Los Angeles' garment industry is about 40,000 workers strong and accounts for about 83% of the nation's cut-and-sew manufacturing, according to a city staff report. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) ...
Los Angeles garment workers and local apparel manufacturing businesses put down their picket signs for the last time following the final vote on the Downtown L.A. 2040 Community Plan, otherwise known ...
The square-footage devoted to garment work in the district has fallen. Some blame lax city enforcement, but others say the cause of the decline is economic. Even if you haven’t heard of the “Garment ...