August 31, 2010
OCBC E-INDICATOR NEWSLETTER
Bill passed to relieve 91 freeway congestion; Dunn and Done Blog; Governor May Call Special Session; Meg Whitman up 8 Points; High-Speed Rail in CA; Committee Updates; and more...
August 31, 2010
DUNN AND DONE: HIJAB-GATE: EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Recently, Orange County's biggest private employer has been in the spotlight over a suit filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by Imane Boudlal, a restaurant hostess working at Disneyland citing religious discrimination. Boudlal, who has worked at Disneyland for the past two years...
August 19, 2010
OCBC'S GETTING RESULTS: A PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2010
Without question, the recent economic struggles have forever changed the face of business. We leave behind the first decade of a new century and have entered 2010 faced with a new normal. As the leading voice of business in Orange County, OCBC is trailblazing efforts to not only identify the new normal, but actually help define it.
August 17, 2010
THE LATEST OCBC E-INDICATOR NEWSLETTER
Transportation Projects; 91 Freeway can Save 18,000 Jobs; OC Jobs: Good News and Bad News; OCTA Breaks Ground; Water Bond Delayed; Message from the Chair; Green Jobs Award Program; OCBC Welcomes New Board Members; United Way and Angels Baseball Team Up; and much more...
August 5, 2010
THE LATEST OCBC E-INDICATOR NEWSLETTER
Measure M still on track; Obama Administration Briefs OCBC Members on Health Care Reform; CA Squirrel! Updates; New Transportation Leaders; Enterprise and Foreign Trade Zones; 2010 Golf Tournament; and more...
July 27, 2010
OCBC'S CALIFORNIA SQUIRREL! GETS NEW MATERIAL
AB 2411 establishes pet insurance as a separate line of insurance and AB 1960 would require agencies to purchase California grown fruits, vegetables, and nuts when the quality is comparable and the price matches produce grown elsewhere.
July 20, 2010
THE LATEST OCBC E-INDICATOR NEWSLETTER
CLB with Michael Mussallem; Nuclear Energy, Gulf Clean-Up, High Speed Rail; New CA Squirrel!; OCBC's Executive Golf Tournament; Sunrise Powelink Approval; OCBC welcomes new board members; and more...
July 6, 2010
THE LATEST OCBC E-INDICATOR NEWSLETTER
CA Budget; November 2nd Ballot Measures; A Special Dunn and Done Blog from Europe; Next CLB with Michael Mussallem; California Squirrel! Update; OCBC's Executive Golf Tournament; Member Spotlight; and more...
July 1, 2010
O.C. CITIES, RESTAURANTS GEAR UP FOR BUSY FOURTH OF JULY
While the Fourth of July holiday is known for fireworks, parades and barbecued cuisine, this weekend also marks the start of the busy summer tourist season in Orange County, as travelers from across the nation flock to vacation spots...
June 24, 2010
STATE ROCK MAY BE STRIPPED OF ITS TITLE: SACRE BLEU!
State Sen. Gloria Romero, D - Los Angeles, wants to strip California's offical state rock of its glorious title because it contains chrysotile asbestos, which can increase cancer risk....
June 22, 2010
THE LATEST OCBC E-INDICATOR NEWSLETTER
California Squirrel! Updates; OCBC June 8th Results; Farewell to Matt Prince; OC Unemployment Down; Next CLB with Michael Mussallem; Latest Dunn and Done; Take the Budget Challenge; and more...
June 15, 2010
EDITORIAL: GAMBLING ON NEVADA
Nevada again is mounting a television advertising campaign to lure away California businesses. We support competition among private businesses and among governments. But to be prudent, businesses might ask whether this would this be jumping from the frying pan to the fire...
June 14, 2010
DUNN AND DONE: THAT'S THE WAY--UH HUH, UH HUH--I LIKE IT!
You know the facts: nationally, about 370,000 government jobs were just “created” vs. only 41,000 private sector jobs. With a real state unemployment rate nearing 20% (counting those underemployed and those folks who just “gave up looking”), California needs two million jobs right now...
June 8, 2010
THE LATEST OCBC E-INDICATOR NEWSLETTER
Economic Forecast: CA Budget Blues?; Vote today; Anaheim/OC Job Fair Draws 5,400; Latest Dunn and Done; OCBC's Latino Educational Attainment Initiative Event; and more...
June 6, 2010
SANTA ANA EVENT CELEBRATES INITIATIVE'S SUCCESS
Speakers at the event Thursday night at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana included Rep. Loretta Sanchez and AT&T executive Richard Porras, as well as students...
May 28, 2010
OC BUSINESS LEADERS SLAM REJECTION OF DEVELOPMENT
Orange County business leaders are rallying against a Fullerton City Council vote striking down a plan to build 760 homes on a 510-acre stretch of land in West Coyote Hills, saying the denial is a "devastating blow" to the economy and the potential to create 2,000 much-needed jobs...
May 19, 2010
DUNN AND DONE BLOG: LET OUR CHILDREN GO!
State and federal lawmakers and bureaucrats are holding our children hostage. They are well-intentioned, no doubt, but the road to hell is paved with their good intentions. And the travel is getting hotter every day. Sacramento is broke, programs are being cut, legislators’...
May 17, 2010
VOTE JUNE 8. OCBC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE...
The California primary election is right around the corner. Make your voice, your vote count. OCBC has studied the issues, met with and reviewed the candidates. Here are OCBC's recommendations for statewide offices and propositions...
May 17, 2010
OC LOCAL POLS, ACTIVISTS ENDORSE FIORINA
Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina will be in Irvine this morning showing off some endorsements she’s received from local political elected officials and activists...
