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Sep 20
LA County prepares for Amazon site location.

LA County Seeks to Host Amazon Headquarters

  • September 20, 2017
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Bill Allen, LAEDC CEO, Chairman Mark Ridley Thomas, County Supervisor, and Michael Woo, CalPoly Pomona

 

On a motion by Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas, the Board voted unanimously to partner with the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) to support a bid to host Amazon’s second corporate headquarters in Los Angeles County.  The Board also approved a motion by Supervisors Solis and Barger to report back to the Board with recommendations for potential sites for Amazon’s headquarters.

On September 7, Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, announced they were shopping for a home for their second $5-billion corporate headquarters with initially at least 500,000 square feet.

 

Read the full story from Chairman Mark Ridley Thomas, Second District County Supervisor.

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