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Policy Pillars
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Economic
Growth
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Taxation
The Chamber endorses tax policies that would enhance
the competitiveness of our local businesses, such as
the business tax reforms that would make the City more
comparable to surrounding cities so that our businesses
are not put at an economic disadvantage and allowing
for further business development and worker retention.
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Tourism
The Chamber supports policies that aim to maintain and
increase the regions’ booming tourism industry.
With more than 25 million visitors coming to Los Angeles
each year, the Chamber recognizes the industry’s
importance to our regions economic stability and growth.
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Human
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Education
The Chamber believes that a workforce equipped with
the skills for today’s and tomorrow’s jobs
is critical for the future of the regions economy. The
Chamber supports educational reforms that would bring
increase community engagement, promote autonomy and
entrepreneurship, and create a school system that fulfills
the needs of employers for a highly skilled workforce
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Public Safety
The Chamber considers safety to be a top priority, and
supports increasing the size and presence of our police
and fire departments to allow for an increase in response
times and a further decrease in the crime level. In
this regard, the Chamber believes that existing “force
redeployment” policies need to be examined for
their long term impacts and to assure a minimum level
of police patrol car presence in our community.
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Infrastructure |
Airport
The Chamber has long held as it’s litmus test
for any proposed modification of LAX that it not a)
Have any Western Terminal or Western Vehicular Access;
b) have any “Ring Road” or c) Adversely
Impact the Westchester Business District. As such it
has expressly rejected prior proposed plans A, B and
C all of which also proposed to increase the capacity
of LAX to the detriment of our surrounding communities.
The Chamber is also opposed to any plan which will cause
a greater noise impact on our communities including
in particular any plan to relocate runways northward.
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Transportation
The Chamber believes that as the nation’s top
trade gateway and the area with the most automobiles
per capita, the region cannot afford to continue to
ignore the effect that traffic congestion is having
on our economy and quality of life. The Chamber supports
policies that improve mobility and relieve congestion
on our roads and freeways to maximize the region’s
ability to move people and goods. In particular, the
Chamber has supported initiatives to extend the Green
Line to the North.
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Land
Use
The Chamber supports policies that encourage smart growth
planning that is transit-oriented for the appropriate
placement of development, without displacing existing
residential, commercial and industrial land uses that
are significant to preservation of a healthy and appropriately
designed jobs-housing balance |
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