City National Economy & Jobs Report First Quarter 2015 Good GDP: The California economy ended the year on a strong note as annual growth for 2014 came in at an estimated 2.9% over real output levels the prior year. This was an acceleration over the 2.0% increase last year and…
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Making Los Angeles a More Livable City
Los Angeles is moving full-speed to build walkable communities, encourage transit ridership, and promote tourism on “great streets” within our transforming neighborhoods. This exciting momentum to strengthen the City’s urban assets and leverage our physical infrastructure to build stronger communities, however, has accompanied years of disinvestments in core quality of…
Los Angeles Mayor’s Council on Innovation and Industry 2012 Report
[The Report – PDF]
Water – Assessing L.A.’s and CA’s Supply and Demand
California’s developed water supply, water that is produced or brought into a water system through the efforts of people, comes from three main sources: (1) Snow melt from the Sierra Nevada (2) Local groundwater, and (3) Imported water from the Colorado River basin. See the full memorandum [here].
Translating Local Appeal
L.A. businesses and facilities should keep Chinese visitors in mind as they work to boost tourism industry. See the full story in the Los Angeles Business Journal [here].
Higher Education Funding is Unfinished Business for State Legislature
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 By Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine Speaker of the Assembly Toni Atkins and her colleagues in the Assembly Budget Committee deserve kudos for passing SB872 to restore $100 million in desperately needed funding for California State University and the University of California. The Senate Budget Committee,…
The Rise of Innovation Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in America
May 2014. The Brookings Institute issues its report: The Rise of Innovation Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in America [The Report – PDF]
L.A. Coalition Chairman Russell Goldsmith Discusses L.A.’s Economy with Maria Bartiromo on FOX
L.A. Coalition Chairman Russell Goldsmith Discusses L.A.’s Economy with Maria Bartiromo on FOX. [The Interview]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Delivers First State of the City Address
[The speech]
Los Angeles 2020 Commission – A Time for Action
A Time for Action offers a series of concrete measures to enhance transparency and accountability in City Hall, put the City on a path to fiscal stability, and renew job creation in Los Angeles. There are no “silver bullets” or simple solutions to these challenges, but the proposed measures, taken…