NEWS RELEASE: BIZFED PAC ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF ENDORSEMENTS IN 13 CITIES ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 22, 2017 Contact: Tracy Hernandez 818.429.0862 BIZFED PAC ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF ENDORSEMENTS IN 13 CITIES ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY LOS ANGELES, CA – The BizFed PAC, a project of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed), announced its support of 30 jobs friendly candidates for the upcoming March 7 […]
BizFed Installs Officers for 2016
By HOWARD FINE Thursday, January 21, 2016 The Los Angeles County Business Federation, the umbrella group of local business organizations, has installed its new officers for 2016. The federation, commonly called BizFed, is an alliance of 155 business organizations in Los Angeles County representing 275,000 businesses that employ roughly 3 million people. It formed eight […]
BizFed Leadership Roundtable with Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez
On Friday, November 6, BizFed leaders met with Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations. Attendees learned that Asm. Gomez and Sen. Beall, Co-Chairs of Transportation Infrastructure Conference Committee, will ensure transportation funding bills get full floor votes this spring. Want to learn more? Click here for the full onesheet. Leadership roundtables are exclusive opportunities […]
BizFed supports extended deadline for Positive Train Control
Under the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008,railroads are required to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) by December 31. Despite ongoing efforts to implement PTC, most railroads have publicly stated that they will be forced to shut down large portions of rail service unless the deadline is extended. As a result, an extensive proportion of […]
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 […]
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 […]
BizFed Leaders Converge on Washington for ACCESS DC
Earlier this week, more than 60 BizFed leaders joined more than 180 Los Angeles-area business leaders for the annual ACCESS DC advocacy trip organized by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and chaired by Gilbert Ivey, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and BizFed Chair-elect. Over the course of three days of meetings with […]
