BizFed delivers wins on supermajority of bills we worked in 2015!
Sunday was the deadline for Gov. Brown to act on bills coming out of this year’s state legislative session, and we are pleased to report that more than two-thirds of the bills BizFed mobilized either to support or oppose resulted in our desired outcome. Please see below for a full list of our bills and […]
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 […]
Cadiz Water Project Earns Support of BizFed
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cadiz Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI), a California land and water resources development company, is pleased to announce that it has posted a new letter from United States Representative Mimi Walters (R-Irvine) in support of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery & Storage Project (“Cadiz Water Project”) to its website at http://cadizinc.com/projectsupport/. Congresswoman Walters’ endorsement […]
Historic drought regulations, $350 million in incentives boost lawn removals
Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune When Gov. Jerry Brown asked Californians to voluntarily conserve water by 20 percent, the response was an underwhelming savings of 9 percent. But since the summer of 2014 when the governor issued his call, the drought worsened. Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada reached near zero on April 1, Southern […]
BizFed Institute: CLEAN WATER FOR LIFE AND BUSINESS – Critical Intelligence on Water Issues for Business Leaders and Decision Makers
More than 150 business, community, and opinon leaders participated in the BizFed Institute’s NextUp Forum: Clean Water for Life and Business at Woodbury University in Burbank on June 4, 2014. This major half-day educational event brought together top academic, government, industry, and environmental experts to address the opportunities and challenges associated with securing safe, reliable sources of clean water […]
BizFed Op-Ed: Legislature Needs to Ensure Future of CA’s Water Supply Now
In case you missed it, the Los Angeles News Group printed an op-ed by BizFed CEO Tracy Rafter on Sunday urging leaders in Sacramento to immediately finish hammering out a water bond for the November ballot now that they’re back in session: Legislature needs to ensure the future of California’s water supply, right now by Tracy […]
BizFed Institute Seeks Answers for Clean, Safe Water
Southern California policymakers and businesses must urgently work to both conserve and tap into new sources of water or quality of life and economic growth will suffer, according to an expert panel convened in June by the BizFed Institute. More than 150 top business leaders gathered recently at Woodbury University in Burbank for a discussion […]
