Archive – Relevant News and Articles
- California Economic Summit leaders urge passage of career tech funding
By: Staff reporter
Publication: California Economic Summit
Date: 6/3/16
- California needs an ‘all of the above’ solution for water: Guest commentary
By: Randy A. Record
Publication: The Sun
Date: 12/31/15
- Summit Day 2 results in actions to create 1 million more skilled California workers
By: Nadine Ono
Publication: California Economic Summit
Date: 11/13/15
- Can State’s Business And Environmental Interests Create A Successful And Mutually Beneficial Freight Strategy?
By: Samantha Mehlinger
Publication: Long Beach Business Journal
Date: 10/12/15
- Climate policy must work for all Californians
By: Pete Wilson and Stephen B. Williams
Publication: Special to The Bee
Date: 9/07/15
- Town hall showcases new steps to close skills gap in California
By: Ed Coghlan
Publication: California Economic Summit
Date: 8/25/15
- Our Voice: Officials must ready highways for El Niño
By: The Desert Sun Editorial Board
Publication: The Desert Sun
Date: 7/27/15
- An Important Statement by Gov. Brown regarding Goods Movement
By: Kish Rajan, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 7/22/15
- Improving the Movement of Freight. Why Should We Care? Part II
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 4/20/15
- California Assembly members push to speed up water storage construction
By: Dakota Smith
Publication: Los Angeles Daily News
Date: 4/16/15
- Military readiness, related California jobs at risk: Guest commentary
By: Dennis M. Kenneally and Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Los Angeles Daily News
Date: 3/26/15
- How California’s aging water system puts everyone at risk: Guest commentary
By: Ron Miller
Publication: Los Angeles Daily News
Date: 3/4/15
- Manufacturing slower to grow in California than elsewhere in U.S.
By: Chris Kirkham
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 1/19/15
- Op-Ed How to fix California’s economy: Regulation, legislation and education
By: George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 1/5/15
- Another View: Delta tunnels in best environmental and economic interest of California
By: Jerry Meral
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 1/3/15
- Education, opportunity — lasting solution to poverty: Guest commentary
By: George Pla
Publication: Los Angeles Daily News
Date: 12/11/14
- Adult education programs need more money to help neediest Californians
By: Alice Quan Yoshioka
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 12/4/14
- Water…Unfinished Business
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 11/17/14
- NEW! How will BDCP’s dual conveyance operations help California adapt to water supply challenges due to climate change?
By: Staff writer
Publication: Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Date: 10/31/14
- Jobs are lost as CEQA goes off the rails: Guest commentary
By: William Allen and Hasan Ikhrata
Publication: Los Angeles Daily News
Date: 10/28/14
- High Tech Edge Tilts To Los Angeles
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 10/22/14
- California Has Jobs but Needs More Skilled Workers
By: Sarah Le
Publication: Epoch Times
Date: 10/10/14
- 15 Calif. community colleges to offer bachelor degrees
By: Kyle Plantz
Publication: USA TODAY
Date: 10/8/14
- Jerry Brown approves community college bachelor’s degrees
By: Alexei Koseff
Publication: Sacramento Bee
Date: 9/29/14
- Are California Carbon Goals Kaput?
By: Jim Conca
Publication: Forbes
Date: 10/02/14
- Gov. Jerry Brown signs landmark groundwater legislation
By: Ian James
Publication: The Desert Sun
Date: 9/18/14
- California Panel Moves Bill Increasing Aid to Hollywood
By: James Nash
Publication: Bloomberg
Date: 8/14/14
- A watered-down water bond for California
By: The Times Editorial Board
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 8/5/14
- Viewpoints: Groundwater can’t be regulated without increasing surface supplies
By: Dan Nelson
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 8/1/14
- Another View: Status quo in Delta isn’t working for California
By: Mark W. Cowin
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 8/1/14
- Viewpoints: Comprehensive energy plan must balance environment and economy
By: George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis on behalf of SCLC
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 7/13/14
- Many California community college students need 4 years to graduate
By: Jason Song
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 7/01/14
- Improving the Movement of Freight. Why Should We Care?
