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COMMUNITY POLICING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton spoke with Southern California Leadership Network (SCLN) fellows and guests at SCLN's Conversations with Leaders alumni event Wednesday at the LAPD Academy. Above SCLN Board Member and Leadership Southern California 1992 Alumnus Lawrence Lokman, Assistant Vice Chancellor of University Communications, University of California, Los Angeles, talks with Bratton. (View Chamber photo gallery).
82nd Annual World Trade Week Kickoff Breakfast and Auction
 Join the L.A. trade community on Wednesday, May 7 at the Los Angeles Omni Hotel as The Walt Disney Company International Chairman Andy Bird and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa kickoff World Trade Week at the 82nd Annual Kickoff Breakfast. Place a bid on more than 25 World Trade Week silent auction items. Register now or contact International Trade Manager Vanessa Pereda 213.580.7538 or [email protected].
City of L.A. launches Chamber-proposed Web site
The city of Los Angeles unveiled a new one-stop business web portal Thursday. The Web site is a direct result of last year's Access City Hall event when Chamber members told city officials about frustrations with no centralized location for business licensing, contracting and tax information. L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti immediately launched a reform process with the city's Information Technology Agency, which included input from the Chamber. This is part of the Chamber's ongoing efforts to reduce bureaucratic red tape and make it easier for businesses to operate in Los Angeles. Contact Public Policy Manager Vanessa Rodriguez, 213.580.7531 or [email protected].
Chamber discusses state's budget and fiscal reform
The Chamber’s Business Growth & Tax Policy Committee studied the state’s current budget and discussed reforms aimed at preventing a future fiscal crisis Thursday at the Chamber. The committee agreed service cuts should not be the only source of covering the deficit, but revenue increases and cost reduction in wages and pension obligations should play a role in a comprehensive solution. The committee is calling for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to have the authority to reduce state operations for programs using a priority setting method while being careful not to exacerbate funding issues at the local level. Contact Public Policy Manager Vanessa Rodriguez, 213.580.7531 or [email protected].
Chamber hears from economist on what's ahead for the economy
The nation has yet to see the worst of the financial downturn, said Dr. Christopher Thornberg, Beacon Economics, at the Chamber's Economic Outlook Briefing, a partnership with the Southern California Leadership Network, Tuesday. We are not in a recession yet, Thornberg said, but the country is in the process of falling into one. He stressed that the impending economic crisis has been fueled by a pull back in consumer spending. “Two years ago consumers were in the midst of a buying binge, spending more than they were earning,” said Thornberg, who recommended that people prepare for when the market improves in 2009. Contact Membership Manager Pat Clark, 213.580.7595 or [email protected].
Leadership Southern California discusses regional water challenges
The Leadership Southern California Class of 2008 visited the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Friday for an overview of the agency's governance structure, infrastructure planning, delivery and conservation. "Southern California cannot continue to rely on the state water project," said MWD Assistant General Manager and Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Ivey. "Our key to the future is figuring out how this region can control its own water supply." The class traveled to the F.E. Weymouth Treatment Plant in La Verne to take a closer look at managing environmental changes with the recent proliferation of Quagga mussels in the MWD’s aqueducts. Contact VP of Leadership Programs Kevin Cottrell, 213.580.7577 or [email protected].
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“The Corporate Ladder can be Climbed in Heels”
On Wednesday, May 14, join the YWCA/GLA’s Phenomenal Women Awards Luncheon at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in saluting outstanding corporate women. Maria Contreras-Sweet, PROMERICABank, is this year’s keynote speaker. Register now or for more information, visit www.ywcagla.org.
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“We are now working to convince the federal government that the LAPD is an equal partner on the war on terrorism.”
—Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton at the Southern California Leadership Network's Conversations With Leaders event Wednesday.
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"Good Intentions Could Harm Redistricting Ballot Measure," Los Angeles Times, April 28. Good-government groups, including the Chamber, took matters into their own hands and united behind an initiative to create a 14-citizen redistricting commission.
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The WaMu Breakfast Series
Big Ideas for Small Business: Creating Your Own Business Reality
Friday, May 16, 2008
CBS Studio Center
"New York Street Set"
Studio City, CA
7 -9 a.m.
Is your small business ready for its close up? Join WaMu and KFWB NEWS 980 for the next in a continuing series of events designed to give small business owners and operators tips and advice to take business to the next level. Chamber members receive a complimentary ticket.
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