Statement from the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs As business and civic leaders in Los Angeles we have the opportunity and responsibility to help make choices which will determine the greatness of this region. We do not take these privileges for granted. Every elected official who represents…
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobsis endorsing Measure EE and urging voters to vote for the local funding measure on the June 4, 2019 ballot. If passed, the measure will provide the Los Angeles Unified School District a new revenue stream for the next 12 years to…
Los Angeles Business Journal By Jonathan Woetzel and Michael H. Kelly Friday, November 23, 2018 What’s Next? Blue Economy, ‘New Space’ An “innovation cluster” of researchers and startups is starting to form in long underutilized warehouses at the Port of Los Angeles, in pursuit of the idea that the planet’s…
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A California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) teacher-training program that combines classroom training, real-time feedback, and group collaboration received the most votes in the “learn” category of the Goldhirsh Foundation’s My LA2050 Activation Challenge. The result: a $200,000 LA2050 grant to expand the program to more schools. The crowdsourcing contest…
For the last eight years, I have used my commute from the South Bay to downtown to explore the neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The more I drive, the more I notice what I call L.A.’s “lost space,” mysterious plots of land that sit abandoned or underused throughout the city. On…
Mayor Eric Garcetti has launched a new online portal that will help the City maximize the value of its property, and more efficiently provide options for affordable housing, homeless service facilities and other priorities. The comprehensive, searchable property database will enable staff to manage City property more effectively, and allow…
By Art Bilger, Founder & CEO of WorkingNation Well-funded and forward-looking community colleges are key to a state’s competitive future and might be the ultimate hedge against structural unemployment. The most successful states are scaling innovative training and education programs at their community colleges in partnership with local governments and…
Tomorrow Eric Garcetti will be sworn in for his second term as mayor of Los Angeles. Like those who have come before him, he will stand on the steps of City Hall, raise his hand, and affirm that he will work to improve the quality of life for all Angelenos….
Port of Los Angeles The L.A. Coalition and its predecessor entity, the Los Angeles Economy & Jobs Committee (the “L.A. Committee”), were early supporters of the Southern California Gateway Project (the “SCIG Project”). The SCIG Project is exactly the type of private sector investment that Southern California needs to facilitate…