Last week the Southern California Association of Governments hosted its six annual economic summit to highlight their economic research on Southern California’s six county region.
Economic Updates
Weekly Report – January 4, 2016 – A Jobs Blueprint
In 1776 Adam Smith proved the pessimists of the day wrong, and correctly stated that Britain was on the verge of an economic takeoff.
Weekly Report – December 14, 2015
The Mayor’s Operations Innovation Team (OIT) – the public/private partnership created by the L.A. Mayor’s Office, the Mayor’s Fund for L.A. and the L.A. Coalition, reached two milestones last week.
Weekly Report – November 30, 2015
L.A.’s economy can and should do better for the middle class. The solution starts with a continued focus on what is working and a diagnosis of some of the problems holding back productivity growth and the income gains that come with it.
Weekly Report – November 16, 2015
Please find attached an Ad sponsored by the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs and the California Water Foundation that will run in the California section of the Los Angeles Times tomorrow, November 15.
Weekly Report – November 2, 2015
Building the 21st Century Power System, EnergyBiz Magazine Fall 2015, by Ted Craver, Chairman, president and CEO of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison.
Weekly Report – October 26, 2015
Venture capital investments in Los Angeles County surged in the third quarter, bucking a downtrend in Silicon Valley to the north.
Weekly Report – October 12, 2015 – Los Angeles by the Numbers
As a reminder the L.A. Coalition is hosting Gene Sperling from Sperling Economic Strategies on Tuesday, October 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Hillcrest Country Club, 10000 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles 90064. A continental breakfast will be served.
Weekly Report – September 28, 2015
On September 13, 2015 the Los Angeles Times ran an article entitled A rise in violence plagues South L.A.: ‘We can’t police our way out of this’, in which L.A. Police Deputy Chief Bill Scott was quoted as saying that “a lack of educational opportunities, jobs and other programs to help improve the community” has played a significant role in the recent increase in violent crime in South L.A.
Weekly Report – September 21, 2015
Jon Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor and journalist in residence at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and a partner in Stamen Design in San Francisco wrote a review of the recently released book entitled “The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons From San Francisco and Los Angeles.”
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