News Hits featuring the L.A. Area Chamber

Proposed tweak to term limits makes eminent sense May 10, 2012 - Los Angeles Times

Proposition 28 proposes a tiny tweak in legislative term limits

Bernard C. Parks and Jan Perry: Redistricting is hurting the progress we've made April 29, 2012 - Daily News

AS we observe the 20-year anniversary of the 1992 riots

Riots20: Stories from the LA Riots April 23, 2012 - 89.3 KPCC

Over the last few months, KPCC has been talking with Angelenos

Villaraigosa's legacy rides on transit plan April 18, 2012 - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's bid to indefinitely extend a transportation

L.A. leaders back revised bullet-train business plan April 3, 2012 - Los Angeles Times

Several Los Angeles leaders backed a revised business plan

Chinatown residents speak out in support of Walmart March 22, 2012 - KPCC

Walmart wants to put what it calls a "Neighborhood Market"

Ordinance Would Ban Chinatown Wal-Mart March 21, 2012 - Los Angeles Business Journal

City Councilman Ed Reyes is proposing to block retail chains from moving into

Plan to End Chronic Homelessness Touts Progress February 24, 2012 - Los Angeles Downtown News

In late 2010, a group of business leaders from the Los Angeles Area Chamber

Jerry Brown talks taxes, pensions at L.A. Chamber of Commerce January 26, 2012 - Los Angeles Times

Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday urged 1,500 Los Angeles political and business leaders

20 more Customs officers coming to LAX to speed up traveler processing January 19, 2012 - Daily News

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will deploy 20 more officers over the next year

Mayor says Asia trip pays off by bringing business to L.A. December 15, 2011 - Contra Costa Times

Depicting himself as "salesman in chief" for Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Villaraigosa says Asia trip will bring jobs, investment December 15, 2011 - Los Angeles Times

Just back from an 11-day trade mission to China, Japan and South Korea

L.A. council votes to exempt mutual fund firms from business tax November 16, 2011 - Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles City Council took more steps Wednesday to chip away at the city's business tax

City Controller Greuel releases report card for Los Angeles departments September 8, 2011 - 89.3 KPCC

City Controller Wendy Greuel released a report card today

California lawmakers try to head off Amazon sales tax referendum August 26, 2011 - Los Angeles Times

State lawmakers escalated their war with Amazon.com Inc.

Business Groups' Frustration Grows on Regulatory Reform August 15, 2011 - Capital Public Radio

State lawmakers return to Sacramento Monday after their summer recess, and hundreds of bills remain

Rick Perry assembles top California donors for campaign August 15, 2011 - Los Angeles Times

An invitation has just landed in the in-boxes of California conservatives

Elise Buik, Blair H. Taylor and Gary L. Toebben: With AB 114, more students will be left behind August 2, 2011 - Daily News

If Assembly Bill 114 were part of the math section of California's high school exit exam, most legislators

Door Opens for Major Reform of School Finance June 3, 2011 - San Jose Mercury News

In a notable display of bipartisan support, the state Assembly

Report Puts Premium on People Skills May 26, 2011 - San Jose Mercury News

When making hiring decisions, many companies appear

Business Groups Lay Out Path to Budget Deal May 12, 2011 - San Jose Mercury News

Gov. Jerry Brown and Republicans in the Legislature got a new, golden opportunity Wednesday

Mapping a Way Out of Budget Mess May 11, 2011 - Merced Sun-Star

A coalition of California business groups has offered a reasonable outline

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Chairman and CEO Matthew Rose May 9, 2011 - NBC Los Angeles

The man behind the largest railroad in the nation, BNSF railway, Matthew Rose

Times Updates and Expands Value-Added Ratings for Los Angeles Elementary School Teachers May 7, 2011 - Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times on Sunday is releasing a major update to its elementary school teacher ratings

Villaraigosa Should Push for Development Reform May 6, 2011 - Los Angeles Downtown News

Last fall, the Los Angeles development community pricked up its ears when several key city players rolled out a new effort to streamline permitting

Area Officials Meeting in Washington May 3, 2011 - Contra Costa Times

A delegation of city, county and school officials, along with members of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, met Tuesday with top

Fairfax Opens Economic Development Office in Los Angeles May 1, 2011 - The Washington Post

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority has opened an office in Los Angeles to lure companies to the Washington region

Cracking the Code April 29, 2011 - Los Angeles Downtown News

Everyone knows that getting a construction project approved in Los Angeles is a difficult and often maddening task.

Green Energy Mandate Lifts Effort to Reform CEQA Rules April 27, 2011 - Daily Journal

The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce claims projects will stall without action

LA Labor, Business Groups Come Out Against Vernon Dissolution April 26, 2011 - The Sacramento Bee

Two powerful Los Angeles groups are turning thumbs down on legislation to dissolve the tiny city of Vernon that is being pushed

Will DWP’s New General Manager Fit the Bill? April 25, 2011 - Los Angeles Business Journal

The announcement by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s new general manager, Ron Nichols, that he is reducing DWP’s budget