April 30, 2010
BROKE STATE DECLARES APRIL 'FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH'
We hooted recently over the Orange County Business Council’s new Web site, CaliforniaSquirrel.com, which targets the “distractions” elected officials pursue at the expense of more important public business...
April 22, 2010
RICE BUOYS WHITMAN'S MESSAGE AT IRVINE FUNDRAISER
Republican governor candidate Meg Whitman addressed her lack of government background at a Wednesday fundraiser, explaining her approach and introducing more experienced colleagues whose help she's enlisted...
April 21, 2010
BUSINESS COUNCIL ENDORSES WHITMAN
The Orange County Business Council has endorsed former eBay CEO Meg Whitman for governor, the Whitman campaign announced Wednesday. The OCBC cited Whitman’s proposals for targeted tax cuts and decreased regulation to help California businesses grow and create jobs...
April 8, 2010
STUDY: AIRPORT PROJECT WILL CREATE 6,670 JOBS
John Wayne Airport's half-billion-dollar expansion is providing a timely boost to the sagging local economy and will ultimately create 6,670 jobs, a new report [by Orange County Business Council] says...
April 8, 2010
REPORT: COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE GETS C+
Orange County's public infrastructure system has received a C+ but the region is still faring better than the nation, which earned a D, according to a new report conducted by a group of engineers and business leaders...
March 31, 2010
JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT'S IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SPURS GROWTH
John Wayne Airport's massive Capital Improvement Program is expected to provide a much-needed boost to Orange County's economy, according to a study conducted by the Orange County Business Council...
March 29, 2010
OC BIZ COUNCIL BLASTS D.A. FOR TOYOTA SUIT
The president of the Orange County Business Council asks, “Et, tu, DA?” and essentially equates Tony Rackauckas to a talking dog who’s easily distracted by squirrels...
March 25, 2010
D.A. HITCHING A RIDE
It is curious that one of the many lawsuits against Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. was filed by Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas. Coming in an election year, Mr. Rackauckas' lawsuit seems more like a publicity stunt than a call for justice...
March 17, 2010
OC BIZ COUNCIL IN D.C., WANT STIMULUS BUCKS
Leaders of the Orange County Business Council walked the halls on Capitol Hill this week trolling for more stimulus money for projects back home...
March 16, 2010
REPORT: SOME GOOD NEWS OF OC DESPITE RECESSION
Study shows improvements in housing affordability, water consumption – but economic decline’s impact still widely felt...
March 16, 2010
WAS O.C. SHORTCHANGED ON STIMULUS AID?
Orange County received $439 per capita in economic stimulus funds in the first year of the program, less than half the national average of $1,028, reports the Orange County Business Council...
March 1, 2010
ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF EDUCATION 2010
OCBC's Lucy Dunn gives education leaders an update on the business climate and the importance of workforce development...
February 12, 2010
FORBES PUBLISHER HEADLINES OCBC'S ANNUAL DINNER
“There is a reason to have hope in an economic downturn.” That was the message Forbes Publisher Rich Karlgaard delivered last night to some 750 business and community leaders at the Orange County Business Council Annual Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Irvine...
January 28, 2010
FOUR CORNERS IN SPOTLIGHT FOR AREA ECONOMY
A message emanated from the stage where two panels of experts spoke Thursday: The Southern California economy is doomed to stay sluggish if Sacramento's layers of anti-business bureaucracy aren't penetrated...
January 28, 2010
NOPOLITANO HOLDS HEARING ON STATE'S WATER WOES
A congressional subcommittee heard testimony Monday on the complexity of California ’s water system and how to stabilize that system for future drought cycles...
January 28, 2010
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS FOCUSES ON JOBS, ECONOMY
eyes across the nation turned last night to President Obama's State of the Union address, which focused primarily on job creation and the economy...
January 22, 2010
OC'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO 9.1 PERCENT
Orange County's unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in December, down from a revised 9.6 percent in November, according to...
January 7, 2010
GOVERNOR PREDICTS "CRUEL" CUTS IN 2010
In the final State of the State address of his gubernatorial career, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday set the stage for a brutal year of...
January 6, 2010
OC BIZ LEADER TO SCHWARZENEGGER: MORE NEEDED
Lucy Dunn, president of the Orange County Business Council, has a list of jobs and economic-growth incentives that went unmentioned among...
December 12, 2009
LATEST DUNN AND DONE BLOG - All I Want For Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the county
Not much was stirring, due to lack of a bounty.
Our stockings are hung by the chimney with care...
December 4, 2009
LATEST DUNN AND DONE BLOG - THIS IS SICK
They aren’t doctors, they don’t even play them on TV, yet our esteemed leaders in Washington have taken out their prescription pads to fix...
December 2, 2009
THE WALTOS GROUP NAMES JOE AMES QUIET ACHIEVER
The Waltos Group of Northwestern Mutual in Newport Beach recently honored Joe Ames with its Quiet Achiever award. Ames, a former Orange...
November 4, 2009
LAWMAKERS PASS COMPREHENSIVE WATER PACKAGE
Early this morning, the California legislature passed a comprehensive water package that will finally put California on the path to...
October 5, 2009
OCBC JOINS EDUCATION SUMMIT TO HIGHLIGHT OC PROGRAMS
Helping California's poor and minority student groups catch up with their peers will require partnerships between parents, educators, business and community leaders - including those like the ones already in place in Orange County...
September 1, 2009
OCBC IN THE NEWS: CA FOCUS - WHY GAS IS HIGHER IN CALIFORNIA
When it comes to a gallon of gas, living in California comes at a premium, no matter what grade of fuel you pump. Fuel costs are higher here than the rest of the nation because of state government taxes, fees and regulations, putting consumers continually at risk of price spikes and supply interruptions...
