Political Forecast 2021 – Key Takeaways
NYMag: ‘The Mayor Knew’
The Mayor Knew By Alissa Walker https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/mayor-eric-garcetti-accused-of-protecting-rick-jacobs.html When Eric Garcetti gave his State of the City address on April 14, 2016, it was an unofficial pitch for his reelection as mayor of Los Angeles. Garcetti, who had been in office for three years, stood on the production floor of an LED manufacturer, portending a literally […]
GRASSROOTS BUSINESS ALLIANCE AND ADVOCACY POWERHOUSE CELEBRATES RECORD LEGISLATIVE WINS
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (October 28, 2021) – A nonprofit business alliance dedicated to aggressively advocating for business growth, job creation and economic vitality logged a record 70% legislative win rate following a whirlwind 10 months of back-to-back education campaigns, multi-platform mobilization efforts and direct outreach to legislators. The Los Angeles County Business Federation “BizFed” advocated […]
California faces ‘existential’ dilemma in tackling climate change, housing crisis
Oct. 17, 2021, 1:31 AM PDT By Alicia Victoria Lozano LOS ANGELES — Santa Monica resident Leonora Camner only has to open her windows to escape Southern California’s worsening heat waves. Where millions of Los Angeles County residents must sit in a car for more than an hour to drive to the beach, Camner can […]
Upskilling strategies to re-start the LA region’s economy
By PETER HIDALGO and MARIANNE HAVER HILL PUBLISHED: May 20, 2021 at 11:49 p.m. | UPDATED: May 20, 2021 at 11:51 p.m. Current U.S. Commerce Secretary and former Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo recently said, “What we have to do is support business, but also support our workers with job training programs and with reasonable wages.” As we exit the […]
2021 BizFed Pulse Poll Results
If California is such an ‘anti-business’ state, why is its economy booming?
By MICHAEL HILTZIK BUSINESS COLUMNIST MAY 10, 2021 11:46 AM PT Is there anything that breeds more cognitive dissonance in the heads of business prognosticators than the performance of the California economy? The question is inspired by the release of yet another survey placing California in the basement among states as measured by their receptivity to business. […]
Storage hubs hit by limits on smog
By Jeff Horseman jhorseman@scng.com A regional air quality board on Friday approved a landmark rule that would require warehouses and, by extension, the diesel-fueled trucks serving them, to cut chronic air pollution linked to asthma, cancer and deaths in Southern California. In a 9-4 vote after hours of comments and discussion, the South Coast Air […]
