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LABC in the News |
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Member Spotlight |
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Civic Leader Spotlight |
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Green Building Toolkit
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Find out more about the LABC...
Click Here to learn about the
LABC's 2008 goals and objectives. |
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| Scorecard research will provide and utilize original data to chronicle in a concise and compelling manner the critical link between economic competitiveness and an adequate housing supply and outline for stakeholders the steps needed to move our region in the right direction. |
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| Click Here to join the Workforce Housing Scorecard Advisory Committee (members only). |
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June 19th, 2008
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Beverly Hilton |
CALL FOR ENTRIES DEADLINE: MARCH 5, 2008
The Los Angeles Business Council is proud to invite you to participate in the 38th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards. This prestigious competition is uniquely designed to recognize the contributions of teams of architects, landscape architects, contractors and developers in creating and implementing outstanding building projects in
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CLICK HERE to submit your entry. |
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CLICK HERE for the Call for Entries Flyer (PDF) |
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CLICK HERE to download a list of sponsorship benefits |
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CLICK HERE to download a sponsorship remit form |
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CLICK HERE to confirm your sponsorship or request additional information |
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Environmental Forum:
AB 32 Implementation
Friday, January 11, 2008
7:30 – 9:30 AM
The Regency Club
Regency Room
Keynote: Mary Nichols, Chairwoman, California Air Resources Board
Emcee: Los Angeles Councilmember Jan Perry |
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2008 Sustainability Business Forum: How Will Proposed Environmental Regulations Affect Business in Los Angeles?
Thursday, February 7, 2008
7:30 – 9:30 AM
The Regency Club
Featuring: Samuel Siegel, Environmental Deputy, Office of Council President Eric Garcetti, Claire Bowin, Los Angeles Department of City Planning, Ken Lewis, President, AC Martin Partners, Inc., Greg Reitz, Principal, ReThink Development, Renee Worme, Project Manager, Gerding Edlen/ The South Group Moderator: Brad Cox, Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company and LABC Chairman |
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Blueprint for American Prosperity: Unleashing the Potential of a Metropolitan Nation
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
9:00 - 11:30 AM
USC Galen Center Founders Room
Presented by: Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program
Moderator: Henry Cisneros, Executive Chairman, CityView |
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Back to Business Series: Transportation Briefing
Friday, March 7, 2008
7:30 – 9:30 AM
Creative Arts Agency
Featuring: Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA) (invited), California State Assemblymember Michael Feuer, Los Angeles City Council President Pro Tempore Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles City Councilmember Jack Weiss, MTA Chairwoman Pam O’Connor |
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Back to Business Public Safety Forum
“Status of Emergency Preparedness for Los Angeles County”
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
7:30 - 9:30 AM
The Regency Club
Featured Speaker: Sheriff Leroy D. Baca, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Emcee: Edward Muñoz, Director, Government Relations, Raytheon
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Back to Business Candidate Breakfast Forum
Friday, May 9, 2008
The Regency Club
Candidates:
The Honorable Mark Ridley-Thomas
The Honorable Bernard C. Parks
Moderator: Steve Velkei, Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP |
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Executive Committee Meeting
Monday, January 14, 2008
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Trammell Crow Company
Featuring: Donald Spivack, Deputy Chief of Operations and Policy, L.A. Community Redevelopment Agency; Jane Blumenfeld; Senior Planner, Los Angeles City Planning Department
Presentation topic: Department of City Planning and the Community Redevelopment Agency industrial land use study, conclusions and directions. |
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Legislative Meeting
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Latham & Watkins
Speaker: Councilman Ed Reyes, Chairman, Planning Land Use Committee, Los Angeles City Council |
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Legislative Meeting
Thursday, February 14, 2008
12:00- 1:30pm
Latham and Watkins
Speaker: Cecelia Estolano, CEO, Community Redevelopment Agency/Los Angeles |
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LABC Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
5:00 – 6:30 PM
Staples Center, Wachovia Board Room A
Featuring: Gina Marie Lindsey, Executive Director, LAWA, Followed by Clippers game and dinner |
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Legislative Meeting
Wednesday, March 18, 2008
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Latham & Watkins
Speaker: Councilman Bernard Parks |
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Executive Committee Meeting
Monday, March 24, 2008
5:00 – 6:30 PM
Trammell Crow Company |
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Homeland Security & Public Safety
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Regency Club
Featuring: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca (invited)
Sponsor: Raytheon |
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ACCESS D.C.
April 15-18, 2008
The Los Angeles Business Council will travel to Washington D.C. as part of a larger delegation representing Southern California business interests. The ACCESS D.C. trip will provide an opportunity to bring national attention to issues which we have successfully championed for more than 3 years, including workforce housing and sustainability.
