ATTENTION: Bring Us Your Action Items!
Dear BizFed Members, Each month, BizFed advocates on a wide range of issues that come directly from our members. In an effort to maximize our reach and advocacy on your behalf, you will now receive a monthly reminder intended to guide you through the BizFed advocacy process. This notice includes a breakdown of what we […]
Former Daily News city editor Judi Erickson dies at 53
By Gregory J. Wilcox, Los Angeles Daily News POSTED: 12/30/16, 8:02 PM PST Judi Erickson, the former city editor of the Los Angeles Daily News who went on to help start a regional business alliance, has died. She was 53. She died overnight Wednesday at her home in Marion, Kentucky, said former Daily News publisher […]
Make sure plan to further clean air is feasible, effective Dec. 15, 2016
By ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER EDITORIAL BOARD The South Coast Air Quality Management District is a powerful agency that makes and enforces regulations to meet federal and state clean air standards. Everyone who has lived in Southern California long enough can tell you that the cleanup of the region’s air is a tremendous success story. The […]
BizFed Mannequin Challenge!
Team BizFed would like to wish our members, friends, families and colleagues a joyous holiday and new year! We hope you’ll enjoy our rendition of the viral Mannequin Challenge, and invite you to share it! Twitter: @bizfed // @bizfedinstitute Facebook: @Los Angeles County Business Federation
BizFed Weighs in on Proposed LA County 1/4 cent sales tax for Homeless Services
Dear Chairman Ridley-Thomas, On behalf of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) – representing more than 160 top business groups with 325,000 employers and 3 million employees across our region – we are writing to urge you to include two important provisions in the proposed ¼ cent sales tax to fund homeless services. BizFed […]
Annual Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey Report
The 2015/16 survey gathers business fees & a variety of tax rates from 305 U.S. cities, focusing on states with active business relocation. NEWS PROVIDED BY Kosmont Companies and Claremont McKenna College’s Rose Institute Nov 21, 2016, 14:49 ET LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Claremont McKenna College’s Rose Institute of State & Local […]
Affordable-housing plan must come from lawmakers, labor working together: Guest commentary
By M.C. Townsend POSTED: 11/17/16, 12:05 PM PST In June, Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies reported that Los Angeles County needs 382,000 additional apartments to keep up with demand. The Southern California Association of Governments indicates a shortage of at least 600,000 total housing units in the region (more than a million statewide). With […]
We need your voice at AQMP public hearings this week
Dear BizFed-SoCal Business Coalition on AQMD and CARB, This week, the SCAQMD is holding a round of regional public hearings on the 2016 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), the outcome of which could have significant impacts on industry and the economy in Southern California. As you know, this Coalition has worked very hard to provide […]
