THURSDAY | Jan. 26, 2006

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MON-WED | Jan. 30-Feb. 1 REGISTER NOW FOR OFFICE DEPOT'S SIXTH ANNUAL Faster Freight- SUCCESS STRATEGIES FOR Cleaner Air 2006 BUSINESSWOMEN more info CONFERENCE

WED | Feb. 8 March 26-28 Trade Briefing: Doing Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, Fla. Business with China WINNING PITCH. State Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez more info | register (from left), LAUSD Board President Marlene Canter, L.A. Office Depot, a leading global City Council President Eric Garcetti, Chamber Past Board provider of office products and Chair George Kieffer, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP FRI | Feb. 10 services, will host its 6th annual and Adriana Barrera, senior vice chancellor of the L.A. Success Strategies for Business Health Care Community Colleges District all spoke to students at Women Conference featuring Committee Meeting Belmont High School to highlight the importance of keyonote presenters more info | register attending one of Cash for College's dozens of workshops actress/comedienne Lily Tomlin held at sites throughout the L.A. region through March 2. and Glenda A. Hatchett, of TUE | Feb. 14 "Judge Hatchett Show." Referral Network Nichols to assume board chairmanship A Growing Companies at Inaugural Dinner The conference is open to the program sponsored by public but attendance is limited AT&T's Vice President for External Affairs South, to the first 1,500 registrants. Wells Fargo David Nicho ls, will formally take the reins of the Register online at more info Chamber's Board of Directors at tonight's 117th annual www.officedepotsuccess.com or Inaugural Dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. A sold- by calling 877.846.2367. WED | Feb. 15 out event, the Chamber expects 1,100 business leaders, Technology Industry elected officials and other opinion leaders to attend as THIS WEEK'S Council Dr. Steven Sample of University of Southern California BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE___ more info | register is awarded the Chamber's Distinguished Business Leader Award and Sherry Lansing, head of the Sherry " California Dreaming" THU | Feb. 16 Lansing Foundation, is presented the Civic Medal of Land Use, Honor. Construction & Housing Committee Chamber, Mayor's Office to lobby state Meeting lawmakers on infrastructure proposals more info | register Members of the Chamber's senior staff spent Jan. 18 in Sacramento lobbying state lawmakers in partnership FRI | Feb. 17 with Mayor Villaraigosa's legislative representatives. Accenture Pancakes Most of the day was spent in meetings with top advisors and Politics from Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez's office and With L.A. City Council Senate President pro-tem Don Perata's office to President Eric Garcetti more info | register exchange thoughts about various infrastructure bond proposals. Another trip is planned for Feb. 1 as the Chamber prepares for Access Sacramento on March 7- WED | Feb. 22 8. For more information, contact Director of Public Transportation & Policy Brendan Huffman, 213.580.7531 or Goods Movement [email protected]. OVERHEARD______Committee Meeting more info | register Board votes to support opposition to city council's worker retention "Hold me THU | Feb. 23 ordinance accountable. Make California Identity At their meeting earlier this month, the Chamber Board me accountable Theft Summit of Directors voted overwhelmingly to support efforts to more info challenge the L.A. City Council's recent adoption of an for what I’m ordinance to impose police powers on the grocery doing. In 1999, THU | Feb. 23 industry. The ordinance states that any time a grocery Finding Export 53% of our store greater than 15,000 square feet is purchased in Markets Los Angeles, the buyer must retain the entire workforce schools had an more info | register for 90 days. For more information, contact Director of average API score TUE | Feb. 28 Public Policy Brendan Huffman, 213.580.7531 or below 500, and in Referral Network [email protected]. 2005 it was less A Growing Companies program sponsored by Committee recommends support for than 1%. We’re Wells Fargo Metro's Expo and Red lines into on a trajectory more info Westside upward, and that The Chamber's Transportation and Goods Movement TUE-WED | Mar. doesn’t mean Committee voted Wednesday to recommend official 7-8 Chamber support for Metro's plans to construct the we’re satisfied, Access Sacramento Expo Lne, a light-rail project that will connect but you don’t 2006 more info | register Downtown L.A. with Downtown Culver City through want to disrupt Exposition Park. The committee also recommended that trajectory." FRI | Mar. 10 official Chamber support for efforts to plan a Red Line Health Care extension to the beach. While the Expo Line has been Committee Meeting funded, the Red Line extension has not, though the --Marlene Canter, Los Angeles Unified School District Board more info | register Chamber recently met with Westside stakeholders to President, speaking at the discuss possible sites for Red Line stations. The Chamber's Education and TUE | Mar. 14 committee's guest speaker, Caltrans District 7 Director Workforce Development Referral Network Doug Failing, outlined his district's greatest needs. For Committee on Tuesday. Marcus A Growing Companies more information, contact Public Policy Manager Castain, L.A. Mayor Antonio program sponsored by Elizabeth Warren, 213.580.7558 or Villaraigosa's newly appointed advisor on public school reform, Wells Fargo [email protected]. also addressed the group. more info Chamber's Cash for College workshops MEDIA THU | Mar. 16 HITS______help thousands of students access Internet Export financial aid " A Su Lado , " KMEX, Jan. 17. Marketing On Saturday, January 21, 32 Cash for College Spanish-language community more info | register Workshops convened more than 350 financial aid affairs programs devoted 6 The Los Angeles Area experts, businesses, community-based organizations to hours to a call-in program on Chamber of Commerce assist thousands of high school seniors and their the Chamber's popular Cash for is the voice of business College program. in L.A. County. families to complete the required FAFSA and Cal Grant Founded in 1888, the forms to access college financial aid. Chamber Other Cash for College press Chamber promotes a members and volunteers from GH Palmer and includes broadcast coverage on prosperous economy Associates, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Los Angeles KCAL-9, KMEX, KTNQ, KNBC, and quality of life in Community Colleges District were among the KTLA, KCRA (television) and KFI, the Los Angeles region. KFWB and KCRW (radio), Jan. For more information, organizations on hand to provide one-on-one assistance 20. visit to students and families. To learn more about Cash for www.lachamber.org College, contact Education & Workforce Development " Free Advice on College Manager Alma Salazar, 213.580.7566 or Financial Aid Available," L.A. [email protected]. Times, Jan. 20.

" AVC to host funding Chamber trade briefing to highlight workshop," L.A. Daily News, Jan. trade with China 23.

As China's political clout continues to expand, its role "Workshop to focus on financial in the global economy grows more important than ever. aid," Pasadena Star-News, Jan. At the "Doing Business with China" trade briefing 20. luncheon, presented by the Chamber and sponsored by EastGate Media, find out what steps you can take to " Hay dinero par la universidad," La Opinion, Jan. 21. benefit from China's unprecedented growth. The event will be held Noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8. Topics to be covered include avoiding pitfalls, savvy financing and accessing and penetrating China's population of 1.3 billion. For more information, contact International Trade Manager Moises Cisneros, 213.580.7569 or [email protected] or register online.

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