LARABA – Los Angeles River Artists & Business Association Welcome to LARABA The Arts Districts Oldest Community Advocate for Community WellBeing Businesses and The Arts WHAT WE DO The Los Angeles River Artists and Business Association LARABA is a coalition of diverse community leaders committed to advocating for a healthy evolution of the Arts District by focusing on community wellbeing supporting the business community motivating the LA River efforts and nurturing the arts. OUR VISION The Los Angeles River Artists and Business Association LARABA is a coalition of diverse community leaders united by their passion and commitment to the Arts District as a vibrant jewel of Los Angeles. Long a cultural hub of creative expression authenticity and inclusion the Arts District thrives as an ecosystem of voices imagination and artists of all mediums. As the area evolved LARABA emerged as the principal organization committed to sustaining that which made the area unique to Los Angeles a steward of its creative origins measured and intelligent growth environmental guardianship and advocate of public policy that supports the greatest good for all its inhabitants and businesses.