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 5/30/14
- Experts warn of a growing fragility in the U.S. electrical system that’s likely to drive up energy prices for consumers
By: Ralph Vartabedian
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 4/26/14
- Bringing film and television jobs back to California: Guest commentary
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Daily News Los Angeles
Date: 2/20/14
- Ben Boychuk: Nature got us into this drought, but bad policy will make it worse
By Ben Boychuk, Special to The Bee
Publication: Sacramento Bee
Date: 2/8/14
- Viewpoints: State must unite to deal with drought’s challenges
By: John A. Coleman, Special to the Bee
Publication: Sacramento Bee
Date: 2/8/14
- California faces growing water management challenges
By: Ellen Hanak
Publication: PPIC.org report
Date: January 2014
- The Governor’s Military Council…Sustaining Its Mission Of Helping Keep Our State And Nation Out Of Harm’s Way
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 1/28/14
- Paying for California water action plan beyond the drought
By: John Guenther
Publication: California Economic Summit
Date: 1/27/14
- Middle-class Hollywood workers lose jobs, income when filming flees Los Angeles
By: Bob Strauss
Publication: Press Telegram
Date:1/4/14
- Time to Weigh in on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 12/12/13
- Statement from Southern California Leadership Council on the release of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan for public review by the State and its Federal Partner
Publication: Casey & Sayre
Date: 12/9/13
- Congressman Earl Blumenauer Proposes 15-cent Increase to the Federal Gas Tax
Comments by: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: The Planning Report
Date: 12/4/13
- Power struggle: Green energy versus a grid that’s not ready
By: Evan Halper
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 12/2/13
- Transportation, economic growth joined at the hip
Letter to the Editor: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Date: 11/5/13
- Vice-Chairs Diana Hendel from Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and George L. Pla from Cordoba Corporations interviewed Re: Southern California Leadership Council
By: Frank Mottek
Publication: KNX Business Hour
Date: 10/11/13
- Hon. Governor George Deukmajian interviewed Re: Southern California Leadership Council
By: Frank Mottek
Publication: KNX Business Hour
Date: 10/11/13
- MWD’s Jeff Kightlinger Supports Bay Delta Conservation Plan Update
By: The Planning report
Publication: The Planning report
Date: 9/19/13
- L.A. County greenlights Disney production facility near Santa Clarita
By: Seema Mehta, Abby Sewell and Richard Verrier
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 8/27/13
- Get behind plan that preserves water for all
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Daily Bulletin
Date: 8/19/13
- Meeting Transportation Challenges…Priorities to be Set
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox&Hounds
Date: 8/7/13
- Jerry Sanders: Energy plan needed to protect economy
By: Jerry Sanders
Publication: UT San Diego
Date: 7/31/13
- Is it evil to want a reliable water supply for all of California?: Editorial
By: Los Angeles News Group
Publication: Press Telegram
Date: 7/22/13
- Dianne Feinstein: California needs more water storage to end conflicts, bolster its economy
By: Dianne Feinstein
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 6/14/13
- Water wisdom for California
By: The Times editorial board
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 5/31/13
- Demystifying Southern California’s Leadership Council: A Non-Partisan, Regional Public Policy Champion
By: The Planning Report
Publication: The Planning Report
Date: 5/31/13
- High energy prices for industry occupy officials at EU summit
By: Joshua Chaffin in Brussels
Publication: Financial Times
Date: 5/21/13
- California: Energy Death Valley
By: Institute for Energy Research
Publication: Canada Free Press
Date: 5/16/13
- CEQA reform supported by more and more leaders
Re “Mayors say fix environmental law now” (Comment, April 26):
By: Richard Lambros, Managing Director, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: The Daily News
Date: 4/30/13
- Antonio Villaraigosa and Chuck Reed: Fix the California Environmental Quality Act now
By: Antonio Villaraigosa and Chuck Reed
Publication: Press Telegram
Date: 4/25/13
- California Power Facing Biggest Test Since Enron: Energy Markets
