L.A. Mayor Karen Bass formally began her campaign for re-election, promising to make the city safer and more affordable.

Los Angeles city and community leaders are pushing for an urgent recovery plan to bring businesses back and restore confidence in the downtown LA area. Downtown LA business owners gathered at Grand ...

The plan to expand the Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles received final approval from LA Mayor Karen Bass as she announced new efforts to revitalize the area. The $2.62 billion expansion will ...

Downtown Los Angeles's growing office vacancy issue is "a critical economic threat that the City can no longer afford to ignore," the Central City Association warns in a new study released today by ...

Banc of California is changing the LA Skyline, leasing a 40,000 square foot high-rise in Downtown. The company will add signage to the city’s historic skyline, supporting the community’s continued ...

The Central City Association of LA — an advocacy organization that represents the interests of over 300 businesses, trade associations and nonprofits — has introduced an action plan to revitalize ...

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LOS ANGELES — Downtown in the City of Angels is looking more and more like a ghost town. The famed Los Angeles neighborhood has become a shadow of its former glory — with rows of boarded-up shops, ...

Downtown Los Angeles was facing impossible odds. But like some kind of civic Rocky, it has come battling back from the brink. Such a statement would’ve been difficult to fathom over the past five ...

In the bustling heart of Los Angeles, Downtown Works (DTWX), the non-profit arm of the Central City Association (CCA), is spearheading a transformative initiative to breathe new life into the city’s ...