Why Los Angeles Needs a Digital Sign Ordinance
By BizFed Founding CEO, Tracy Rafter For years now the outdoor advertising industry has been working together with the city to find a legislative solution for digital signs in Los Angeles, and we hope that we are nearing a long-awaited resolution on the matter. On behalf of BizFed and the hundreds of business organizations we represent, we are […]
BizFed delivers wins on supermajority of bills we worked in 2015!
Sunday was the deadline for Gov. Brown to act on bills coming out of this year’s state legislative session, and we are pleased to report that more than two-thirds of the bills BizFed mobilized either to support or oppose resulted in our desired outcome. Please see below for a full list of our bills and […]
El Monte residents get their wish: Walmart project approved
EL MONTE >> Residents are finally getting what they’ve been asking for. Walmart is coming to El Monte. For more than five years, residents have implored the City Council to bring the retail giant to El Monte. They’ve bashed city leaders for not doing enough to attract it. They’ve lamented that El Monte can’t get […]
A Firing at The Los Angeles Times Focuses Discontent
By RAVI SOMAIYA, SEPT. 20, 2015 In January, Jack Griffin, the chief executive of Tribune Publishing Company, took his senior management team to visit The Los Angeles Times, the jewel in his company’s portfolio of newspapers. At a reception at the newspaper, and a dinner downtown, there was one notable absentee — The Times’s new publisher, […]
BizFed CEO Tracy Rafter gives keynote address at 4th Annual California Asian Business Summit
CalAsian Chamber’s mission is to help grow and empower the API business community throughout California. Representing the interests of API businesses in the state, CalAsian Chamber is working to ensure these businesses are equipped with tools necessary to be successful and connect them with all opportunities available to help their businesses thrive, and grow California’s economy. See photo […]
Los Angeles power brokers demand local leadership at LA Times
Robert Channick Contact Reporter, Chicago Tribune Disappointed by the firing of Los Angeles Times publisher and CEO Austin Beutner this week, more than 60 Southern California civic leaders are calling on Tribune Publishing to restore local leadership to the newspaper. Baltimore Sun publisher Tim Ryan was named Tuesday as Beutner’s replacement. The group, which includes former […]
State Receives Federal Funding to Help California Small Businesses Export Globally
(Editor’s Note: The following release from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) offers information important to small businesses and entrepreneurs.) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) today announced that California received a $747,781 grant from the federal government to help small businesses boost trade and export abroad. “California is […]
ACTION ALERT: Take a Few Minutes to Support AB 857!
Southern California Gas Company just launched an on-line campaign, CleanerAirAhead.org, in support of Assembly Bill 857, “The Clean Trucking Act,” which is currently being considered by the California State Senate. AB 857 will help incentivize the transition to clean alternative fuel heavy-duty trucks, such as near-zero emissions trucks that run on natural gas. Can you […]
