California Governor Gavin Newsom visited the Medtronic campus in Irvine on Wednesday to receive Orange County’s comprehensive economic development plan aimed at boosting local industry and job creation.
The plan is part of California Jobs First, an initiative launched by Newsom in 2021 during the pandemic that divides the state into 13 distinct economic regions. Each region, including Orange County which operates as its own region, received $5 million in 2022 to develop area-specific strategies for economic growth.
“Los Angeles, or even the folks up there near Eureka, they all got $5 million,” Newsom said during Tuesday’s press conference. “It’s about regions rising together.”…