Category Archives: CAEZ
Registration Open for CAEZ Conference
Online registration is now open for the 2008 CAEZ conference in Long Beach, October 22-24. Go to www.VisitLongBeach.com/CAEZ.
CAEZ Meeting Update Part 3 – HCD
And finally, CAEZ received an update from Frank Luera of HCD. The Department is in the process of auditing the zones. Frank was very careful to emphasize that the goal of these audits is to strengthen the zones and provide constructive guidence; they are not out there looking for ways to dedesignate zones. He told [...]
CAEZ Meeting Update Part 2
CAEZ also had the benefit of again hearing from Toni Symonds, Chief Consultant, Assembly committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. Toni raised the concern that one of the proposals in the Democratic Conference Committee is a three year suspension of Net Operating Loss carryforwards. Since the last time the NOL was suspended in [...]
CAEZ Meeting Update Part 1
At the CAEZ board meeting yesterday in Sacramento, we had the benefit of hearing a budget update from Tom Sheehy, the Deputy Director for Legislation at the Department of Finance. He provided us with a rather sobering, but extremely clear picture of the fundamental problems behind California’s chronic budget deficits. In a nutshell, since the [...]
CAEZ Board Meeting July 24
The next CAEZ board meeting will be in Sacramento on July 24th. Here is the agenda. That meeting will be followed by a workshop by HCD for those zones that are still in a conditionally approved state on how to complete the MOU phase and obtain final designation. The workshop is only open to jurisdictions [...]
Call to Action: Oppose SB 1103
CAEZ is calling on concerned citizens to oppose SB 1103: SB 1103, Senator Cedillo’s new version of SB 103 which was vetoed by the Governor last year (and which CAEZ opposed), passed the Assembly Committee on Local Government on June 4 and could be scheduled for an Assembly floor vote at any time now. As [...]
2008 CAEZ Conference “Name That Theme” Contest
Long Beach, the 2008 CAEZ Conference hosts have just released the following: The 2008 California Association of Enterprise Zones Training Conference will be held October 22 – 24, 2008 on board the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach. To begin preparing for this year’s conference, organizers are once again opening up the “Name That Theme” [...]
CAEZ Requesting Enterprise Zone Success Stories
CAEZ is looking for Enterprise Zone business and employee success stories to dispel any misconceptions and help promote the EZ program, particularly at this crucial time in the budget process. They are also asking for copies of any letters zones have sent to the Governor or their legislative representatives in support of the program. Please [...]
HCD Updates
The quarterly CAEZ board meeting was yesterday in Sacramento. There wasn’t too much activity except for a substantive report from HCD. So far, only four of the 23 zones conditionally designated at the beginning of 2007 have received their final designation. With the exception of Arvin, all of the others continue to function under the [...]
CAEZ Conference – FTB Updates
CAEZ was lucky enough to have Jeanne Harriman of the FTB available throughout their recent conference. As far as Enterprise Zones go, she’s the closest thing we have to a rock star. The following are some highlights: In September, the Board of Equalization heard the appeal of Taiheiyo Cement and found in favor of the [...]
CAEZ Conference – HCD Updates
A very successful CAEZ conference has just wrapped up in Modesto, CA. I would like to personally express my gratitude to all of those responsible for organizing and executing a great conference, and to all of the presenters who provided practical, relevant and timely information. Thank you. I will post a series of entries on [...]
CAEZ Board Meeting Update
We had a very good meeting of the CAEZ board last week in Sacramento. The highlights were presentations from Team California, Toni Symonds of the Assembly Jobs Committee, and of course, Frank Luera of HCD. Toni introduced us to an important new resource that Committee Staff developed, a white paper entitled “California’s Economic Development Programs: [...]
Next CAEZ Board Meeting: July 26
The next CAEZ board meeting will be this Thursday in Sacramento from 10:00 to 1:30. See the CAEZ website for details. As usual, we should be hearing updates from HCD as well as on the legislative front.
Santa Clarita EZ Shakeup
Carrie Rogers, erstwhile manager of the Palmdale Enterprise Zone, has just become the erstwhile manager of the new Santa Clarita EZ – before it ever got its final designation! The Signal has the whole story: After a little more than two years with the city, Carrie Rogers resigned Friday as Santa Clarita’s marketing and economic [...]
CAEZ Board Meeting On April 23
The next CAEZ board meeting will take place in Sacramento on April 23. This is a schedule change to enable people to attend both this meeting as well as the FTB training the following day. Here is a copy of the agenda [PDF] for the CAEZ meeting.
