CALED to hold 2022 Annual Conference in the City of Long Beach on May 10-12! Canceling our Annual Conference in 2020 the week before it was scheduled was heartbreaking, but absolutely necessary to keep you and our team safe. As the meeting environment improves, more members can travel, and many of you have expressed a desire to [...]
Governor Newsom signed SB 162 creating a $600 million Community Economic Resiliency Fund (CERF) Program. While this program will have a regional approach, we hope to reinforce that regional solutions require local voices and engagement to ensure long-term success. […]
On September 28, 2021, Governor Newsom signed SB 780 (Cortese) into law. CALED sponsored this bill based on input from economic development practitioners on how to improve California’s economic development financing tools. Dee Dee Myers, Senior Advisor and Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development stated, “California’s local agencies have long used tax increment financing [...]
View the recording of CALED's webinar with Dee Dee Myers, Senior Advisor and Director, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), Stewart Knox, Undersecretary, California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Gurbax Sahota, President & CEO, CALED and Daniel Carrigg, CALED Strategic Policy Advisor as they highlight the historic investments in supporting economic development in [...]
The California Employment Development Department (EDD) cordially invites you to a virtual panel discussion about some of the key tools we have available to help connect employers with qualified job seekers. Event Details: As California reopens following the pandemic, EDD recently announced that people must start looking for work July 11th to remain eligible for [...]