How can expensive cities provide affordable housing for workers?

A recent forum examined different options for cities trying to provide opportunities for lower-income workers PUBLISHED ON FEB 15, 2017 Deidre WoollardBYDEIDRE WOOLLARD Nurses, teachers, administrative staff, construction workers, firefighters, paramedics and law enforcement officers are among the numerous workers who are leaving California due to lack of affordability. Middle class workers are often ineligible […]

SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT BOARD POSTPONES VOTE ON PLAN UNTIL MARCH 3

OCBC, Feb. 7, 2017 On a 9-3 decision, the South Coast Air Quality Management District Board (AQMD) postponed a vote on the Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) until March 3. OCBC, along with other business groups such as the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed), supported the current form of the AQMP, which lays out […]

Pursuing Different Dividends in L.A.

Friday, February 3, 2017 Opinion Editorial Tracy Hernandez, Founding CEO BizFed In May of last year, financial advice website WalletHub released a study gauging diversity among U.S. cities. The study examined several measures including racial, economic, household, and social class. Los Angeles came in at a respectable No. 12 among the nation’s 313 largest cities. […]

Much-reviewed air quality plan should be passed now: Guest commentary

Rudy W. Eden, senior laboratory manager for the South Coast Air Quality Management District, shows filters used to capture and measure particulate pollution in this August 2013 photo. (Staff file photo) By Tracy Hernandez POSTED: 02/02/17, 10:28 AM PST On Friday the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) will take up the Air Quality […]

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 […]