Our Role

The Los Angeles Collaborative serves as a regional convener and coordinating body, bringing together partners across Los Angeles County to align strategy, share insight, and advance collective economic and workforce priorities.

As we move through the transition and closeout phase of the California Jobs First grant, the Collaborative is focused on cementing long-term regional coordination, ensuring that relationships, strategies, and lessons developed through this work continue to inform future efforts across the County.

Our Purpose

The Los Angeles Collaborative exists to unify stakeholders across sectors and geographies in support of a more coordinated, resilient, and equitable regional economy. By convening public agencies, industry leaders, workforce partners, community-based organizations, and philanthropy, we help create shared understanding and alignment around regional priorities.

Who We Are

The Los Angeles Collaborative is a cross-sector partnership representing organizations and institutions from across Los Angeles County. Our partners bring expertise in workforce development, economic development, industry strategy, education, labor, and public policy.

The Collaborative focuses on:

• Regional alignment
• Strategic coordination
• Information-sharing and synthesis
• Supporting collective action across existing initiatives
• Serving as a central, regional network for all stakeholders across Los Angeles County to advance economic development 

What We Do

🧭 Convene Regional Partners

We bring together diverse stakeholders to strengthen coordination across sectors, reduce fragmentation, and support shared regional goals.

📊 Align Strategy and Planning

We support the development and alignment of regional strategies by synthesizing insights, elevating best practices, and helping partners connect their work to broader countywide priorities.

🤝 Strengthen Regional Collaboration

By fostering relationships and communication across organizations and jurisdictions, we help ensure that regional efforts are informed, complementary, and mutually reinforcing.

📄 Steward and Share Knowledge

As part of grant closeout and transition, the Collaborative is focused on documenting lessons learned, elevating effective approaches, and supporting continuity beyond the life of the grant.

Our Values

Regional Unity — Advancing solutions that reflect the scale and diversity of Los Angeles County.
Collaboration — Prioritizing partnership, coordination, and shared responsibility.
Equity — Supporting strategies that promote inclusive economic opportunity.
Sustainability — Focusing on long-term impact beyond individual funding cycles.

Looking Ahead

As the Los Angeles Collaborative transitions toward the formal closeout of its initial grant, our work is centered on strengthening the foundation for continued regional collaboration. We remain committed to serving as a trusted convener and connector — helping partners stay aligned, informed, and positioned for future opportunities.

Stewardship Committee

Role Defined:

• Responsible for overseeing the management and proper use of resources within an organization. One of their main tasks is to review data analysis, which involves examining data to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can be used to make informed decisions.
  
  
• Responsible for summarizing the concepts shared by data analysts with the steering committee. This involves taking complex technical information and presenting it in a way that is understandable and actionable.
  
  
• Plays a primary role in the implementation of decisions made by the steering committee. They ensure that decisions are carried out effectively and efficiently.
  
  
• Provides resources for training and capacity building, communications, ongoing engagement, contracting, and subcontracting. This includes identifying training needs, developing training programs, and providing support for communication and engagement initiatives. They also oversee the contracting and subcontracting process, ensuring that contracts are awarded fairly and that vendors are held accountable for delivering quality work.

Representation:

• The Stewardship Committee is comprised of the Convenor and Fiscal Agent.