Bob Ham, CORVA pioneer and state legislative lobbyist on Episode 163
Conversations with Big Rich
English - May 18, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBAutomotive Leisure Sports offroad rockcrawling overlanding off-road rock crawling overland jeep Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We don’t tend to think of influencers in the octogenarian stage, but Bob Ham certainly qualifies. Bob spent his career influencing people where it mattered, in land use advocacy in the California State Legislature. From forming CORVA to being on the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Board of Directors, Bob knows how to get things done and impact others. A 2006 inductee into ORMHOF, Bob Ham is why we say; legends live at ORMHOF.org. Be sure to tune in on your favorite podcast app.
3:50 – I started picking up Spanish and really getting engaged with the culture down there
8:43 – I probably went to virtually every Baja 1000 since the ’69 event
12:06 – we formed CORVA in 1971 and got involved writing bills
23:27 – there ought to be a law that allows green stickered vehicles to connect a trail – we got it, Assembly Bill 1201
32:13– most lobbyists come in just the way I did, as former legislative staffers
42:45 – it’s not the offroad Racing hall of fame, it’s the offroad hall of fame
Special thanks to ORMHOF.org for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.