“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.…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
