President Bill Clinton and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Announce LED Street Lights
February 16th, 2009
President Bill Clinton and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced on Monday February 16th that the city of Los Angeles Will be replacing 140 thousand street lamps with green energy efficient lights. It will save a great deal of money, so much so that the program will pay for itself with the savings it will produce. Deputy Mayor Romel Pascual and Dir. Of Economic Development Sean Arian invited members of the Cleantech Kitchen Cabinet which is chaired by Groop CEO Jose Caballer. Almost 20 Cleantech Kitchen Cabinet members where in attendance.
Los Angeles is one of the first cities in the U.S. to introduce LED lighting. In addition to this initiative both the Mayor and President Clinton talked about the many initiatives that are making L.A. the Green leader amongst all cities in the U.S.
The Clinton Climate Initiative has collaborated with the City of Los Angeles to execute this program.
About the Cleantech Kitchen Cabinet:
The goal of the CKC is to bring together the best and brightest entrepreneurs, evangelist, venture capitalist, creative’s, media professionals and all around awesome people in the cause or green space to discuss and share their ideas for a better / greener LA. In addition we are working to spread the word to about LA’s leadership in Cleantech and working to establish Los Angeles as the global leader in research, commercialization, and deployment of clean technologies.