Xavier Becerra, a Wartime Attorney General
If you were uncertain whether California government was already at war Trump-occupied Washington D.C., there’s no reason to doubt any longer. In choosing Congressman Xavier Becerra to replace U.S. Senator-elect Kamala Harris, Gov. Jerry Brown undeniably chose a wartime attorney general. Becerra’s pick was a surprise, only if you wondered how fiercely opposed California will […]
Is Becerra Bad for Business?
Response from the business community over Governor Jerry Brown’s selection of Congressman Xavier Becerra as the next attorney general will be muted for the most part. Not a surprise. Why would any business leader want to make a negative comment about someone taking over such a powerful position, and in the alternative would a business […]
Growing the Los Angeles Economy Through Tech Entrepreneurs
The story of the growth of Los Angeles and its economy is highlighted by the ingenuity and vision of entrepreneurs. During National Entrepreneurship Month, I want to share with you what the Chamber is doing to ensure that L.A. builds on its fastest growing entrepreneurial sector: technology. Five years ago, there were few outside of […]
State Money Count Will Likely Doom Redevelopment, Housing Revival
Leave it to government to convolute and stupefy something as simple as basic arithmetic. Yet, stupefying is how a reasonable person could describe a system that’s been used by Sacramento for years to account for the ebb and flow of state revenues into and out of the state treasury. Indeed, this “new math” has led […]
Small Business Saturday a Success
With the holiday shopping season focused on big name companies on Black Friday and the growth of online buying, small business, rightfully called the ‘engine of the job-making economy,’ is sometimes ignored. That’s why it is satisfying to see the survey results released by the National Federation of Independent Business and American Express declaring the […]