LAEDC has published a playbook for industry-education partnerships, in the form of a Project Update about the work of Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW). The Update, available HERE, describes … Continued
HAPPENING IN LA Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, Mayor Eric Garcetti, State Senator Maria Elena Durazo, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, and other city officials gathered to … Continued
The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City in partnership with Kaiser Permanente will continue their “Inner City Capital Connections” program in 2019. Over the past six years, Los Angeles is … Continued
Join the LAEDC in honoring LA Metro CEO, Phillip Washington, California State University Dominguez Hills and Citi Bank for their tremendous contributions to our region at the 24th annual Eddy … Continued
Dr. Somjita Mitra, Director of the Institute for Applied Economics at LAEDC presented the economic forecast for the San Gabriel Valley on April 4th, 2019 at the annual event hosted … Continued
HAPPENING IN L.A. Area high schools are launching esports teams with eyes on potential scholarships as the governing body for high school sports in the state of California (CIF) considers … Continued
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, is one of our region’s foremost thought leaders in energy, sustainability, medicine, and now media after becoming the Executive Chairman for the Times and California News Group … Continued
(Los Angeles, CA) On March 22nd, 2019 the LAEDC and the Center for Competitive Workforce (CCW) co-hosted the Bioscience Workforce Council Meeting at the LARTA Institute, in Downtown Los Angeles. … Continued
On March 27th, LAEDC’s Digital Media and Entertainment (DME) Council convened administrators and educators from regional community colleges and industry and government stakeholders for an insightful conversation around designing diverse … Continued
(El Segundo, CA) On March 21st, the LAEDC hosted our latest R.E.D Talk, at Cross Campus El Segundo. How does automation affect jobs? How can we prepare students for an … Continued
Assembly Bill 245 would support California jobs and businesses in the aerospace industry, by establishing the California Aerospace and Aviation Commission. Status of this bill can be found HERE and … Continued
Several local community college students were interviewed about the new cloud computing certificate that has been co-created by the LA-Area community colleges and Amazon Web Services (AWS), as the KTTV-11 … Continued
LAEDC is working with community leaders, developers, investors and elected representatives to facilitate needed housing and mixed use projects in disadvantaged neighborhoods, using the federal Opportunity Zone incentive program. Learn … Continued
Lenny Mendonca, Governor Newsom’s Chief Economic Advisor sat down with LAEDC to talk economic priorities, and we are pleased to provide the video interview here.
Frank Mottek interviewed Stephen Cheung, to discuss volatile international trade issues, and look ahead to our region’s most important investment attraction event, the Select LA Investment Summit. This March 16th … Continued
On Thursday, March 14th, the Digital Media + Entertainment Council hosted an inaugural Lunch+Learn webinar with Lisa Solana and Michael Webster, two industry mavericks and leaders from Disney ABC Television … Continued
HAPPENING IN L.A. Everyone traveling to or from @FlyLAXAirport ✈️ should have access to modern, reliable transportation that gets them to their destination quickly. We’re bringing a new automated train … Continued
What do you want to be when you grow up? A simple question that nearly every child is asked at some point in their adolescence. A seemingly harmless exercise in … Continued
LA’s advanced transportation sector got another boost this week as the e4 Mobility Alliance industry council dedicated to growing the region’s electric and autonomous vehicle ecosystem gained two new Co-Chairs, … Continued
LAEDC’s economists reviewed the January jobs data for LA County and a few things stood out as significant. The 9.3% year-over-year increase in Scientific Research & Development is definitely a … Continued
In Honor of International Women’s Day 2019, today we take the opportunity to celebrate women while recognizing their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. … Continued
HAPPENING IN L.A. Downtown Los Angeles is undergoing a transformation that hasn’t been seen since the Roaring Twenties according to the New York Times. Already an eclectic mix of stunning historical … Continued
“The poster child for California’s manufacturing story may be Los Angeles County, arguably the most important single economic district in the nation.” CompanyWeek recently took a closer look at manufacturing … Continued
According to a recent study conducted by The University of Oxford, up to half of the jobs in the U.S. could be done by machines “over the next decade or two.” The … Continued
