2017 BizFed Officer Nominations – Open until Oct. 31st!
Consider nominating yourself, and/or nominating a key BizFed member – as a 2017 BizFed Officer and member of our Executive Committee! If you are interested in a leadership role – or would like to nominate a BizFed member for a position — please contact Judi Erickson, judi.erickson@bizfed.org, by Monday, October 31. (Positions are open to […]
L.A. County’s Measure M would get the South Bay moving: Guest commentary
POSTED: 10/21/16, 2:50 PM PDT As elected officials, our first obligation when assessing any piece of legislation is to ask, “What’s in it for my constituents?” That’s the test we applied to Measure M, the Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan — and it passed. We’re voting yes on Measure M, and we urge everyone in […]
How to make technical education a game-changer for California’s young workers: Guest commentary
In June, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that will provide California’s community colleges with up to $200 million annually to expand career technical education programs. Named the Strong Workforce Program, this aims to encourage community colleges to “create new career pathways, increase faculty, strengthen curriculum and improve regional cooperation among colleges, businesses and other groups.” […]
Keeping Energy Plan Grounded
Closing Aliso Canyon would only drive up already sky-high prices paid for natural gas in Los Angeles. By Tracy Hernandez Friday, September 23, 2016 Los Angeles Business Journal To keep energy costs low, supply must be reliable and sufficient. According to Philip Moeller, a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, “If you take enough […]
Bill to reshape area air-quality board fails
By DAVID DANELSKI / STAFF WRITER Published: Sept. 1, 2016 Updated: 9:27 p.m. California Assembly rejects a proposal to add three seats to the board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District The California Assembly has rejected a bill that would have reduced the local control of Southern California’s regional air district’s board by […]
Bid to add more seats to AQMD board fails in Sacramento
Emily Guerin, Writer for KPCC September 01, 03:39 PM “This is a textbook example of institutional racism.” That was the reaction from Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León’s (D-Los Angeles) after his colleagues voted down a bill he wrote that would have added seats for low-income and minority representatives on the board of […]
Don’t pollute air board with state appointees
By The Editorial Board, LA Daily News POSTED: 08/22/16, 4:19 PM PDT When Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts, seen as a swing vote on the court, shifted his allegiance and rendered the deciding vote to uphold the constitutionality of a state minimum wage law in the court’s 1937 West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish decision, […]
Why some business groups are supporting a $2-per-pack tax hike on cigarettes
Alan Young, Staff Writer Sacramento Business Journal August 22, 2016 Two large business organizations in San Francisco and Los Angeles are backing a tax measure that will appear on the November ballot that would hike the cost of cigarettes by $2 a pack. Their endorsements may not make a difference, however, as tobacco companies and […]
