Los Angeles – Bixel Exchange, the Center for Innovation and Technology at the LA Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Mayor Eric Garcetti, rolled out a six-month progress report on LA Tech Talent Pipeline, one of two core programs, on February 6, 2018.
Sean Arian, founder of Bixel Exchange, reported
On September 8, 2017, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti joined numerous City, County and District officials to celebrate the grand opening of the Los Angeles Workforce Strategy Center at Los Angeles Valley College.
The new center represents the alignment of higher education and workforce development to meet the evolving labor force demands of the region's growth industries. Programs, offered in conjunction with the City's Workforce Development System, will expand on Los Angeles Valley College's existing training academies which focus on the biotech, manufacturing, and transportation sectors.
Rapidly Changing Skills Requirements Prompt Industry-College Initiative
Los Angeles County's 19 Community colleges, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Southern California Leadership Council, and the Center of Excellence for Labor Market Research at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, have launched
Report by UCLA: LA is in "Throes of a Black Jobs Crisis"
At the April 27, 2017 meeting of the Workforce Development Board's Executive Committee, DeAndrea Lottier and Tamara Haywood, managers of the Los Angeles Black Worker Center, presented the findings of UCLA's report, Ready To Work, Uprooting Inequity: Black Workers in Los Angeles County.