Bad Foundation for Business

Approval of Measure S would curb development with costly fallout for housing market, workers, employers. By Tracy Hernandez and Josh LaFarga Friday, March 3, 2017 City of L.A. voters will head to the polls on March 7 to determine the fate of Measure S. This initiative is very clear in its intent – place a […]

Mark Your Calendar for BizFed March Meetings

BizFed Leaders, Mark your calendars for BizFed’s March meetings! ADVOCACY Committee Meeting When: Thursday, 3/9/17, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Where: Holland & Knight LLP, 400 S Hope St 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071 OR call in to 1.213.226.1066, 322980838# 2017 Co-Chairs: Charles Gale, South Bay Association of Chambers; Paul Little, Pasadena Chamber; Lou […]

BizFed Supports LAX Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP)

Los Angeles World Airports is in the process of a $14 billion modernization of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and is now embarking on the next phase of this project – the $5.5 billion Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP). More than 80 million passengers used the airport in 2016. To maintain its competitive position against […]

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. […]

Annual Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey Report

The 2015/16 survey gathers business fees & a variety of tax rates from 305 U.S. cities, focusing on states with active business relocation. NEWS PROVIDED BY Kosmont Companies and Claremont McKenna College’s Rose Institute Nov 21, 2016, 14:49 ET LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Claremont McKenna College’s Rose Institute of State & Local […]

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 […]