By: Naureen S. Malik & Lynn Doan
Publication: Bloomberg.com
Date: 4/19/13
- Jerry Brown eases up on push to revamp California’s environmental law
By: Evan Halper
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 4/17/13
- A Busy California Port Seeks to Grow, but a Neighbor Objects
By: Jennifer Medina
Publication: The New York Times
Date: 4/11/13
- Dan Walters: Reservoirs should stay in water bond
By: Dan Walters
Publication: Sacramento Bee
Date: 4/1/13
- The All-Pain, No-Gain ‘Sequester’
By: Editorial
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 2/28/13
- Opinion: Support Governor’s Push to Modernize CEQA
By: Glen Becerra
Publication: The Press-Enterprise
Date: 2/26/13
- KABC Segment with Governor Pete Wilson: Sequestration Threatens Local Airports, Public Schools
By: Christina Salvo, Miriam Hernandez and Carlos Granda
Publication: KABC News
Date: 2/26/13
- Sequestration Would Hit California the Hardest of All
By: Los Angeles News Group
Publication: Press Telegram
Date: 2/26/13
- California Braces for Impending Cuts from Federal Sequestration
By: Ricardo Lopez and Richard Simon
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 2/25/13
- Greenhut: Even Democrats Pushing for Regulatory Reform
By: Steven Greenhut
Publication: UT San Diego
Date: 2/14/13
- Harman: Fight Looms Over Updating CEQA
By: Tom Harman
Publication: Orange County Register
Date: 2/13/13
- Both Sides Must Negotiate Environmental Reforms
By: John Wildermuth
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 2/11/13
- Reforming CEQA
By: Steve Williams
Publication: Daily Press
Date: 2/11/13
- Automatic Budget Cuts Are Almost Certain
By: Jim Puzzanghera and Richard Simon
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 2/9/13
- Viewpoints: Preserve CEQA’s Goals, End its Abuses
By: George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis on behalf of SCLC
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 2/3/13
- Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Congress and California
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 1/3/13
- Statement by Secretary Panetta on Sequestration Delay
By: U.S. Department of Defense
Publication: Press Release
Date: 1/2/13
- ‘Cliff’ Event Would Likely Put State in Recession
By: Brian Joseph
Publication: Orange County Register
Date: 12/17/12
- Beware – A Water Supply Disaster
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 11/30/12
- Disruption of water delivery could devastate L.A. County economy
By: Bettina Boxall
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 11/30/12
- SANDAG Plan Good Enough for Air Board
By: U-T San Diego Editorial Staff
Publication: UT San Diego
Date: 11/29/12
- Local Leaders Tally Possible “Fiscal Cliff” Losses in California
By: Chris Megerian
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 11/28/2012
- Sequestration Study Press Release
By: Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Press Release
Date: 11/28/2012
- The Economic Impact of the National Defense Drawdown and Sequestration on the Southwest Region: 2009-2017
By: Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Press Release
Date: 11/28/2012
- Plunge Over Fiscal Cliff Could Turn California’s Ray of Economic Sunshine Into Gloom
By: Steven Harmon
Publication: MercuryNews.com
Date: 11/23/2012
- CEQA Reform Must be Top Priority for Legislature in 2013
By: Mercury News Editorial
Publication: MercuryNews.com
Date: 11/16/12
- ‘Fiscal Cliff” Already Hampering U.S Economy, Report Says
By: Lori Montgomery
Publication: The Washington Post
Date: 10/25/12
- Wilson: It’s Time for Action on Delta Proposal
By: Charles Wilson
Publication: VCSTAR.COM
Date: 9/22/12
- Steinberg Sets CEQA Reform as Agenda Priority
Publication: Press Release
Date: 9/13/12
- Critics Say California Law Hurts Effort to Add Jobs
By: Ian Lovett
Publication: The New York Times
Date: 9/04/12
- Our View: CEQA needs to be addressed
By: The Signal Editorial Board
Publication: SignalSCV.com
Date: 9/02/12
- California’s cap-and-trade program to cut emissions starts trial run
By: Dana Hull
Publication: MercuryNews.com
Date: 8/29/12
- CEQA Modernization – The End or Just the Beginning?
By: Richard Lambros, Managing Director, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 8/28/12
- John Laird: Delta Realities Cry Out for Action and a New Direction
By: John Laird
Publication: MercuryNews.com
Date: 8/23/12
- CEQA Overhaul Amended Into Senate Bill
By: Dan Walters
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 8/22/12
- Is CEQA Reform Possible?