For more information, or to sign up as an LABC delegate,
Click Here. |
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March 2008 | Volume I |
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“The Los Angeles Business Council is a powerfully progressive and efficient business organization. By carefully researching key issues and working in partnership with elected officials at all levels of government, the LABC is able to influence the policy making process even before legislation is enacted.” |
The Honorable Eric Garcetti
President, Los Angeles City Council |
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The Los Angeles Business Council and LABC Chairman's Circle founding member Richard Ziman (American Value Partners) and wife Daphna hosted a private reception featuring Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
on August 15, 2007. |
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| From left to right: Richard S. Ziman, United States Representative Jane Harmon, United States Representative Maxine Waters, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Daphna Ziman, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, California State Assemblywoman Karen Bass |
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In 2008, we will further our advocacy efforts around three key issues that we believe are the most integral to our quality of life and our city’s economic competitiveness: Sustainable Development, Workforce Housing and Education and Workforce Development. |
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LABC advocacy initiatives are informed by scholastic research and furthered through intensive dialogue between key business and government leaders. In this way, the LABC is able to advocate for comprehensive solutions that best serve our broad member base and the communities in which they live and work.
Each edition of LABConnected will feature an “LABC ToolKit” that is the product of these efforts. This is a member-only benefit, designed to be an easily navigated, central resource for information, and an opportunity for you to share your thoughts, ideas and personal experience around a topic.
This edition’s Toolkit will help you to understand the complexity of L.A.’s many “green” policies and programs, and to help you to take advantages of efficiencies and incentives when you build green in the City of L.A.
CLICK HERE to access the LABC Green Building Toolkit. |
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Mission Imperative: LA’s Workforce Housing Crisis
By Mary Leslie
Los Angeles Business Journal
December 10, 2007 |
Los Angeles’ business leadership is at a turning point. The downward financial spiral hitting the housing market, the demographic realities of the region, and the lack of an appropriate housing supply, have created a housing crisis that is threatening our economic viability. Our quality of life will worsen unless we act decisively. Now. |
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How Green Can L.A. Grow?
City Should Pass Ordinance Requiring Stricter Environmental Standards For Large Residential Projects
By James L. Atkins
Los Angeles Downtown News
December 17, 2007 |
Last month, the Los Angeles Planning Commission joined the rapidly accelerating "green" movement by approving an ordinance calling for large residential development projects to meet stricter environmental standards. |
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Sustaining L.A.
Los Angeles Business Journal Supplement
July 9, 2007
Featuring: |
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“Green Business is Good Business – A Call to Action"
by the Los Angeles Business Council |
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“Los Angeles: Our Evolution into a Sustainable City”
by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa |
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“Sustainability: Looking Back, Moving Forward”
by Scott Lyle, Arden Realty, Inc. |
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“The Green Perspective”
by Kevin Ratner, President, Forest City |
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“What Would a Vision of a Sustainable Los Angeles Look Like?”
by Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti |
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“L.A.’s Green Revolution: Change and Opportunity”
by David Nahai |
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“The Dollars and Sense of Sustainable Development”
by Lori Tierney, IIDA and Larry Rivards, Unisource Solutions |
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“As a result of strong actions we are taking today, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is becoming a leader in the fields of renewable energy, water and electricity conservation, the growth of green industries, prioritizing green buildings and restructuring rates to incentivize conservation. The LADWP is at the forefront now and will continue to lead in making Los Angeles the ‘biggest green city in the United States.’ We value the input and participation of the LABC as we move forward on a new course to meet our goals.” |
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LABC member and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Chief Executive Officer and General Manager David Nahai was a co-chair of our inaugural Sustainability Summit in 2007. We are proud to help Mr. Nahai spread the message about his organization’s energy conservation goals. |
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"Forest City employs the ‘Triple Bottom Line’ concept in order to strategically and competitively balance environmental resources, economic objectives and social systems to operate our business and to invest in new opportunities. Employing the Triple Bottom Line means understanding the methods of sustainable practices that are available to a real estate development company, assessing existing operational practices, and most importantly, understanding the benefits of eco-friendly, sustainable development." |
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Forest City and its president, LABC member Kevin Ratner, have been strong supporters of both housing and sustainability efforts and have been instrumental in helping us reach our 2007 program and advocacy goals. |
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Click Here for Forest City President Kevin Ratner’s bio. |
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Read “The Green Perspective,” an article Kevin wrote for the Los Angeles Business Journal Supplement,
“Sustaining L.A.” |
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