BizFed Leadership Roundtable with Asm. Matt Dababneh, Chairman, Committee on Banking and Finance
On Monday, July 27, a diverse group of BizFed members traveled to the Van Nuys Government Center to meet with Assemblymember Matt Dababneh, Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance. Dababneh was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2013, in the class of post-term limits legislators who have the potential to serve […]
Cadiz Water Project Earns Support of BizFed
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cadiz Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI), a California land and water resources development company, is pleased to announce that it has posted a new letter from United States Representative Mimi Walters (R-Irvine) in support of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery & Storage Project (“Cadiz Water Project”) to its website at http://cadizinc.com/projectsupport/. Congresswoman Walters’ endorsement […]
BizFed Institute: CLEAN WATER FOR LIFE AND BUSINESS – Critical Intelligence on Water Issues for Business Leaders and Decision Makers
More than 150 business, community, and opinon leaders participated in the BizFed Institute’s NextUp Forum: Clean Water for Life and Business at Woodbury University in Burbank on June 4, 2014. This major half-day educational event brought together top academic, government, industry, and environmental experts to address the opportunities and challenges associated with securing safe, reliable sources of clean water […]
BizFed Win: LA County General Plan Update to Include Fiscal Impacts Analysis
After nearly 2 years of intensive work, BizFed has been successful in getting a Fiscal Impacts Analysis included in the LA County General Plan update. Last week, a delegation from BizFed’s LA County General Plan Working Group met with Connie Chung, Mark Child, and Ayala Ben-Yehuda from the Department of Regional Planning and Carolyn Hull […]
VICTORY: Supes Scrap Water Parcel Tax Measure – New Effort Targets 2014
Today we are pleased to report that the LA County Board of Supervisors voted NOT TO PROCEED with the proposed “Clean Water, Clean Beaches” parcel tax measure. This is a big victory for the business community, and indeed for all of the diverse stakeholders who ultimately concluded that too many problems remained with the proposal. […]