After-School Programs Need Support- ASM Santiago & Dave Flaks
After-school programs need our support, and in this opinion article ASM Miguel Santiago and LAEDC president Dave Flaks discuss the importance of state funding for…
Tag: Los Angeles
LA Will See 125,000 Job Openings in Health Care in Next Five Years, According to Center for a Competitive Workforce
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 24, 2018) – In a continuing series of industry deep-dive reports, the Center for a Competitive Workforce today released Health Care…
Getty-led Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA Created Over 4,000 Jobs and Celebrated Latin American and Latino Art
LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics has found that the Pacific Standard Time LA/LA initiative not only brought the Latin American and Latin art to 2.8 million visitors…
Future Forum – The Future of FinTech
Gain insight on innovative co.s that are shaping the future of FinTech, blockchain’s expanding role, and changing workforce needs.
LAEDC publishes Economic Forecast 2018-2019
LAEDC's Institute for Applied Economics has published the annual LAEDC Economic Forecast, covering years 2018-2019, with a focus on California and Los…
Select LA Investment Summit
The 2018 Select LA Investment Summit (May 23-24) is Southern California’s premier international trade event that brings together hundreds of global …
Los Angeles Selected as Finalist by Amazon in Bid for HQ2
Amazon has announced that Los Angeles is one of the 20 finalist locations for the company’s HQ2 headquarters. Submitted in October 2017, the proposal for…
LA-Based Tech Allows GM to Accelerate 2019 Autonomous Car Production
After buying Pasadena-based Strobe, General Motors announces 2019 production of self-driving vehicles. This is more evidence of the competitive advantage LA’s advanced transportation industry is…
Survey of Foreign Investors Ranks LA as tied for #1 in the United States
A survey of Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate was published, in which its members ranked New York and Los Angeles as tied for…
LAEDC Digital Media & Entertainment Council Meeting / Report Launch
February 8th, from 4:00-8:00pm LAEDC will host the new Digital Media and Entertainment (DME) Industry Council Meeting and a Digital Media Expo, where we will also…
InnovateLA 2017 Recap: Changing the Dialogue About Los Angeles
InnovateLA continues to illustrate the diversity of creative design emanating from the Greater LA region. Click this link to take a quick look at what…
LAEDC forms Digital Media & Entertainment (DME) Industry Council
Furthering its support of key industry clusters that drive the region’s economy and which bring opportunity for well-paying jobs to the Greater Los Angeles region,…
Bill Allen Op-ed: Housing, Innovation, and Newhall Ranch
The LA Daily News and other newspapers have published an article by LAEDC CEO Bill Allen, discussing the need to tackle housing with new and…
Site Selection in LA County Gets Easy
A new, comprehensive portal displays available commercial and industrial sites throughout the entire County of Los Angeles region. It has never been easier to identify…
Learn How Your Business Can Qualify for the CA Competes Tax Credit
Workshops are taking place on December 6th in Crenshaw and Pacoima areas. The application is free, easy to fill out on-line, and open to any…
This one chart sums up what’s happening to America’s ‘good’ jobs
Digital skills becoming increasingly essential for well-paying “middle skill” jobs, as highlighted by Brookings Institution and this article in Marketwatch. This one chart sums up…
What Is Blockchain and How Will It Affect International Transactions? Guest Article
Guest Article by John Zahaitis of Export Portal: The Added Value of Blockchain Technology Why the world’s major financial institutions care about the infrastructure underpinning…
LA-Based Chanje Gaining Traction with Electric Van Order from Ryder
The advanced transportation industry cluster in LA continues to grow, with the Ryder order of 125 all-electric vans from Chanje, a Los Angeles based startup.…
Amazon Studios Expands in Los Angeles County
LAEDC CEO Bill Allen shared his excitement on this week’s Amazon Studios announcement: “LAEDC welcomes and celebrates this major expansion of Amazon Studios in L.A. County, and…
Electric Bus Manufacturing is Bringing Good Paying Jobs Back to LA County
By: Stella Li, President of BYD Motors This summer, the LA Metro board made a bold statement with a commitment to adopt an entirely zero-emission…
Biotech Wetlab Space Gets Its Closeup in LA Business Journal
Article titled Space Jam draws attention to growing bioscience industry cluster, mentions LAEDC and partner Biocom As LAEDC and partner Biocom foster growth of the…
Report: Community Colleges and Middle-Skill Talent in LA Region, from Center for a Competitive Workforce
Center for a Competitive Workforce, of which LAEDC is a founding partner, has released a new report suggesting the need for more “middle-skill” talent to…
Biocom’s New Advisory Board for L.A. Includes LAEDC CEO Bill Allen
As Biocom continues to expand its life science industry advocacy and support in LA County, it has tapped LAEDC’s Bill Allen along with 10 other…
2017 Eddy Awards Honoree: Cal State LA
Cal State LA’s Bioscience Hub Will Bring New Jobs LAEDC is proud to recognize one of the nation’s best regional universities, Cal State LA, as…