How sports helped drag L.A. out of pandemic unemployment rut

Speakers from LA Rams, PwC, SoFi Stadium, LA Sports Council, LA84 Foundation and other participants discussed the multibillion dollar economic contribution to LA’s economy that sports teams and sports venues represent, as well as issues such as the role sports can play in this time of growing social equity awareness.
County of Los Angeles has released a report prepared by LAEDC, with analysis of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19, and recommendations for a recovery that creates more widely shared equity.
LAEDC’s 88 Cities Summit provided cities with actionable strategies and examples of how economic development challenges are being solved.
California EDD today released it’s April jobs data. The unadjusted unemployment rate for the LA County region was 20.3 percent in April 2020. “While these…
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