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GO‑Biz moves California Jobs First from planning to implementation
Summary
The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO‑Biz) told an Assembly budget subcommittee it has moved California Jobs First from planning into implementation, highlighting a 10‑year statewide economic development strategy and initial investments focused on tradable sectors and regional planning.
Dee Dee Myers, director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, told the Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5 on State Administration that GO‑Biz is shifting the California Jobs First program from planning to implementation and will continue to coordinate multiagency investments over a 10‑year strategy.
Myers described California Jobs First — formerly the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) — as the state's first statewide economic development strategy in 20 years and said the administration had moved “from the planning phase into the implementation phase.” She said GO‑Biz has engaged communities and is dedicating resources to follow through on the blueprint.
Why it matters: GO‑Biz framed the initiative as a long‑term, regionally tailored approach to support tradable sectors while strengthening local “anchor” services (child care, health care,…
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