Founded in 1993, LAANE (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy) is a nationally recognized advocacy organization dedicated to building a new economy for all. Combining dynamic research, innovative public policy, and strategic organizing of broad alliances, LAANE promotes a new economic approach based on good jobs, thriving communities, and a healthy environment.
For the past 25 years, LAANE has been at the forefront of Los Angeles’ progressive movement, transforming conditions in key industries and improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of working families in southern California.
LAANE’s groundbreaking policy wins and new approach to economic development have been a model for similar efforts across the country. LAANE is a co-founder of the Partnership for Working Families, a rapidly growing national alliance fighting for good jobs and healthy communities in nearly 20 major metropolitan areas.
Yet with numerous successes that have helped working families, Los Angeles and other cities across the country are still marked by stark inequality, and our work is needed now more than ever.
Check out this interactive timeline to learn about landmark victories from the past 25 years. LAANE didn’t win any of these victories alone; the organization proudly took part in working toward these victories in coalitions with union partners and community allies.