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...
OCBC 2018 Wish List Just over a week in, and already 2018 is promising to be quite a year. Californians will head to the voting booths on June 5 and decide the fate of numerous potentially business-impacting measures, such as rent control, traffic relief, Prop 13...
The following article appears as it was originally published in The Orange County Register November 16, 2017.Undoubtedly, one of the most influential directors in history is Steven Spielberg. Imaginative fantasy is a hallmark of so many of his movies from E.T. to Jurassic Park to...
On Thursday, OCBC partnered with Rancho Santiago Community College District to hold the first of a series of Industry Roundtables geared toward bridging gaps between academic curriculum and the skills industry seeks in an incoming workforce. This first roundtable focuses on the Healthcare Industry sector,...
On November 6, several OCBC Board Members and staff attended a White House briefing with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, as well Presidential Adviser Ivanka Trump, to discuss the House of Representatives federal tax reform proposal, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The meeting featured a...
On October 25, OCBC and CSU Fullerton held the 23rd Annual Economic Forecast Conference at Hotel Irvine with over 700 business, academic and community leaders in attendance, sponsored by US Bank. The conference theme was "Sustainable Growth? Adapt, Connect and Transform in a Shifting Global Economy." The...
OCBC's advocacy efforts proved effective this legislative session in advocating for the passage of bills critical for the business community, and in killing legislation harmful to Orange County's economic prosperity. OCBC took a position on 67 bills throughout the 2017 legislative session: 32 bills in support, 35...
Orange County's economy is thriving and leading the state and nation in terms of its educated workforce, low unemployment rate and diverse industry sectors, according to the 2017 Workforce Indicators Report, which was released at OCBC's Orange County Workforce Development Conference sponsored by Union Bank. Dr....
This article appears as it was published in The Orange County Register October 15, 2017Orange County’s economy has clear strengths: low unemployment (4.2 percent in August), rising per capita income and job growth in several stand-out industries, from tourism to medical device manufacturing.But disruptive new...
This article appears as it was published in The Orange County Register October 13, 2017Bank of America will give $425,000 in economic mobility grants to 18 nonprofits working on community revitalization efforts across Orange County.Nonprofits were chosen for their efforts to provide solutions to housing...