“Right now, we’re seeing many projects progress across multiple sectors, and we are hopeful that federal infrastructure investments will hit the ground, contributing to a buoyant market for design and construction professions as well as better basic services for residents across the region,” Russell says.

Russell notes that long-term challenges, including an overheated housing market and the problems of the unhoused need to be addressed by the community, along with other issues such as embracing a regional approach to electrification, decarbonization and resilient infrastructure. 

“No single community can solve these existential problems, making this the fundamental challenge facing every market in Los Angeles: regional cooperation in the interest of a healthy, humane and inclusive community for all,” he says.