Category Archives: HCD
Cathy Creswell Leaving HCD
HCD sent out an email blast today from Cathy Creswell announcing that the Governor has asked her to leave her position with the Department as of February 14: To HCD Stakeholders and Colleagues: A new year brings the promise of new beginnings and renewal. Recently, the Department has undergone a number of changes and faced [...]
Details on the Santa Clarita Enterprise Zone Final Designation Process
This article from the Santa Clarita Valley Signal has some interesting details about the process taking place on the way to final designation of their new Enterprise Zone. All the way at the end, for example, the article notes that: Laura Biery, administrative analyst for the city of Santa Clarita, said the Santa Clarita City [...]
The Antelope Valley Enterprise Zone Expires Today
The Antelope Valley Enterprise Zone expires today, January 31, 2012.
Sacramento Enterprise Zone Received Final Designation
HCD is on a roll. Fast on the heels of new final designations for Anaheim and Sequoia Valley, the new Sacramento Enterprise Zone (which also includes the City of Rancho Cordova) has now received its final designation. This leaves five more conditional zones for HCD to complete by April.
BREAKING NEWS: Anaheim and Sequoia Valley Receive Final Enterprise Zone Designation
On October 10, 2011 HCD issued a memo that they would be moving ahead with the final designation process for eight remaining zones that had previously received conditional designations. In that memo, a 180 day deadline was established for all of those zones to comply with all of their conditions or lose the opportunity to [...]
HCD Announces Three New Listening Sessions
HCD has announce three more listening sessions in January to gather public feedback about possible regulatory changes to the Enterprise Zone program. The full announcement can be found here. There will be meetings on January 18th in Sacramento, on January 23rd in Los Angeles, and on January 26th in Tulare.
Still Waiting for Final Designations
Here is an interesting article in the Santa Clarita Valley Signal regarding the progress HCD is making on issuing final designations to the remaining 8 conditionally designated Enterprise Zones. The article deals with Santa Clarita specifically, but many of the issues could be extrapolated to other zones. The article suggests that final designation will take [...]
Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez Participates in HCD Listening Session
Here is an article from the Imperial Valley Press discussing Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez’s involvement in the HCD “listening session” held last week in El Centro: Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez, D-Coachella, joined business owners, community members, and local officials from the Imperial and Coachella valleys to voice strong support for the protection and strengthening of [...]
HCD to Hold Two “Listening Sessions” This Week
HCD will be holding two “listening sessions” this week to allow for public discussion of their recent proposal to make changes to the Enterprise Zone program using the regulatory process. The first meeting will be Tues. Dec. 6 in San Diego, and the second meeting will be Thurs. Dec. 8 in El Centro.
League of California Cities Reaction to HCD
Here is the League of California Cities reaction to the meeting held by HCD last week: Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown sought to eliminate California’s Enterprise Zone Program, which provides tax incentives to help attract business to the state, retain and expand business and industry, and create job opportunities for Californians. This proposal was ultimately [...]
HCD Proactively Seeking Changes to Enterprise Zone Program
On Wednesday HCD Director Cathy Creswell hosted a meeting in Sacramento for Enterprise Zone stakeholders to provide an update on the memo sent out on October 10, and to explain the Department’s goals and strategy for program reforms. There was a handout listing “Topics for Potential Enterprise Zone Reform.” It was emphasized that these were [...]
HCD Issues Major Memo on Enterprise Zone Administration
The memo can be found here, and the following is the complete text of the memo: This memorandum provides an update and guidance on how the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) will administer the Enterprise Zone (EZ) Program. HCD suspended work on a number of pending EZ designations while Program changes were under [...]
HCD Given Green Light to Issue Zone Final Designations
While we are waiting for final confirmation, sources are saying that HCD has been the green light to issue final designation letters to those Enterprise Zones that are still in their conditional status.
HCD Delaying Zone Designations
At the quarterly CAEZ board meeting on July 14, the Enterprise Zone program manager at HCD, John Nunn, announced that the final designation for the new Sequoia Valley Enterprise Zone in Tulare County would be completed within a matter of days. That has not occurred. As the article reprinted below from RecordOnline.com suggests, the Governor’s [...]
Enterprise Zone Expansion Approved for Indio
From the local CBS affiliate KPSP: The City of Indio has expanded its portion of the Coachella Valley Enterprise Zone boundary, which give tax breaks to businesses. The State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development, who administers the statewide program, approved the 141.5 acre expansion of the enterprise zone in Indio. Now the [...]
