Focuscom is a San Diego public affairs firm. We get the people building this city in front of the people who decide, and the communities who care.

Dan Hom accepting the San Diego Business Journal Lifetime Achievement award
Lifetime Achievement · SDBJ 2023
Dan Hom with honorees at the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum
Chinese Historical Museum campaign
Dan Hom
Dan Hom · Founder
The Focuscom team downtown
The Focuscom team
Dan Hom at a community event
In the community
PRSA Silver Bernays award
Silver Bernays, three years running
What we do

Three doors we open.

01
An empty council chamber before a hearing
01Public affairs

The city says yes.

Council, County, Port, Sacramento. We map who decides, then make the introductions.

Start a conversation
Dan Hom with community honorees at the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum campaign
02Community & multicultural

The community says welcome.

Asian, Latino and South Bay communities, reached in their own language by people they already trust.

Start a conversation
Television cameras and microphones pointed at a podium at night
03Crisis & media

The story stays yours.

When the phone is already ringing: the first call, and a plan before the second.

Start a conversation
The Third Avenue arch sign in downtown Chula VistaChula Vista · Third Avenue
Why we exist
“If you weren't open, I'd have no place to go.”
Dan Hom
Dan Hom Founder · President

A stranger said that to a teenage Dan on a Christmas morning in Chula Vista, in the restaurant he'd opened because no one else would. Focuscom exists so the people building San Diego always have a door that opens.

Focuscom in the community

The boards we sit on.

The rooms where San Diego's relationships begin. Focuscom is in them.

Virtual Dan

Ask Virtual Dan Hom.

An AI version of Dan, trained on how he works. Tell it what you're up against; it tells you how Focuscom would approach it and who should take your call.

ConnectingVirtual Dan · AI
Virtual DanI'm Virtual Dan, the AI version of Dan Hom. Tell me what you're trying to get done in San Diego, and roughly when. I'll tell you how we'd approach it, and when it's time to call Dan himself.
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Why call now

The vote is already on the calendar.

1Somewhere in San Diego, a date is set that decides your project. The people voting are already hearing from someone. It should be you.
2The neighborhood will have questions. Answered early, they're support. Answered late, they're opposition.
3Focuscom has worked these rooms in San Diego since 2006. The earlier we talk, the more options you have.
Get in touch

Tell us what problem(s) you'd like us to fix.

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San Diego, CA 92101
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