Good Jobs, Less Traffic, Better Air Quality: What Else Could You Ask For?
As the Port of Los Angeles prepares for the opening of the widened Panama Canal in 2014, the goods movement industry is doing its part to make sure that Los Angeles is ready to meet the challenge with innovative, environmentally friendly projects and technology. Modernizing the terminals, deepening the channel, cleaning the trucks and developing […]
Another Study, Another Lousy Ranking for California
Economic development comes from investment, right? Investors are the people who will drive our state back to success. If investors do not think California has a good legal, tax or regulatory climate, they will not locate in this state. Period. So how many more studies does the Governor or the state Legislature need to have […]
Response to Calbuzz, Self-Appointed Poll Gurus
The self-appointed defender of righteous political polling, Calbuzz, criticizes a recent poll sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and Small Business Action Committee on the important measure sitting on Governor Brown’s desk, SB 202, that will move initiative measures to the November ballot and postpone a rainy day fund/spending limit. The problem for Calbuzz: […]
Fur Ban Raises Hackles
The West Hollywood councilman who proposed that his city ban sales of fur apparel, John D’Amico, was quoted in the New York Times last week as saying: "It’s mostly symbolic." Huh? It’s not symbolic for many of his city’s retail businesses. It’s a very real and malicious attack on them. He might think it’s a […]