With each Bash it has hosted an array of Celebrity performances, from Coolio in 2015, to Lil Jon in 2020. Lets just say Mr. Quintana knows how to throw a party.
Mr. Quintana has been a regular guest on major media and paper outlets. In 2019, for the ninth time in 10 years, Capitol Weekly named Mr. Quintana one of the Capitol’s Top 100 “Power Players” in their annual list. In December of 2016 he was also featured in Sacramento Magazine as one of the key power players in state politics.
CA’s Non-Profit Scam: How to Make Millions and NOT Solve a Problem
In 1969 a pretty-much forgotten R&B group called The Winstons released a hit single called “Color Me Father,” it went to #7 in the pop charts and won the R&B Grammy for Single of the Year. But it was the B-side of that single that changed music history. “Amen Brother” was the B-side and it had a 6-second drum break that over time took on it’s own life and became the foundation for thousands of songs. Sampled officially over 6000 times (and the true numbers are probably uncountable), most famously as the backbone of NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton”, Q explains the sad and tragic history behind the man that created the most sampled break in music history: the Amen Break.
Strip-Mining the IP! Hollywood’s Franchise Fatigue
In 1969 a pretty-much forgotten R&B group called The Winstons released a hit single called “Color Me Father,” it went to #7 in the pop charts and won the R&B Grammy for Single of the Year. But it was the B-side of that single that changed music history. “Amen Brother” was the B-side and it had a 6-second drum break that over time took on it’s own life and became the foundation for thousands of songs. Sampled officially over 6000 times (and the true numbers are probably uncountable), most famously as the backbone of NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton”, Q explains the sad and tragic history behind the man that created the most sampled break in music history: the Amen Break.
Music’s Most Sampled Beat & the Tragic Story of it’s Creator
In 1969 a pretty-much forgotten R&B group called The Winstons released a hit single called “Color Me Father,” it went to #7 in the pop charts and won the R&B Grammy for Single of the Year. But it was the B-side of that single that changed music history. “Amen Brother” was the B-side and it had a 6-second drum break that over time took on it’s own life and became the foundation for thousands of songs. Sampled officially over 6000 times (and the true numbers are probably uncountable), most famously as the backbone of NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton”, Q explains the sad and tragic history behind the man that created the most sampled break in music history: the Amen Break.
Cutting Through: Could the Democrats be Headed for a 1968 Problem?
Are the Democrats headed for a 1968 Convention problem? Mike and Q review the latest in the current presidential race by looking back at 1968 when the incumbent dropped from the race only months before the convention and the chaos that ensued. Mike only gives it a 25% max chance that President Biden doesn’t run, but if he doesn’t and waits too late to announce – history could be revisited. In March of 1968, LBJ blindsided his staff, party, and the country by announcing that he wouldn’t seek reelection months before the Democratic party nominating convention in Chicago. Because it was so late in the process it caused chaos and riots in/at the convention and the Dems ended up handing the Oval Office to Richard Nixon. Q and Mike hope Joe Biden doesn’t make the same mistake.
Welcome to Cutting Though from the Quintana Network. Q and former legislator Mike Gatto cut through the noise and nonsense of California politics to let you know what’s really going down at the Capitol and around the state.
CA Sen. Shannon Grove Talks Overcoming the “Public Safety” Cmte to Fight Child S*x Trafficking
We have a VERY special guest today, California State Senator Shannon Grove from Bakersfield, California. Barely over 24 hours after Senator Grove pulled back the curtain on what “public safety” really means in the California Legislature. Her bill, SB14, would increase penalties for repeat sex trafficking of minors. Seems like a no-brainer, right? But the bill died in committee, as Democrats played politics with “public safety,” only to be revived the next day after massive public outrage. Senator Grove explains what happened in the room, why the bill is still alive, what pivotal role Gov. Newsom played in this, and what this shows us about the degraded and dangerous state of public safety in California.
Cutting Through: Crazy & Brave Calls on the 2024 Election
The presidential election is in 2024 so Q (a lobbyist) and Mike (a legislator) talk about long-shot presidential candidates. Q is “RFK Jr.-curious” but Mike and Q walk through myriad potential candidates and outcomes. Jamie Dimon, Elon Musk, Gavin Newson & Kamala Harris all get their turn in the spotlight. Welcome to Cutting Though from the Quintana Network. Q and former legislator Mike Gatto cut through the noise and nonsense of California politics to let you know what’s really going down at the Capitol and around the state.
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