Irvine, CA – November 21, 2019 – Last night, with 200 in attendance at the Center Club in Costa Mesa, Orange County Business Council awarded its coveted “Turning Red Tape into Red Carpet” honors to select Orange County cities, a water district, educators and transportation...
On May 29, over 150 guests joined OCBC for the 2019 Economic Development Forum at the Anaheim Convention Center, which featured high-level speakers and panel discussions on the topic of "Leveraging International Markets to Drive Economic Growth." Featured speaker Lenny Mendonca, Chief Economic Advisor for Governor...
On May 9, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom announced updates to his budget proposal following the May Revision. While the original January proposal focused heavily on funding solutions to homelessness and the housing affordability crisis, a large tax revenue windfall is motivating the Governor to pursue...
IRVINE, CA— Orange County Business Council is pleased to welcome Jesse Ben-Ron as Director of Workforce and Economic Development, beginning March 26. Ben-Ron comes to OCBC following his role as District Coordinator of Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy for Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva. “We are so pleased...
On March 27 - 29, OCBC's Jesse Ben-Ron, Director of Workforce and Economic Development, joined hundreds of economic development practitioners at the 39th Annual California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) Training Conference, hosted in Anaheim by the premier statewide professional economic development organization. The 3-day...
"OCBC commends the bold vision provided by Governor Gavin Newsom in his first budget proposal," said Lucy Dunn, President and CEO of OCBC. "This proposal reflects the Governor's desire to change the way forward for California with a historic effort to address many issues, including the housing supply crisis, ensuring...
Let’s create one million more homes, one million more skilled workers, one million acre-feet of water, and one million more jobs. That was the message delivered at the 2018 California Economic Summit, which took place on November 15 and 16 in Santa Rosa, CA. Attended by...
IRVINE, CA — Oct. 31, 2018 — Tech innovation and demographic shifts are catalysts driving major change in the Orange County workforce, according to Orange County Business Council's 2019 Orange County Workforce Indicators Report released on October 30, but keeping young talent continues to be a challenge. Presented...
Every year, OCBC honors public agencies for the good work they do to cut through red tape and remove barriers to economic development through its Turning Red Tape Into Red Carpet Awards program, sponsored by JPMorgan Chase. The City of Anaheim won the 2017 award...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2017 IRVINE, Calif. — Orange County Business Council is pleased to announce the winners of the 7th Annual Turning Red Tape Into Red Carpet Awards, presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The awards program recognizes leaders, policies and programs in local...