Southern California Business articles from August 1992

Southern California Business archives from August 1992

Businesses, organizations continue to help re-energize city. (Los Angeles, CA)
August 1, 1992... Civic, community and business leaders recently gathered to discuss efforts underway to help Los Angeles regain stability and growth. The reception, entitled "The World Inside Los Angeles," was hosted by Chamber member law firm, Brobeck, Phleger...

Prop 167 - "Tax tornado." (Proposition 167)
August 1, 1992... After earthquakes and riots, a new threat to Southern California's struggling economy looms in the form of a state ballot measure that would raise more than a dozen taxes and drive more than 100,000 jobs out of California. Proposition 167,...

Chamber presents mid-year economic update. (California Chamber of Commerce)
August 1, 1992... The Chamber's Economic Development Council hosted a "Mid-Year Economic Update" forum recently on the post-recession environment. The forum included an up-to-date and comprehensive look at how local, state and national economies have fared...

Legislative agenda.
August 1, 1992... City Lobbyist Ordinance The Ethics Commission has submitted its draft ordinance to Council. Through a prolonged Chamber lobbying effort, a threshold was included for corporate employees. However, the threshold is too low and there are other...

The Vons Companies, Inc. (Company Profile)
August 1, 1992... It's a given: People have to eat to live. Therefore, it is no surprise that in the tough, competitive appeal for the consumer dollar grocery stores are fairing better during the current recession than other segments of the retail industry. Look...

Food retailing is changing as the mass market fractures. (Industry Overview)
August 1, 1992... It's been said that no institution tells us more about ourselves than the supermarket. A change in American lifestyles, whether toward fitness or indulgence, is seen first on grocery store shelves. "The graying of America, the move toward a...