Los Angeles Community Development Corporation

A Roadmap for Expanding LA County’s Bioscience Industry

Supervisors authorized a contract recently between the County’s Community Development Commission (CDC) and the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) to craft a strategy that would create thousands of jobs while encouraging scientific innovation. “Los Angeles County is uniquely positioned to become a national leader in the bioscience industry,” said Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. “Right now, however, much of our local research and talent is exported to other regions, such as San Diego, San Francisco and Boston.” “We must reverse that trend and work towards creating local bioscience hubs in our own hospital campuses,” he said. Modern biotechnology is a growing field