LA County Indicators
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VERDEXCHANGE is about to happen: Greentech and Cleantech leaders will be there
January 27-28, 2020 in Los Angeles, entrepreneurs, policy makers, utilities, investors and other leaders in green and clean tech will convene to gain the latest knowledge and get deals done...
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LA County added 82,000 jobs this past year, according to EDD data release today
According to data released on 12-20-19 by California EDD, The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Los Angeles County was unchanged over the month at 4.4 percent in November 2019 from...
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LAEDC identifies 200K job openings in new labor market reports for CCW
As part of the ongoing effort to help colleges align programs with industry hiring trends, and in partnership with the 19 community colleges in the Los Angeles Basin, LAEDC has...
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LAEDC study quantifies jobs from Metrolink plan to improve & extend commuter rail
LAEDC Study says Metrolink’s Plan to Rebuild SoCal’s Rail System Expected to Create 1.3 Million Jobs by 2050 SCORE to increase gross regional product by almost $684 billion Dec. 13,...
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Inc. Mag highlights entrepreneurial activity in LA, in Surge Cities report
In the U.S., Los Angeles ranks No. 4 in Early-Stage Funding Deals ; 10 in Rate of Entrepreneurship For the 2020 Surge Cities index, Inc. and innovation policy company Startup Genome analyzed troves of data...
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SCAG features LAEDC Economic Update for LA County, preview of EV industry report
SCAG’s no-miss annual Economic Summit featured LAEDC economist Eric Hayes delivering an update on the economy, and Judy Kruger talked about LAEDC’s perspectives on the EV and advanced mobility industries...
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LAEDC Holiday Mixer fueled spirited conversation and great networking
LAEDC hosted a few hundred of our closest friends, partners and of course LAEDC members on December 4th for our annual Holiday Mixer. Conversations overheard included the state of our...
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LA's VR/AR industry and digital media sector explored by The Economist
LAEDC CEO Bill Allen talks about LA’s innovation strengths in a great feature in The Economist, describing why Los Angeles is such a magnet for innovation in Virtual Reality (VR),...
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Senator Maria Elena Durazo meets LAEDC Board
Affordable housing, the Fair Chance Hiring initiative, and Senator Durazo’s priorities were the topics that engaged LAEDC members at our November 20th Board of Governor’s meeting. Speakers included County of...
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California EV sector driving growth of nation’s automotive industry, shifting future locus of the industry to California and Los Angeles
With 276,000 EV industry jobs in the state and 120,000 jobs in SoCal, EV adoption is only part of the story LOS ANGELES, CA (November 15, 2019) – The Electric...
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Future Forum: Space Commercialization
January 22, 2020 9:00 amHear leading industry experts in virtual reality, medical wearables, and workforce development look at innovations in healthcare maintenance, diagnostics…
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e4 Mobility Alliance Industry Council Meeting
February 13, 2020 10:00 amLAEDC's new EV Industry report is here, and workforce/talent pipelines will be the focus as business leaders in EV,…
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LAEDC Economic Forecast - Save the Date of Feb 19th
February 19, 2020 8:00 amLAEDC's annual Economic Forecast will be held on the morning of February 19th. More details will be announced soon.
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Partner Events
December 01, 2021 12:00 amAttend events of LAEDC's partners, related to our mission
LAEDC is a public-benefit nonprofit that works with business, education and government to collectively advance opportunity and prosperity for all the residents of the greater Los Angeles region. We do this by fostering growth of well-paying jobs, and by preparing our residents for those opportunities.
Join us in our work fostering living-wage jobs in aerospace, advanced mobility, bioscience, digital media & entertainment and other key industries. Help us work collectively to align workforce development with hiring in these industries, through our partnership in Center for a Competitive Workforce. Read LAEDC’s research to inform your decisions. Join in public policy advocacy that supports progress.
We make decisions based on a triple bottom line: Economy, Equity, Environment.
