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Fremont officials present by-right zoning, in-house permitting and preserved industrial land as a model to retain manufacturers
Summary
Fremont officials told the Senate committee their deliberate policies—preserving industrial land, by-right zoning for most manufacturing, an in-house hazardous materials program and workforce partnerships—helped the city host roughly 900 manufacturers and expand manufacturing employment.
Donovan Lazaro, Fremonts economic development director, presented Fremont as a counterexample to statewide manufacturing decline, describing deliberate local policies that kept and expanded industry in the city.
Lazaro said Fremont is "the number 1 manufacturing city in California, home to approximately 900 manufacturing facilities" and that the citys industrial base exceeds…
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