LAANE

The mission of LAANE is to promote a new economic approach for all based on good jobs, thriving communities, and a healthy environment by combining research, innovative public policy, and strategic organizing of broad alliances. LAANE has been at the forefront of a progressive movement, transforming conditions in key industries and improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of working families in Southern California. This grant will support the Reclaim Our Schools Los Angeles coalition, which involves over 20 organizations and is committed to leadership development focused on racial justice. The grant will allow the coalition to continue uniting educators and communities to support deeper learning in community schools, ethnic studies courses, and restorative educational practices. (Substrategy: Student and Community Voice)

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy’s RePower Los Angeles project has built a coalition of sixty environmental groups, unions, low-income community groups, businesses, and others to advocate for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to adopt and implement an ambitious energy efficiency program. The coalition played a key role in the utility’s 2012 decision to triple its energy efficiency budget. With continued support, the Alliance will push the utility to adopt an even more aggressive energy efficiency goal of cutting demand by 15 percent and adopting financing mechanism to help achieve the goal.