One of Los Angeles’ best opportunities to generate economic and job growth is to advance sound initiatives that invest in the region’s transportation system.
One of Los Angeles’ best opportunities to generate economic and job growth is to advance sound initiatives that invest in the region’s transportation system.
Water has always been a defining factor in the development of California and the western part of the United States.
In 2012 Congress authorized $11B to build out NextGen, a satellite-based technology that enables air traffic controllers around the nation’s most congested airspace to track planes more precisely and manage departures and arrivals easier, compared with traditional radar.
In light of today’s Los Angeles Times article San Bernardino: Broken City and The New York Times article Los Angeles Confronts a Spike in Homelessness Amid Prosperity I wanted to share with you some thoughts on poverty and lower-income trends in California since the late 1980’s.
State’s Fiscal Health. CA’s budget has moved from an $18 billion deficit in 2011 to a projected $2 billion cash surplus in fiscal 2015-16.
The current drought continues to expose fundamental weaknesses – antiquated infrastructure, conflicting laws and policies and political conflict – in the water supply system of California and the western United States.
The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted for the 33rd time since 2008 to extend transportation funding for the short-term, highlighting the fact that there is still no consensus on how to raise the approximately $50 billion that the federal government sends to localities to fund transportation.
What should the City of Los Angeles’ minimum wage be – $10, $13.25 or $15 an hour? If we do increase the minimum wage, will that provide an economic boost to L.A., or drive jobs out of the city? These questions deserve thoughtful consideration and rigorous debate.
Labor Force Data for the City of L.A. Population: 3.88 million (By 2017 the share of residents aged 65 years and older will increases to 12.2 percent from 6%).
Please find below the beginning of a three part series that will focus on national and local economic trends that have led cities, like Seattle, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., to pass minimum wage increases.