The investment recognizes that moving swiftly to reduce GHGs is essential, positions CA to grow well-paying jobs, strengthens a future-forward competitive green industry, and provides health benefits for all.
“LAEDC applauds Governor Newsom’s proposed $7 billion investment over three years to expand broadband infrastructure, increase affordability, and enhance access to broadband for All Californians. Eliminating the digital divide is … Continued
February 1, 2021 The Honorable Wendy Carrillo Chair, Assembly Budget Sub-Committee #4 State Capitol, Room 6026 Sacramento, California 95814 RE: California Competes Tax Credit Funding – SUPPORT Dear Chair Carrillo: … Continued
AB 326 helps Californians afford EVs and supports well-paying jobs for Californians. July 27, 2020 Assembly Member Al Muratsuchi State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Room 2179 Sacramento, CA 94249-0066 RE: … Continued
Homeschooling and work-from-home mandates have laid bare the cruel condition that too many California households and students have neither reliable internet service nor the hardware to participate and advance. ____________________ … Continued
LAEDC’s Judy Kruger and Collette Hanna traveled to Sacramento to provide testimony and analysis on key economic public policy issues, focused on EVs and Opportunity Zones. Judy provided legislators with … Continued
Sacramento needs to expand its beneficial tax treatment of investments made in Opportunity Zones (OZs) beyond affordable housing and “green technology” projects only, allowing local communities to best determine and … Continued
LAEDC strongly opposes Assembly Bill (AB) 485 (Medina), as it did last year with AB 2853, which was an antecedent bill ultimately vetoed by then Governor Brown. Similar to AB … Continued
Autonomous vehicles are coming, but will California be merely a consumer of those technologies, or will we develop them, building an industry with living wage jobs? LA already has significant … Continued
As California eyes tools to enhance our ability to meet renewable energy goals, LAEDC believes that AB 383 (Mayes) will have a positive effect on investment and development of clean … Continued
AB 1725 would increase funding for important after school programs that help our youth grow academically as well as assist hard working mothers and fathers who need after school arrangements … 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
Assembly Bill (AB) 2853 would force local agencies to issue redundant and excessive reports, with highly sensitive disclosures in some cases, for an economic development subsidy for a warehouse distribution center. August … Continued
SB 948 will reduce delays in projects that help local governments meet their climate, housing, land use and transportation goals. Read LAEDC’s support letter below. Take action: Email letters to … Continued
AB 3197 is a much-needed tax fix that rightly treats property used in spaceflight as inventory, reducing an unnecessary tax burden on aerospace companies, a policy choice that will continue … Continued
Developing good infrastructure to provide a reliable water source for Southern California is vital to the economy and a sustainable quality of life. Read LAEDC’s support letter below. April 9, … Continued
The California Competes Tax Credit remains one of the few incentives that we have available to incent businesses that are considering whether to come, stay or expand in California. The … Continued
Track the progress of this bill here. AB 2463 would help small manufacturers with a Small Business Technical Assistance Program. Read LAEDC’s support letter below. Take action! Contact Assemblymember Ting’s … Continued
Track the progress of this bill here. SB 1227 would increase the production of affordable housing for California’s college students by providing developers with a 35 percent density bonus for … Continued
Track progress of this bill here. LAEDC, an organization dedicated to advancing opportunity and prosperity, is pleased to offer our support for Assembly Bill 427 (Muratsuchi) as it continues its … Continued
Track progress of this bill here. March 13, 2018 The Honorable Assembly Member Autumn Burke California State Assembly State Capitol, Room 5150 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: AB 2758 (Burke) – … Continued
Daily Breeze published an opinion article by Dave Flaks, President of LAEDC, about preserving industrial-zoned land, which is vital to creation of well-paying jobs. Many thanks to Daily Breeze for … Continued
AB 1082 and 1083 together support growth in the EV consumer market by making charging stations more accessible. This aligns with LAEDC’s support of the advanced transportation industry cluster. Read … Continued
California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program is a targeted economic stimulus initiative designed to protect and increase film and television production, jobs and tax revenues in California. The state’s … Continued
