A Firing at The Los Angeles Times Focuses Discontent
By RAVI SOMAIYA, SEPT. 20, 2015 In January, Jack Griffin, the chief executive of Tribune Publishing Company, took his senior management team to visit The Los Angeles Times, the jewel in his company’s portfolio of newspapers. At a reception at the newspaper, and a dinner downtown, there was one notable absentee — The Times’s new publisher, […]
BizFed August Board Actions
Many thanks to the South Bay Association of Chambers for generously sponsoring the August Board Meeting and thank you to the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce for hosting us! Since this was the first Board meeting after returning from our month off in July, we addressed a number of hot issues. See below for the details! […]
Department of Water and Power shouldn’t be a ‘piggy bank’ for Los Angeles: Guest commentary
Op-Ed by David Fleming, Founder of the Los Angeles County Business Federation Published by LA Daily News Thursday, August 13th, 2015 Is it not unreasonable to assume that hundred-year-old underground water mains might eventually break? That assumption has apparently eluded present and past city leaders whom, for years, have failed to reserve needed funds for the repairs […]
BizFed Leadership Roundtable with Asm. Matt Dababneh, Chairman, Committee on Banking and Finance
On Monday, July 27, a diverse group of BizFed members traveled to the Van Nuys Government Center to meet with Assemblymember Matt Dababneh, Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance. Dababneh was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2013, in the class of post-term limits legislators who have the potential to serve […]
Update on Small Business Initiative and Minimum Wage Work
Last week, BizFed members turned out in force to support the Small Business Initiative motion put forward by Supervisors Hilda Solis and Don Knabe and to make their voices heard on LA County’s effort to raise the minimum wage. Many thanks to the following BizFed members who were there and testified: Regional Black Chamber of […]
L.A. Sups vote to raise minimum wage in unincorporated areas
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to incrementally raise the minimum wage in unincorporated areas over the next five years, reaching $15 an hour by 2020. Supervisor Hilda Solis, initially hesitant about the possible impact on small businesses, joined Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas in backing the ordinance. Supervisors Michael Antonovich and […]
L.A. mayor hopes others do not adopt $15 minimum wage
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that while he thought a new $15 minimum wage would be a boon for the city, it wasn’t necessarily a good idea for other places to adopt that rate. He added that it would be good for the city if the surrounding Los Angeles County, which is mulling […]
Minimum wage: The future of the hourly worker in LA (#AT30)
Listen to the story on KPCC, by following this link. Larry Mantle and industry experts and workers discussed the impact and implementation of a $15 minimum wage hike in the City of Los Angeles at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood on July 7, 2015. KPCC’s AirTalk’s event focused on the impact and implementation […]
