LA Mayor Garcetti, Sen. Hertzberg Join with CSUN Students to Promote Measure M
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and California State Senator Bob Hertzberg visited the University Student Union at California State University, Northridge on Thursday, Nov. 3 to rally with students in support of Measure M, the ballot measure to increase public transportation investment in Los Angeles County. Garcetti and Hertzberg were joined by Associated Students Vice […]
Long Beach voters should get aboard Measure M: Guest commentary
By Robert Garcia and Kenneth McDonald POSTED: 11/02/16, 12:09 PM PDT Measure M, on the Nov. 8 ballot in Los Angeles County, is about a choice between two very different futures for our region — one with a robust transit system, or one with even worse congestion. If passed, Measure M would reduce the time […]
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 […]
Business and Tax Ballot Measures
By Joel Fox Editor of Fox & Hounds and President of the Small Business Action Committee Monday, October 24th, 2016 Last week, the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon reported that the business community is not engaging on the big tax fights appearing on the November ballot: Proposition 55, the income tax extension and Proposition 56, the […]
The next NextUp Forum is on Nov. 18 #NIMBYtoYIMBY
There is no question that we need housing NOW, even as thought leaders analyze every nook and cranny and prospective housing policies are placed in front of voters up and down California to address the housing crisis. Join our expert panelists on Friday, November 18th at Woodbury University from 8:30 a.m. – noon for a reality check […]
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
By Ben Allen and Amy Howorth 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 […]
