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Immigrants, Assimilation and the New Economy
A recent report, “Assimilation Tomorrow: How Immigrants Will Integrate by 2030,” published by the Center for American Progress (CAP) is a very important read despite its rather dry title. It is an...
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Accelerating the Recovery: The Economic Promise of Construction Careers
Can government play a critical role in the creation of good jobs, and target those jobs for economically distressed communities? Skeptics should look carefully at Construction Careers, a nationally...
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Highway Robbery: Mitt Romney’s War on Mass Transit
Since when did one’s mode of transportation become about politics? Who ever thought that riding one’s bike to the grocery store, taking the bus to work or driving to run errands could be a sign of...
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Could Transportation Plan Have Dreamt Bigger?
I received no less than 25 emails celebrating the passage of the 2035 SCAG RTP within the past few weeks. This stands for the Southern California Association of Governments’ Regional Transportation...
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Construction Workers and High Art Fuse
Photo: Amy Tierney Art allows us to peer into the lives of people we may ordinarily not cross paths with and see the world through their eyes. LAANE’s Construction Careers project did exactly that last...
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The Face of Construction in L.A.
Click twice to enlarge image. John Hariel has an electric personality – perfectly appropriate for a man who is helping to wire Los Angeles. A general foreman with the International Brotherhood of...
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Brooklyn Tells Walmart to “Talk to the Hand”
Postdlf/Wikimedia Many of you have been following LAANE and its partners’ effort to protect Chinatown from Walmart, which is pursuing a strategy to get into urban areas across the country including...
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Walmart’s Philanthropy Model: Charity and Poverty
Last year, Walmart gave $918,000 through its foundation to 33 California nonprofits. Amongst the types of organizations: job training, homeless shelters and health groups (see list below). I scratched...
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Giving Small Businesses a Larger Voice
National Small Business Week is coming up in June, offering a good opportunity to contemplate what role small businesses play in both our cities and economy. While most small businesses have a small...
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Unlevel Playing Field: How Taxpayers Foot Walmart’s Bills
Walmart’s expansion strategy for Los Angeles and other urban areas has been to avoid public oversight by choosing real estate that doesn’t require public review – and, where possible, to secure public...
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Passing the Buck on Health Care
The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as it’s referred to, is going to dramatically change the way we live our lives and balance our budgets. The largest group of beneficiaries is working people who...
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California Love: Low-Wage Worker Activism
Under the dark cloud of government shutdowns and other conservative-created mayhem shines a silver lining — the recent gains of California’s low-wage workers. Governor Jerry Brown has signed one law...
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