Below are some of my favorite thoughts that he posted, “We are in a time of double-digit unemployment rates, significant underemployment, minimal economic diversity, budget deficits, and a record-high of inventory of vacant business and industrial space. Expansion, not elimination of the California Enterprise Zone program that rewards businesses and employees for locating and expanding in economically challenged neighborhoods, including a large portion of Long Beach, should be encouraged.

The California Enterprise Zone (EZ) Program does exactly that, which is why we will be asking you to follow our lead and contact your representatives in Sacramento and urge them to protect the Enterprise Zone Program and oppose any attempt to dissolve or decrease enterprise zone areas or incentives.

Tax incentives that are part of Enterprise Zones include such things as equipment, hiring, worker credits, tax deductions, and preference points that can help them secure state-sponsored contracts. In other words, tools that attract businesses and promote economic development.”