L.A. Budget Deficit Magically Cut in Half—After the Election
The Los Angeles City budget deficit magically shrunk by more than half after the voters turned down a half-cent sales tax increase in Tuesday’s election. At least, that is what Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told the press when asked how the city would deal with the budget shortfall after the voters’ rejection of the $200 million […]
Annual Silicon Valley CEO Business Climate Survey
We recently released our 10th Annual CEO Business Climate Survey – completed by 177 Silicon Valley CEOs and senior officers, who drive the earth’s innovation economy. They are cautiously optimistic about the Valley economy in 2013, with roughly half expecting to hire this year and only 10 percent expecting staff reductions. The survey also identified […]
Business Concerns over LA Parcel Tax
(Editor’s Note: The battle over a proposed parcel tax to pay for storm water runoff fixes in Los Angeles County has brought many protests from individual homeowners to the Los Angeles Unified School District that would be on the hook for millions of dollars. Tracy Rafter, president of BizFed, the Los Angeles County Business Federation, […]
Watch Out for those Foul Balls!
Spring is in the air and so are a lot of foul balls. But a recent ruling by the Idaho Supreme Court might change the way foul balls are treated at baseball games. Bud Rountree was injured while attending a Boise Hawks game with his wife and grandkids back in 2008. Rountree left his seat in the […]