LA:RISE – A Partnership Building a Los Angeles that Works for Everyone
LA:RISE – A Partnership Building a Los Angeles that Works for Everyone
As a mom to an almost four-year-old, I’m constantly challenged to talk in the simplest way. So, when I explain to him what I do for work, I tell him that I am changing the world. As grandiose and boastful as this statement might be, I strongly believe that policy is one vehicle to create …
LA:RISE – A Partnership Building a Los Angeles that Works for Everyone
As California Governor Gavin Newsom advances his California Comeback Plan and President Joe Biden pushes his Build Back Better agenda, we are seeing policy movement towards building an inclusive workforce. Government says it’s ready for innovative and big ideas. ESEs are a part of the solution to this economic crisis — and we are ready …
LA:RISE – A Partnership Building a Los Angeles that Works for Everyone
With vaccines shining a light at the end of the tunnel, economic recovery is top of mind. The future of work is a pressing concern, whether you’ve been relatively secure working from home, supporting us all as an essential worker, or unemployed and struggling to stay housed and feed the family. To chart a path …
LA:RISE – A Partnership Building a Los Angeles that Works for Everyone
This piece was co-authored by Carla Javits, President & CEO of REDF, and Maria S. Salinas, President & CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. When healthy food is delivered to the ‘Jones’ family, whose income disappeared due to the pandemic-fueled economic shut down, they are thankful for the meal but also to …
LA:RISE – A Partnership Building a Los Angeles that Works for Everyone
The 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, released Friday, June 12, shows a significant increase in people experiencing homelessness throughout the City and County of Los Angeles. The count also revealed that in LA County, Black adults are 4X more likely to experience homelessness. A key driver to this grim statistic is the fact that …
LA:RISE – A Partnership Building a Los Angeles that Works for Everyone
Employment social enterprise proponents offered ample fresh ideas about catalytic policies during a Town Hall that I convened with fellow Commissioner Maria Salinas, the CEO of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, to provide formal input to the California Future of Work Commission as it heads toward completion of a report to the Governor to …