At the heart of every great city, is a healthy government that provides its residents reliable public services, a job creating economy and thriving communities. In recent decades, growing populations and stretched budgets have place increasing demands on city leaders and public administrators to do more with less. That has…
Economic Updates
The False Hope of Rent Control – September 12, 2018
One of the most significant factors in the overall success of California’s and Los Angeles’ economy is the existence of a pool of skilled workers. Three of the most significant factors in developing, retaining and attracting a skilled workforce is a healthy educational system, access to affordable healthcare and housing. …
Los Angeles Economy & Jobs Economic Update – May 30, 2017
CA High Speed Rail – Politics and Money 1990s CA State Senator Jim Costa (current Democratic Congressman) wrote legislation creating CA’s High-Speed Rail Authority to plan a 500-mile route between San Francisco & Anaheim. ~2003 Senator Costa authors a $10 billion state bond initiative to finance the project. Proposition 1A…
Momentum Building at the Federal and State Level for Apprenticeship Expansion
While apprenticeship programs have numerous strengths, including providing employers with a pipeline of talent with relevant skills and enabling that talent to acquire those skills debt free, they have been slow to gain traction in the US. Recent developments at both the state and federal level, however, hold promise to…
The Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs – Weekly Report – July 23, 2018
Earlier this year I shared with you that two of our members, Fairplex and CalPoly Pomona, partnered together on an interesting and competitive bid to Amazon for their new HQ. That collaboration was made possible because both leaders – Miguel Santana (President & CEO of Fairplex) and Soraya Coley…
Briefing – John Cox – Candidate for CA Governor
Vision Macro: Supports individual liberty, limited government and the right to privacy. Identification: See himself as a Jack Kemp Republican. Reminder: Jack Kemp was a leader who cared about the poor, who wanted to make the GOP attractive to minorities and working-class voters, who never went negative and regularly worked…
Briefing – Gavin Newsom – Candidate for CA Governor
Vision & Biography Macro: He declares himself a Sargent Shriver Democrat. “The reason I identify with Sargent Shriver in particular is he also had something remarkable that most people in elected office don’t have in common and that is that he never served a day in elected office. And yet…
L.A.’s Economy: The Race Between Technology & Education
“Any competent economist will tell you that technology has had a much greater impact on jobs and wages than trade has had.” Ambassador Michael Froman told the Washington International Trade Association on January 10, 2017, “Some estimate that more than 80 percent of job loss comes from technology alone.” …
The Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs – Weekly Report – April 9, 2018
Each month, LinkedIn releases a monthly workforce report on employment trends in the U.S. workforce. As part of that report, LinkedIn analyzes information from over 146 million profiles, over 20,000 companies, and more than 3 million jobs to calculate which U.S. cities have the largest gap between the skills employers…
The Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs – Weekly Report – March 26, 2018
Last year, Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary, said during a speech that “With the same values and preferences, and the same basic attitude about government activity versus private activity, you should expect government to be larger in the future than it has been in the past.” He explained the…
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