Los Angeles, California, United States

Economy

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often abbreviated as L.A., is the largest city in California. Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, Hollywood entertainment industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The City of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, and extends through the Santa Monica Mountains and into the San Fernando Valley, covering a total of about 469 square miles (1,210ย kmยฒ). It is the seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States.

Home to the Chumash and Tongva indigenous peoples, the area that became Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodrรญguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542. The discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The city was further expanded with the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, which delivers water from Eastern California.

Los Angeles has a diverse and robust economy, and hosts businesses in a broad range of professional and cultural fields. It also has the busiest container port in the Americas. In 2018, the Los Angeles metropolitan area had a gross metropolitan product of over $1.0ย trillion, making it the city with the third-largest GDP in the world, after Tokyo and New York City. Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and will host the 2028 Summer Olympics.

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Economy The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, video games, music recording, and production), aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, and tourism. Other significant industries include finance, telecommunications, law, healthcare, and transportation. In the 2017 Global Financial Centres Index, Los Angeles was ranked as having the 19th most competitive financial centre in the world, and sixth most competitive in the United States (after New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C.).

One of the five major film studios, Paramount Pictures, is within the city limits, its location being part of the so-called "Thirty-Mile Zone" of entertainment headquarters in Southern California.

Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing centre in the United States. The contiguous ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together comprise the busiest port in the United States by some measures and the fifth-busiest port in the world, vital to trade within the Pacific Rim.

The Department of Cannabis Regulation enforces cannabis legislation after the legalisation of the sale and distribution of cannabis in 2016. As of October 2019, more than 300 existing cannabis businesses (both retailers and their suppliers) have been granted approval to operate in what is considered the nation's largest market.

As of 2018, Los Angeles is home to three Fortune 500 companies: AECOM, CBRE Group, and Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

The Largest Non-Government Employers in Los Angeles County include: 1 Kaiser Permanente; 2 University of Southern California; 3 Northrop Grumman Corp.; 4 Providence Health and Services Southern California; 5 Target Corp.; 6 Ralphs /Food 4 Less (Kroger Co. Division); 7 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; 8 Walt Disney Co.; 9 Allied Universal; 10 NBC Universal.

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Los Angeles, California, United States 
<b>Los Angeles, California, United States</b>
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Los Angeles is rated Alpha by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Alpha level cities are linked to major economic states and regions and into the world economy.

Los Angeles is the #7 city in the world according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) which evaluates and ranks the competitiveness of the major financial centres of the world according to a wide range of criteria โ€“ Human Capital, Business, Finance, Infrastructure and Reputation.

Los Angeles is the #12 city in the world according to the Global Power City Index (GPCI) which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to their magnetism, or their comprehensive power to attract people, capital, and enterprises from around the world. It does so through measuring six key functions: Economy, Research and Development, Cultural Interaction, Liveability, Environment, and Accessibility.

Los Angeles is ranked #9 by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. Los Angeles has a population of over 3,979,576 people. Los Angeles also forms the centre of the wider Los Angeles metropolitan area which has a population of over 13,310,447 people. Los Angeles is the #51 hipster city in the world, with a hipster score of 5.4331 according to the Hipster Index which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques, and record stores. Los Angeles is ranked #4 for startups with a score of 58.441.

To set up a UBI Lab for Los Angeles see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Los Angeles has links with:

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ รlvaro Obregรณn, Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Ashdod, Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Athens, Greece ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Auckland, New Zealand ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Bayburt, Turkey ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Beirut, Lebanon ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Bordeaux, France ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Busan, South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Cape Town, South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Cenon, France ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Dalian, China ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Doha, Qatar ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Dongdaemun, South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Eilat, Israel ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Faisalabad, Pakistan ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Giza, Egypt ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guangzhou, China ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Ischia, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Jakarta, Indonesia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Kaunas, Lithuania ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ London, England ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Lusaka, Zambia ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Makati, Philippines ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Managua, Nicaragua ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Manchester, England ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Melbourne, Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico City, Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mumbai, India ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Nagoya, Japan ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Nansha District, China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Neiva, Colombia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ New Taipei City, Taiwan ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Saint Petersburg, Russia ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Salvador, Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป San Salvador, El Salvador ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Split, Croatia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taipei, Taiwan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Tehran, Iran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Tel Aviv, Israel ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vancouver, Canada ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Yerevan, Armenia ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ ลรณdลบ, Poland
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  • John Burnett Parkin |

    Architect/Industrial Designer John Burnett Parkin is associated with Los Angeles.

  • Gordon Bernie Kaufmann |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Architect Gordon Bernie Kaufmann is associated with Los Angeles. He is best known for the architectural styling of the Hoover Dam near Boulder, Colorado (1931-36).

  • Ernest Albert Coxhead |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Architect Ernest Albert Coxhead is associated with Los Angeles. In 1885 he was awarded the RIBA Silver Medal for Measured Drawing.

  • Frank Howard Chantrill |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Frank Howard Chantrill is associated with Los Angeles. He was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA).

Antipodal to Los Angeles is: 61.75,-34.05

Locations Near: Los Angeles -118.25,34.05

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Glendale -118.25,34.133 d: 9.3  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ East Los Angeles -118.167,34.033 d: 7.9  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Hollywood -118.329,34.1 d: 9.2  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Alhambra -118.133,34.067 d: 10.9  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Monterey Park -118.133,34.033 d: 10.9  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Inglewood -118.353,33.962 d: 13.7  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lynwood -118.2,33.917 d: 15.5  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Burbank -118.308,34.182 d: 15.6  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Pasadena -118.135,34.146 d: 15.1  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Hawthorne -118.333,33.917 d: 16.7  

Antipodal to: Los Angeles 61.75,-34.05

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Saint-Pierre 55.478,-21.342 d: 18473.9  

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Le Tampon 55.515,-21.278 d: 18468.8  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mahรฉbourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 18446.5  

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Rรฉunion 55.532,-21.133 d: 18454.5  

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Saint-Benoรฎt 55.713,-21.034 d: 18451.1  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 18432.1  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 18429.7  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Centre de Flacq 57.718,-20.2 d: 18424.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Quatre Bornes 57.479,-20.266 d: 18425.7  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Beau Bassin-Rose Hill 57.471,-20.235 d: 18422.1  

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