Orange County Visionaries: Trends, Updates, Visionaries.
The Small Business Development Corporation of Orange County recently announced its celebration of Comerica’s $1 million investment in SBDC-OC’s mission of helping vulnerable Southern California businesses achieve success.
Sept. 27, 2022
California
To a large part of Los Angeles, the economic movers and shakers on the Eastside are as unknown as the names of its major arteries of industry.
Sept. 25, 1994
A faction of the 350-member community corporation that owns San Pedro Peninsula Hospital has called for replacement of the governing board and a “public airing” of the severe financial problems that afflict the 64-year-old hospital.
March 19, 1989
Real Estate
Lashing out at what he called “lackluster management” of Hollywood’s $922-million redevelopment plan, Los Angeles City Councilman Michael Woo on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency handles the project and vowed to increase the voice of residents and small merchants in Hollywood planning decisions.
Sept. 12, 1987
Business
When Security Pacific National Bank reigned as the largest financial institution headquartered in Los Angeles, local philanthropies reveled in its reflected glory: The community-minded corporation contributed an estimated $7 million to $10 million a year to Los Angeles-based charities.
Oct. 24, 1995
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility
How has ESG changed the way businesses view DEIA initiatives, and how and where are organizations seeing the greatest impact?
Dec. 18, 2022
Spurred in part by the Los Angeles riots, a consortium of California banks has created a $10-million community development corporation to lend money and invest in small businesses in riot-affected areas of the city, officials announced Friday.
Oct. 31, 1992
Business Announcements
Orange County United Way is set to embark on a second century of breaking barriers and improving lives by empowering students and families, reducing income disparity, connecting residents to health and human service resources, and ending homelessness in Orange County.
Jan. 31, 2024
President Clinton’s proposed initiative to pump $382 million into community lending programs is good news for South-Central Los Angeles and other distressed areas that are in critical need of jobs and affordable housing.
July 19, 1993
Mayor Maureen O’Connor and two San Diego City Council members may have violated state conflict-of-interest laws in a decision Tuesday involving communications companies in which all three have financial interests, a spokeswoman for the state Fair Political Practices Commission said Wednesday.
June 1, 1989