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 […]

2017 BizFed Officer Nominations – Open until Oct. 31st!

Consider nominating yourself, and/or nominating a key BizFed member – as a 2017 BizFed Officer and member of our Executive Committee! If you are interested in a leadership role – or would like to nominate a BizFed member for a position — please contact Judi Erickson, judi.erickson@bizfed.org, by Monday, October 31. (Positions are open to […]

BizFed supports Beutner/Kantor proposal to reboot DWP

While BizFed has not taken a position on the size of the DWP rate increase itself, the BizFed Board voted to support four key solutions outlined in the op-ed linked below. BizFed is therefore opposed to any additional money from rate payers getting allocated to the City’s General Fund. BizFed is also closely following the LA City […]

It’s time to give the DWP a reboot

LA Times Op-ed by: Mickey Kantor and Austin Beutner, co-chairs of the independent commission LA2020. Its 2014 report “A Time for Action” made recommendations on how to achieve fiscal stability and job growth in Los Angeles, including an independent board to oversee DWP. February 15 , 2016 Every time you turn on a light or […]

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 […]

OCTOBER BIZFED BOARD ACTIONS

Many thanks to UCLA Extension for generously hosting the October Board Meeting at their Downtown LA location. We addressed a number of hot issues.  See below for the details! BizFed supports HR 9 Innovation Act to prevent frivolous patent lawsuits 2015 is on track to have more patent lawsuits filed than any year in history. 68% of […]