NEWS FLASH: LA County’s Stormwater Parcel Tax, #ItsNotReady!

OPINION Los Angeles County’s stormwater tax is not ready Rainwater spills over a clogged storm drain Tuesday, Jan 5, 2016, in San Leandro, Calif. By DAVID FLEMING | PUBLISHED: June 28, 2018 at 10:25 am | UPDATED: June 28, 2018 at 10:25 am For the last two years, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has been quietly developing a […]

NEWS FLASH: Empresarios preocupados por el alto costo de la vivienda y el desamparo

LA businessmen worried about the high cost of housing and homelessness This crisis affects all sectors and all the people of the county, they say The inability to access a ceiling at an affordable price is an underlying factor for high poverty rates.PHOTO: DAVID MCNEW / GETTY IMAGES BY:ARACELI MARTÍNEZ ORTEGAJUNE 26, 2018 The annual […]

HERE’S WHAT BIZFED BOARD DECIDED IN JUNE (June QuickRead)

HERE’S WHAT BIZFED BOARD DECIDED IN JUNE Many thanks to our June Board Meeting host Charles R. Drew University! Here’s what we covered at the meeting: BizFed OPPOSES LA COUNTY’S “SAFE, CLEAN WATER PROGRAM,” AS CURRENTLY DRAFTED  The Safe, Clean Water Program is a stormwater parcel tax measure aiming to make the November 2018 ballot. This program would […]

News Flash: LA TIMES: Southern California home prices hit another record high

Southern California home prices hit another record high By ANDREW KHOURI JUN 21, 2018 | 4:20 PM A house for sale in Arcadia. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP/Getty Images) The Southern California median home price surged 8.2% in May from a year earlier, hitting a new all-time high of $530,000, according to a report Thursday from CoreLogic. The […]

NEWS FLASH: LA County BizFed Poll Shows Change in Business Concerns

LA County BizFed Poll Shows Change in Business Concerns By Joel Fox Editor and Co-Publisher of Fox and Hounds Daily Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 The Los Angeles County Business Federation’s (BizFed) tenth consecutive yearly poll of its members shows that business concerns and priorities can change over a decade. Ten years ago, in the heart of […]