Affordable-housing plan must come from lawmakers, labor working together: Guest commentary
By M.C. Townsend POSTED: 11/17/16, 12:05 PM PST In June, Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies reported that Los Angeles County needs 382,000 additional apartments to keep up with demand. The Southern California Association of Governments indicates a shortage of at least 600,000 total housing units in the region (more than a million statewide). With […]
LA Mayor Garcetti, Sen. Hertzberg Join with CSUN Students to Promote Measure M
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and California State Senator Bob Hertzberg visited the University Student Union at California State University, Northridge on Thursday, Nov. 3 to rally with students in support of Measure M, the ballot measure to increase public transportation investment in Los Angeles County. Garcetti and Hertzberg were joined by Associated Students Vice […]
Tune in! Measure A – Parks and Recreation
Click here to listen as BizFed Advocacy Committee Co-Chair Lou Baglietto contributes to discussion on KFI about Measure A. Does Los Angeles need more parkland? Supporters of Measure A say yes, but opponents say Los Angeles County residents are taxed enough. After LA County residents have voted on the 17 statewide initiatives, voters will also […]
Measure A’s parks tax: good intentions, bad policy: Guest commentary
By Tracy Hernandez POSTED: 11/01/16, 4:50 PM PDT | UPDATED: 6 DAYS AGO Imagine if some thoughtful neighbors on your street organized a potluck, with everyone contributing a dish. How delightful, you think! But when you arrived at the party, it doesn’t seem so … delightful. It seems that by participating in this potluck, you’re […]
Measure M can thaw L.A. County’s glacial traffic: Guest commentary
By David Fleming and Gilbert Ivey POSTED: 10/28/16, 12:42 PM PDT | Without action, Los Angeles traffic is about to get a lot worse. More productive hours of the day will be wasted on jammed highways. The snail’s pace of delivering goods and services will continue to drive business away. The spirit of even the […]
BizFed Board Votes to Engage on Proposed City of LA Affordable Housing Linkage Fee
The proposed linkage fee will increase the cost of both residential and commercial construction of new buildings, including the expansion of current commercial buildings of 10,000 square feet or more, or 1,500 feet or more of residential, therefore penalizing even current homeowners or first-time homebuyers. It will also increase the cost of building housing, with […]
BizFed votes to support updating CA small-business definition and standards
California is mandated by Executive Order to meet a 25% small business goal. Currently, California State Departments have trouble meeting their small business goals with more than $92.54 billion in infrastructure projects in development. The BizFed board voted tosupport updating California’s Small Business Size Standard and support amending section 14837 of the government code relating to […]
Aliso Canyon – letter opposing SB380 “blanket” regulatory actions
In a letter addressed to Mike Gatto, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce, BizFed expressed concern that SB 380 (Pavley) would unnecessarily reduce the reliability of natural gas needed for heating, cooking and water heating in addition to threatening the supply of natural gas needed to generate reliable electricity for businesses and residents […]
