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Training the future of LA’s manufacturing workforce
Through a generous grant from the Citi Foundation, Propel L.A. sponsors numerous students in the six-week manufacturing academy at the Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC)... Read More →
Coalition Launches “EVERYONE WORKS” Campaign, Pledging to Employ 15,000 Angelenos Experiencing Homelessness
Los Angeles, CA, February 13, 2019 – At a breakfast forum today at the L.A. Grand Hotel Downtown, a broad coalition of local non-profit organizations.. Read More →
Three reasons to take notice of HATCH’s transformative presence in East Los Angeles
From LAEDC, in review of the opening of HATCHlabs. The 17,000 square foot facility located on the 5300 block of Alhambra Avenue in El Sereno.. Read More →
Annenberg Foundation and LA Tech Leaders Launch Unprecedented Civic Initiative
LOS ANGELES — Today, Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Annenberg Foundation, and over 80 Los Angeles venture capitalists (VCs) and tech leaders launched PledgeLA, a first-of-its-kind partnership.. Read More →
Mexico hands out esteemed civilian honor to LACCD Chancellor
Chancellor Francisco C. Rodriguez, Ph.D., of Propel L.A. Lead Partner, Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), has received the Ohtli Award—or “Reconocimiento Ohtli”—from the Government.. Read More →
Measure H Year-One Report Card: Nearly 7,500 Permanently Housed and Thousands More Helped with Interim Housing and Services
Results of the first full year of Measure H funding are in, demonstrating widespread progress as services ramped up and thousands of individuals and families.. Read More →
Propel L.A. issues letter of support for AB 2162 (Chiu)
Propel L.A. has issued the following letter of support for AB 2162 (Chiu), encouraging development streamlining for supportive housing. Dear Governor Brown: Propel L.A.,.. Read More →
County Backs New Bioscience Hub
A new agency that would serve as a development hub for startup drug, diagnostic, digital health and medical device companies is being billed as a.. Read More →
L.A. council members make uneven progress on homeless housing
When Los Angeles City Council members vowed to back a minimum number of new homeless housing units in each of their districts, Councilman Paul Koretz.. Read More →
New Southern California Medical School To Tackle Doctor Shortages
CLAREMONT, Calif. — The Claremont Colleges plans to open a medical school, the fourth new campus designed to produce physicians for parts of Southern California.. Read More →
My Education, My Freedom
Mayor Garcetti Launches Education Toolkit for Formerly Incarcerated Angelenos JUNE 22, 2018, LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today launched the My Education, My Freedom tool to help formerly.. Read More →
Propel L.A. Receives Citi Foundation Grant
Pictured above, left to right: Bill Allen, LAEDC CEO; Jodi Lesh, Kaiser Permanente and LAEDC Chair; Halé Behzadi, Citibank; Marianne Haver Hill, Propel L.A. Executive Director; James.. Read More →
Mayor Garcetti, LA City Leaders, to Accelerate Housing Construction for Homeless Angelenos
LOS ANGELES, APRIL 11, 2018 — The City Council today passed dual ordinances that will dramatically accelerate L.A.’s efforts to create new units of supportive housing for.. Read More →
United Way of Greater Los Angeles – Everyone In Campaign
Homelessness is one of the most complex and vexing challenges in our community, with over 58,000 individuals living on the streets. This crisis touches.. Read More →
The homeless in L.A. are not who you think they are
From L.A. Times Editorial Board, February 26, 2018 Many people think of homelessness as a problem of substance abusers and mentally ill people, of chronic.. Read More →
A partnership that could get a lot more kids into college: CSU, meet YMCA
By Jose Gomez From the Sacramento Bee, February 6, 2018 I write this as the first flurry of acceptances have begun to reach hopeful applicants.. Read More →
Long Beach Vice Mayor Richardson Launches “Everyone In” Initiative, Addressing Economic Inclusion
Pictured above: Economic Development Commission Chair Randal Hernandez, LA LISC Executive Director Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, Councilwoman Stacy Mungo, Vice Mayor Rex Richardson, and Long Beach Community Foundation.. Read More →
SoCal Aerospace Industry Adding Jobs
According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, approximately 5,000 new, direct payroll jobs were added in the past two years in Southern California. .. Read More →
A great America needs homegrown talent, but tax plan chops at our roots
By Marianne Haver-Hill, Propel L.A. Executive Director America is by all accounts a dynamo of innovation. The factors that make America great include our entrepreneurs,.. Read More →
Propel L.A. Continues Forward and Enlists Support of 18 Lead Partners
Lead Partners will play critical role in execution of the Countywide Strategic Plan LOS ANGELES, CA – (November 21, 2017) Following through on the work.. Read More →
CalState LA and YMCA Launch Achieve LA
By Jillian Beck, CalState LA News Service Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti joined California State University, Los Angeles and YMCA officials Wednesday to launch Achieve.. Read More →
AB 1520 Passes – Addressing Children in Poverty
Congratulations to Assemblymember Autumn Burke and the team at End Child Poverty in California on passage of AB 1520! The bill was recently signed by.. Read More →
Rezoning Hawthorne industrial site isn’t a good housing solution
Dave Flaks, LAEDC President and COO, was featured as Guest Commentary in the Daily Breeze on the affects of inefficient use of jobs-producing land. .. Read More →
How is LA County doing in resident income?
The new Census figures for 2016 were recently released from the American Community Survey. According to the Survey, conditions in LA County are improving... Read More →
LA County Seeks to Host Amazon Headquarters
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.. Read More →
LA Valley College opens Workforce Strategy Center
City leaders including Mayor Eric Garcetti, council members and Los Angeles Community College District officials formally opened the doors of the new City of Los.. Read More →
LAEDC Uniting Cities to Attract Amazon
Amazon recently announced its intention to build a new second headquarters – Amazon HQ2 – with projected employment of 50,000 new full-time well-paying direct jobs.. Read More →
Biocom’s New LA Advisory Board Includes LAEDC CEO Bill Allen
As Biocom continues to expand its life science industry advocacy and support in LA County, it has tapped LAEDC CEO, Bill Allen, along with 10 other leaders.. Read More →
Biotech explodes in LA County, tackling everything from sickle-cell anemia to spider-free silk
Biotech companies across Los Angeles County are unlocking new solutions for a host of as-yet-untreatable ailments, from sickle-cell anemia and rheumatoid arthritis to all varieties.. Read More →
Bioscience entrepreneurs, investors connect at Cal State LA for First Look L.A. 2017
California State University, Los Angeles recently hosted some of the region’s leading bioscience research institutions during a day-long event focusing on emerging technology investment opportunities... Read More →
