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NAIOP SoCal Names Legislative Affairs Team

NAIOP SoCal has appointed a 2026 legislative affairs team, positioning the organization to build on recent wins and drive even stronger results for the commercial real estate industry in Southern California and Sacramento. Longtime Sacramento lobbyist Adam Regele has been retained to lead state-level advocacy efforts, while The Edmond Group, led by CEO Susana Gonzalez Edmond and managing partner John Edmond, will assist with legislative activities across Southern California.

NAIOP SoCal’s legislative affairs team will continue to be headed by CEO Tim Jemal, while government relations manager Mihran Toumajan will remain in his full-time role.

“I’m honored to represent NAIOP SoCal and champion the interests of commercial real estate in Sacramento and across state agencies,” said Regele. “Commercial real estate is essential to California’s economic success, and I look forward to ensuring state policies reflect its vital role in job creation, investment, and generating public revenues.”

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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