Los Angeles launched a web portal called CleanTechLosAngeles.org to help promote and facilitate with companies work in green industries. The site is aimed at reporting green tech news, research, and events both within the city and the state of California, and to help attract and create new green jobs.
CleanTechLosAngeles.org is an initiative developed by various city departments with the help of Jet Propulsion Labroratory, UCLA, and USC. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls the site integral in his strategy in making Los Angeles a clean technology capital and vows to switch 10% of the city’s energy needs to solar power by 2020.