By: Joel Fox
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 8/21/12
- Widespread Support Mounting for Bay Delta Conservation Plan
By: The Southern California Water Committee
Publication: Press Release
Date: 8/20/12
- Finally, Momentum to Reform Regulations, Help Economy
By: U-T San Diego Editorial Board
Publication: UT San Diego
Date: 8/15/12
- Environmentalists, Unions Fear Last-Minute CEQA Changes
By: Michael J. Mishak
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 8/14/12
- ARB Looks at Reducing ‘Cap and Trade’ Burden on Businesses
By: Dale Kasler
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 8/13/12
- Assembly Committee Backs California Film Tax Credit Bill
By: Richard Verrier
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 8/8/12
- Viewpoints: Delta Water Plan Shows Progress In State’s Policy
By: Darrell Steinberg
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 8/5/12
- California Weighs Innovative Community Solar Bill
By: Dana Hull
Publication: MercuryNews.com
Date: 8/3/12
- STATE: Water Imperative
By: Editorial
Publication: The Press-Enterprise
Date: 8/1/12
- Science Drives Delta Water Plan
By: John Laird
Publication: SFGate
Date: 8/1/12
- Delta Plan Lays Out Stable Water Future
By: Carl Guardino and Gary Toebben
Publication: SFGate
Date: 7/31/12
- Labor Groups Support Gov Announcement on Bay Delta Plan
By: Valerie Nera
Publication: Cal Chambers
Date: 7/26/12
- Sequestration Need Fix Before It’s Too Late
By: Bryan Min
Publication: UT San Diego
Date: 7/25/12
- Gov. Brown & Obama Admin Outline Path for Bay Delta Plan
By: U.S. Department of the Interior
Publication: Press Release
Date: 7/25/12
- Gov. Brown & Secretary Salazar Announce Project Framework for Bay Delta Plan
By: The Southern California Water Committee
Publication: Press Release
Date: 7/25/11
- News Release: Delta Announcement
By: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Publication: Press Release
Date: 7/25/12
- Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach building at furious pace
By: Ronald D. White
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 7/19/12
- Keep California Green and Golden with CEQA Reforms
By: George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis on behalf of SCLC
Publication: UT San Diego
Date: 7/12/12
- Video: Jobs 1st Alliance presentation to LA City Council – The threat to our ports and LA area workers
Date: 6/27/12
- Regional Planning Expert Calls for CREATE Program for Southern California
By: Bill Mongelluzzo
Publication: The Journal of Commerce
Date: 6/20/12
- Evidence is In: Tax Credits Work for CA Film Biz
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 6/18/12
- SCAG Staff Report and Recommended Action: Phase II – Southern California Economic Recovery and Job Creation Strategy
By: Glen Becerra
Date: 6/07/12
- California Ranks 6th in Energy Costs, Small Business Group Says
By: Jan Norman
Publication: Orange County Register
Date: 6/06/12
- FACT SHEET: President Obama to Sign the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
By: The White House
Publication: Press Release
Date: 5/30/12
- Video: KUSI Interview of SCLC Managing Director Richard Lambros at Port of San Diego Maritime Days
Date: 5/15/12
- State Controller to Speak at Port of San Diego’s Maritime Day Breakfast
By: John Gilmore & Barbara Moreno
Publication: Unified Port of San Diego
Date: 5/14/12
- Three Former Governors Make Bipartisan Case for Increasing California Film Incentive
By: Staff
Publication: Film Works
Date: 5/11/12
- Incentives Sharpen State’s Competitive Edge
By: George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis on behalf of SCLC
Publication: The Sacramento Bee
Date: 5/08/12
- “VCEDA Becomes a Partner with SCLC”
By: Staff Reports
Publication: VCSTAR.Com
Date: 4/21/12
- Supervisor Calls Elimination of Redevelopment Agencies Unacceptable
By: Dan Wilson
Publication: Best Syndication
Date: 4/20/12
- Business, Elected and Community Leaders Share Their Vision for a Prosperous Southern California
By: Southern California Association of Governments
Publication: Press Release
Date: 4/05/12
- Wider Panama Canal Likely to Alter Trade Patterns at U.S. Ports
By: Ronald D. White
Publication: AZDailySun.Com
Date: 1/08/12
- L.A./Long Beach Ports Struggle to Meet Panama Canal Challenge
By: Ronald D. White
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Date: 12/28/11
- Panama Canal Expansion May Force US West Coast Ports to Reinvest to Complete
By: Staff
Publication: Geosynthetica.net
Date: 12/01/11
- Putting Water Wars at Rest … And All Californians Win!
By: Billie Greer, President, Southern California Leadership Council
Publication: Fox & Hounds
Date: 11/29/11
- VIDEO: Beat the Canal – Put People to Work!
Date: 10/20/11
- Southern California Leadership Council Announces New Executive Team
By: Governor Gray Davis & Jessie Knight, Jr. on behalf of SCLC
Publication: Press Release
Date: 7/25/11
- LAEDC CEO & SCLC Executive Director: Lee Harrington
By: Nhien Lasky
Publication: Press Release
Date: 2/4/11
- Jack Kyser’s Legacy is State Plan for Recovery
By: Gray Davis and Glen Becerra on behalf of SCLC
Publication: Daily News Los Angeles
Date 1/11/11
- Fight Pollution Without Causing More Business and Job Flight
Publication: Green Collar Jobs Council
Date: 10/28/10
- SANDAG Plan Good Enough for Air Board
Date: 11/29/12
- In Rare Show of Unity, U.S. CEOs Call for Deficit Fix
Date: 10/25/12
- ‘Fiscal Cliff” Already Hampering U.S Economy, Report Says
Date: 10/25/12
- Labor Groups Support Gov Announcement on Bay Delta Plan
Date: 7/26/12
- Gov. Brown & Obama Admin Outline Path for Bay Delta Plan
Date: 7/25/12
- News Release: Delta Announcement
Date: 7/25/12
- FACT SHEET: President Obama to Sign the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Date: 5/30/12