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Nearly two-dozen BizFed members engaged in an insightful small-group dialogue last month with Congressman Kevin McCarthy, delving into issues ranging from taxes and transportation to education and visa reform –...
Nearly two-dozen BizFed-member business leaders took part in a special behind-the-scenes Inspection Trip of the Colorado River Aqueduct & Hoover Dam Nov. 2-4. The educational trip was hosted by Metropolitan Water...
Today we are pleased to report that the LA County Board of Supervisors voted NOT TO PROCEED with the proposed “Clean Water, Clean Beaches” parcel tax measure. This is a big victory for the business...
More than 700 Angelenos turned out Feb. 7 for the BizFed-Daily News LA City Mayoral Candidate Debate, where candidates were grilled on the city's finances by moderator Austin Beutner, a former LA City Deputy Mayor...
With this year's unprecedented turnover in LA County's state legislative delegation (13 Assembly and 2 Senate), BizFed held its first-ever special breakfast reception Feb. 22 for freshman state legislators to...
BizFed leaders are continuing their nearly 2 years of direct engagement with Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office to help move California’s economy forward, meeting recently to discuss the status of his office...
You saw the news about LA City Council approving the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG), which will both create jobs and improve air quality for Southern California.  As hard as we work to urge...

You saw the news about LA City Council approving the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG), which will both create jobs and improve air quality for Southern California.  As hard as we work to urge public officials to do the right thing, it’s vital that we also thank them for their show leadership on our issues.

Don't Miss: World Ports Conference in L.A.

The 28th Annual World Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbors is coming to Los Angeles May 6-10, at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE.   The biennial World Ports Conference is attended by 400-500 high-level officials from IAPH’s member base of nearly 200 ports and port organizations spanning 90 countries. IAPH member ports handle more than 60 percent of the world's sea-borne trade and nearly 80 percent of the world’s containerized cargo.

New Businesses Get Help to Speed Startup

Moving to help California businesses get started and hire more quickly, Gov. Brown has signed AB 113 (Assembly Budget Committee), which directs additional funds to the Secretary of State’s Office to accelerate the state’s business filing process and eliminate a massive backlog of filings.  

“The sooner Californians can form their businesses, the sooner they can put other Californians to work,” said Governor Brown.

It’s been years in the making, but the Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to approve a plan to rebuild and expand a runway at Los Angeles International Airport. The $4.76 billion project is intended to upgrade the airport’s layout to accommodate larger aircraft like the Airbus A380.

The Council voted 10-3 to move forward on the proposal to demolish the North Runway at LAX and rebuild it 260 feet further north despite intense opposition from residents.

LA Clean Tech Initiative at CSUN

Don't miss the second annual California Renewable Energy and Storage Technology Conference being held at CSUN on May 4th. featuring a stellar panel of invited speakers culminating in a panel discussion with the LA Clean Tech Initiative - which is about to establish a satellite incubator at CSUN campus to promote research in renewable energy technologies.

The registration deadline for the conference has been extended until May 2nd ($ 30 for students and $100 for non-students).

New LA County Cleantech Portal

The LAEDC has launched a Cleantech Portal - an online site dedicated to everything "clean technology". The LAEDC Cleantech Cluster Project is one of the nation's first efforts to examine the current and potential future state of clean technology in a local economy.

 

Supervisors OK NBCUniversal Development

After a bumpy 17-year process that once proposed developing thousands of homes on its famous Hollywood back lot, NBCUniversal won unanimous approval from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for a plan that lets it expand its Universal Studios theme park.

BizFed Urges City Leaders to Keep SCIG on Track

In an op-ed published last week in the Long Beach Press-Telegram, David Fleming, founding chair of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) wrote, "two environmental reports concluded that the project actually results in air quality improvements and reductions in associated health risks for surrounding communities, particularly for nearby residents...this arguing and dissension has paralyzed California and the region long enough.