Fashion District

November 17, 2025

Attention Should Be Paid to LA’s Fashion District: Anthony Rodriguez Offers a Reality Check

Anthony Rodriguez, President & CEO of the LA Fashion District Business Improvement District (BID), lays out how pandemic losses, slow foot-traffic recovery, and the shock of recent federal enforcement have compounded pressures on the district’s predominantly immigrant-owned small businesses. He argues that rigid DTLA 2040 zoning—particularly in IX2/IX3—undermines reinvestment and adaptation in an area already defined by high vacancies and aging industrial stock.

July 14, 2016

Kent Smith on the Future of BIDs, LA’s Fashion District, and DTLA Mobility

In part two of The Planning Report’s exit interview with Kent Smith, outgoing Executive Director of LA’s Fashion District Business Improvement District, Smith talks about how the Fashion District continues to change and evolve as Downtown Los Angeles enters a new era.

June 19, 2016

Recognizing Kent Smith’s Successful Leadership of LA’s Fashion District BID—TPR Exit Interview

Kent Smith, Executive Director for the Fashion District Business Improvement District, shares some lessons that allowed him to make a positive impact in shaping Downtown Los Angeles.

June 1, 2003

Fashion District's Kent Smith On Revival Of LA's Downtown And District's BID Proposal

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