• California Today: Grabbing Hold of the Life Sciences Industry Publications: NYT Date: 5/24/17

 

• California set an ambitious goal for fighting global warming. Now comes the hard part Publication: LA Times Date: 5/11/17

 

• How’s the economy in San Gabriel Valley, western San Bernardino County? Pretty good, economists say Publication: Pasadena Star Date: 5/10/17

 

• Is the cost of filming in LA County too high? Leaders want to know?  Publication: LA Daily News Date: 5/2/17

 

• California’s war on the emerging generation Publication: Press Enterprise Date: 4/30/17

 

• Community colleges changing career training for future jobs Publication: Sac Bee Date: 4/18/17

 

• We must work together to heal nation through housing: Guest Commentary Publications: LA Daily News Date: 4/14/17

 

• What does California need to meet its climate-change goals? For starters, denser housing and less driving, report says Publication: LA Times Date: 3/27/17

 

• California housing bills could take away subsidies for homeowners and add them for renters Publication: LA Times Date: 3/19/17

 

• California won’t meet its climate change goals without a lot more housing density in its cities Publication: LA Times Date: 3/6/17

 

• Striking the Right Balance on Air Quality Publication: Fox & Hounds Date: 3/3/17

 

• L.A.’s reality: More people want to live here than there are homes being built Publication: LA Times Date: 3/3/17

 

• Homeownership dips almost everywhere, except the Inland Empire Publication: OC Register Date: 2/27/2017

 

• California needs to build a staggering number of homes and we are way behind Publication: LA Daily News Date: 1/4/17

 

• Mike Roos, Former Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore of the California State Assembly, Joins the Southern California Leadership Council as President
  Date: 1/3/18

 

• Striking the Right Balance on Air Quality
  By Richard Lambros
  Publication: Fox & Hounds
  Date: 3/3/17
• 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

• CNN Local Edition Interview of SCLC President Billie Greer Re: Water
  Date: 1/20/12

• Wider Panama Canal Likely to Alter Trade Patterns at U.S. Ports
  By: Ronald D. White
  Publication: AZDailySun.Com
  Date: 1/08/12

• ILWU Locals Work with Community Leaders to Beat the Canal
  Date: 1/4/12

• 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

 

• Gov. Brown & Secretary Salazar Announce Project Framework for Bay Delta Plan
  Date: 7/25/12

 

• News Release: Delta Announcement
  Date: 7/25/12

 

• Regional Planning Expert Calls for CREATE Program for Southern California
  Date: 6/20/12

 

• FACT SHEET: President Obama to Sign the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
  Date: 5/30/12

 

• State Controller to Speak at Port of San Diego’s Maritime Day Breakfast
  Date: 5/14/12

 

• Business Leaders Commend Governor for Cutting Red Tape for New Hospitals
  Date: 3/16/12

 

• L.A./Long Beach Ports Struggle to Meet Panama Canal Challenge
  Date: 12/28/11

 

• Panama Canal Expansion May Force US West Coast Ports to Reinvest to Complete
  Date: 12/01/11