Air quality board set to adopt smog plan with voluntary measures for ports, tougher rules on refineries
By: Tony Barboza LA TIMES Southern California air quality regulators are poised to adopt a pollution-reduction plan Friday that relies on voluntary measures from ports, warehouses and rail yards responsible for much of the region’s harmful emissions. The South Coast Air Quality Management District board also appears likely to adopt a tougher regulatory stance toward […]
Clean-air plan is one that SoCal business could live with
By The Editorial Board, The Daily Breeze POSTED: 02/01/17, Balancing the need for clean air and the need for industry is no small task. It requires a careful, judicious weighing of the costs and benefits of regulatory action and voluntary cooperation. Command-and-control regulations may seem expedient, but they can become burdensome and harmful to economic […]
Make sure plan to further clean air is feasible, effective Dec. 15, 2016
By ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER EDITORIAL BOARD The South Coast Air Quality Management District is a powerful agency that makes and enforces regulations to meet federal and state clean air standards. Everyone who has lived in Southern California long enough can tell you that the cleanup of the region’s air is a tremendous success story. The […]
Annual Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey Report
The 2015/16 survey gathers business fees & a variety of tax rates from 305 U.S. cities, focusing on states with active business relocation. NEWS PROVIDED BY Kosmont Companies and Claremont McKenna College’s Rose Institute Nov 21, 2016, 14:49 ET LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Claremont McKenna College’s Rose Institute of State & Local […]
We need your voice at AQMP public hearings this week
Dear BizFed-SoCal Business Coalition on AQMD and CARB, This week, the SCAQMD is holding a round of regional public hearings on the 2016 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), the outcome of which could have significant impacts on industry and the economy in Southern California. As you know, this Coalition has worked very hard to provide […]
Measure M can thaw L.A. County’s glacial traffic: Guest commentary
By David Fleming and Gilbert Ivey POSTED: 10/28/16, 12:42 PM PDT | Without action, Los Angeles traffic is about to get a lot worse. More productive hours of the day will be wasted on jammed highways. The snail’s pace of delivering goods and services will continue to drive business away. The spirit of even the […]
Pasadena, LA County are booming. So what has businesses worried?
By Kevin Smith, San Gabriel Valley Tribune POSTED: 10/25/16, 6:33 PM PDT | Brittany Dodd, left, CBRE senior associate of workplace strategy, and Kim Sidders, people operations coordinator at Bolton & Company, discuss millenials in the workplace during the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce’s annual Pasadena Business and Economic Summit at the University Club in Pasadena […]
PRESS RELEASE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (GO-BIZ)
PRESS RELEASE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (GO-BIZ) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Oct. 26, 2016 Brook.Taylor@gov.ca.gov (916) 322-0667 State Officials from GO-Biz and California Energy Commission to Lead Delegation of Clean Tech Businesses to China on Trade Mission October 27 – November 5 Sacramento, Calif. – As part of ongoing efforts […]
