Blogs of the LA Area Chamber
Feb. 1 is Cash for College Super Saturday
Gary Toebben on January 27, 2014 at 12:00:00 am
Posted in The Business Perspective
While the nation is focused on the Super Bowl this coming Sunday, thousands of high school students and their parents in Los Angeles will be focused on Cash for College Super Saturday by attending a free financial aid workshop at 50 locations. From now until March 2, workshops will be held at 180 locations throughout Los Angeles.
Big Progress On Transit Projects
Gary Toebben on January 21, 2014 at 12:00:00 am
Posted in The Business Perspective
In 2008, more than two-thirds of Los Angeles County voters approved Measure R, a one-half cent sales tax that will generate $40 billion over the next 30 years for traffic relief and transportation improvements throughout the county. Today and last week, voters were rewarded for their support.
A Time for Truth
Gary Toebben on January 14, 2014 at 12:00:00 am
Posted in The Business Perspective
Last week, after nine months of work, the LA 2020 Commission released its first report. Outlining the critical issues facing Los Angeles, the report is long on facts and short on rhetoric. I encourage everyone to read “A Time For Truth.”
One of the challenges identified by the 13-member commission is shown in the graph below which can be found on page six of the report.
A Good Start for 2014
Gary Toebben on January 7, 2014 at 12:00:00 am
Posted in The Business Perspective
I often find that when I set pen to paper to write these weekly communications, it’s to scold one level of government or another for creating another new regulation that makes it harder or more expensive for businesses to create jobs and grow the economy. Imagine my joy when my first The Business Perspective of 2014 is to call attention to a positive action by a powerful yet not highly visible part of our state government. Today, I write in praise of the California Board of Equalization.