Southern California Leadership Council
Who We Are
The Southern California Leadership Council is a business-led-and-sponsored public policy partnership for the Southern California region. The Council provides proactive leadership for a strong economy, a vital business environment and a better quality of life for everyone who lives here.
About southern california leadership council (sclc)
Founded in 2005 as a voice for the region's business community and like-minded individuals to focus and combine their efforts, the Southern California Leadership Council's objective is to help enable public sector officials, policy makers and other civic leaders to address and solve public policy issues critical to the region's economic vitality and quality of life.
The Council is currently co-chaired by Gray Davis, 37th Governor of California; and Greg McWilliams, Newhall Land.
SCLC is comprised of business and community leaders from throughout the 7 counties of Southern California including our four former Governors.
The Leadership Council's initial focus will be to shape public policy in these following select arenas:
- Business vitality
- Resources (energy, water and environment)
- Transportation (goods and people)
» Read SCLC Letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
» Press Release: Southern California Leadership Council Formed
The Council works to shape public policy by:
- Identifying and developing public policy analysis and solutions
- Organizing issue campaigns to support our point of view
- Informing the public debate with our analysis and perspective
- Meeting with the public officials and community leaders
- Investing in and leading implementation initiatives to solve critical issues
The Council funds, prioritizes and approves the work of the Center of Economic Development.
The Center of Economic Development
The Center of Economic Development is a regional program of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), a 501(c) (3) public benefit corporation. As a program of the LAEDC, the Center benefits from related work of the LAEDC's acclaimed Business Assistance, Economic Research and Consulting Programs which provide separately funded connectivity to the business community and public sector clientele.
The Center's work will be funded, prioritized and approved by the Southern California Leadership Council to support and enable regional business leadership and impact on critical public policy issues impacting southern California.
Policy issues will be addressed using a "Ready, Aim, Fire" methodology to support effective business leadership.
Step 1: Ready
The Center will provide analysis to the Council on a limited number of potential policy projects to pursue. The analysis will address the following criteria:
- Southern California or statewide importance
- Critical to economic development/job creation
- Near-term solutions possible
- Business leadership necessary for success
- Necessary funding
- Political will can be garnered
Examples might include Gridlock, Regulatory Burdens on Business, CPUC Rate Policies, Energy Supply Shortfall, etc.
The Leadership Council will select one or two critical policy initiatives, providing insight and guidance for the development of a project work plan.
Step 2: Aim
The Center will then develop analysis of issues and possible solution paths including identification of stakeholders, impediments to success, necessary funding, financing, nature of business leadership necessary (e.g., political advocacy, media communications program, public education campaign, speaker's bureau, public-private dialogue or partnership, etc.)
Step 3: Fire
The Leadership Council will review work and recommendations of the Center and develop and assign implementation tasks including necessary fund raising for initiatives. Measures of success will be developed along with project implementation plans and schedules. Political advocacy will be effected through state or regional business advocacy organizations. Other implementation strategies will be developed by the Center using project teams for implementation. Status on project implementation and measures of success will be provided to the Council for monitoring, feedback and direction.
As a policy initiative is completed, the ready, aim, fire process will be repeated to identify the next initiative.
Studies
The Center was also involved in the following LAEDC studies:
- Recapturing the Dream: A Winning Strategy for the LA Region
- 60 Mile Circle Report
- Redeveloping Obsolete Industrial Land with Modern Manufacturing Facilities
- The Need for Modern Industrial Space and Industrial Revitalization
Impacts on Policy