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1946. Chamber successfully fights for legislation to finance construction of freeways in Los Angeles. 1956. Chamber relocates for the seventh time to 404 S. Bixel. Air Pollution Control District and Chamber create "Share the Ride" campaign. 1958. Chamber attracts Dodgers to Los Angeles. 1967.
In the mid 1880s, the country was discovering Los Angeles. The population was 11,200 and was climbing to 70,000 when tight credit and a collapsed real estate market caused the boom to become a bust. By 1888, 1,000 people a month were leaving L.A.
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The Chamber has championed the needs of the business community and the citizens it serves through a period of raw, brilliant boosterism to a continuing era of sophisticated, national influence. In 1888, the founding members of the Chamber created the organization to function as a vehicle to attract new business to California. In 2013, the Chamber w...
Population Loss: Los Angeles experienced dramatic population losses during the late 1880s. 1,000 people each month left the city, which caused the cities population to fall from an 1880 high of 70,...A Plan: Early Chamber members formulated two objectives: stimulate migration and to market the area's products in other parts of the country. They decided to attract Midwestern farmers to Los Angel...Other Ideas for Making L.A. an Attraction: In addition to exhibitions, the Chamber encouraged grass roots investments in several manufacturing enterprises. Beet sugar manufacture benefited from tec...Post World War II: After World War II, the Chamber transitioned from organization that sought to attract new business to Los Angeles County into one that now worked to address modern issues associa...International Trade: To realize its dream of becoming an important commercial center, Los Angeles needed a deep-water harbor. To open the campaign, the Chamber presented a resolution to Congress, a...Environment: To feed the growing water needs for an expanding Los Angeles, Chamber Director Fred Eaton and William Mulholland, superintendent and chief engineer of the Municipal Water Department, d...Transportation: One of the major Chamber issues has been transportation. In 1946 the Chamber led a successful fight for legislation to finance construction of freeways in Los Angeles County and oth...Education: Education is another continuing focus. Through FIRST BREAK and the Genesis project, the Chamber cooperates with other community and educational groups to identify jobs for teenagers and...The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce is Southern California 's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing the interests of more than 235,000 businesses in L.A. County, more than 1,400 member companies and more than 722,430 employees.
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Oct 22, 2008 · A brief overview of the history of Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles written by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Addeddate 2021-12-15 03:06:09
Los Angeles - City of Angels, Hollywood, Pacific Coast: For many centuries, the area was occupied by some 5,000 to 10,000 Tongva (Gabrielino) and Chumash Indians who lived in scores of villages and led a relatively stable existence by hunting, fishing, gathering, and trading actively with distant groups. Europeans entered their world in 1542 when a Spanish sea expedition headed by Capt. Juan ...
The first large additions to the city were the districts of Highland Park and Garvanza to the north, and the South Los Angeles area. In 1906, the approval of the Port of Los Angeles and a change in state law allowed the city to annex the Shoestring , or Harbor Gateway , a narrow and crooked strip of land leading from Los Angeles south towards ...
