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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07261994 - 1.58 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA DATE: July 26, 1994 MATTER OF RECORD LETTER from State Department of Social Service advising the Contra Costa County's Empowerment zone/Enterprise Community Application was certified by the State and forwarded to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington D.C. THIS IS A MATTER FOR RECORD PURPOSE ONLY NO BOARD ACTION TAKEN - STATE OF CALIFORNIA-HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY '= DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 744 P Street, Sacramento, California 95814 JUL 1 2 1994 _ RECEIVED The Honorable Tom Powers, Chairman Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors JUL 1 41994 651 Pine Street Martinez, California 94553 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA CO. Dear Chairman Powers: Congratulations! Governor Pete Wilson and I are pleased to report that your Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community (EZ/EC) application(s) was certified by the state and forwarded to Mr. Henry Cisneros, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in Washington, D.C. on June 28, 1994. Thirty-six applications from 30 local governments were received and certified by the state. I have enclosed a listing of all of the California's local governments that submitted applications. There were many requests for information regarding state government's contribution to the federal EZ/EC program. Governor Wilson enclosed a letter of support with each EZ/EC application, which included a 12-page listing of public policy changes, new legislation, and state programs that will assist communities to achieve the three program goals identified by the federal EZ/EC program. I have also enclosed a copy of the Governor's letter to Secretary Cisneros with the 12-page attachment. The Governor and I believe that California's applications are the most competitive in the nation. This is because our communities demonstrated that state and local governments are reinventing themselves to empower communities based upon the capacity, skills and assets of people at the "grass roots" level and their neighborhoods. The Governor and I thank you for your outstanding application(s) and commitment to this effort to reinvent government. Should you desire additional information, please telephone Ms. Charlene Meeks, Deputy Director, Community Relations Division, at (916) 657-2648. Sincerely, LOISE AN SON Director Enclosures O........S1.... U O GOVERNOR PETE WILSON June 27, 1994 Mr. Henry Cisneros, Secretary U. S . Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community Planning and Development EZ/EC Team, Room 7255 451 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D. C. 20410 Dear Secretary Cisneros : I am pleased to submit California' s applications for the Federal Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community designations . I believe California' s applications are the most competitive in the Nation because, as demonstrated in the attachment, this Administration has enacted critical public policy changes that have fostered the ability of the state and local governments to work together in new and responsive ways . This administration is proud of its efforts to bring government closer to the people . As a result, the people of California have been reinventing government . On behalf of the people of California, I hereby request your consideration for designations as Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities . Sincerely, PETE WILSON Enclosure SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814 (916) 445-2841 State of California The following is a summary of this Administration's public policy changes and state programs that will assist communities to achieve the three program goals identified by the federal Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community (EZ/EC) Program. GOAL: Achieving or maintaining economic self-support to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependencies. GOAL: Achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency, including reduction or prevention of dependency. GOAL: Preventing or remedying the neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children and adults unable to protect their own interests; or preserving, rehabilitating, or reuniting families. 1. Removing Disincentives to Work. This Administration sponsored and signed legislation that increased the amount of money Aid to Families with Dependent Children(AFDC) recipients can keep from employment before their grant is reduced, removed limits on how many hours a month recipients can work, and increased the amount of personal savings and automobile equity a recipient is allowed. 2. Promoting Jobs Skills and Education. Under this Administration, the number of AFDC recipients getting job training from the Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program has increased by 50 percent. Also this Administration created the Cal-Learn program, which rewards teen mothers on AFDC for continuing their education. 3. Employment Service Job Match System. The California Employment Development Department(EDD) has a statewide network of 200 Job Service field offices in various locations. The Job Match program is an automated system that EDD uses to facilitate the match between qualified job-seekers and the job openings EDD receives from potential employers. 4. Job Training Assistance. The California's Employment Development Department administers the Job Training Partnership Act, Title II-A funds that are intended to prepare disadvantaged youth and adults facing serious employment barriers for participation in the labor force. This is accomplished by providing job training and other services that result in increased employment opportunities and decreased welfare dependency. 5. Dislocated Workers. With funds from the Job Training Partnership Act, Title III program, eligible dislocated workers are assisted in obtaining unsubsidized employment through retraining and related employment services and rapid response assistance. California's Employment. Development Department's State Dislocated Worker Unit assists local service providers with rapid response assistance for communities experiencing business closures and mass layoffs, including on-site emergency assistance. 1 State of California 6. Expanding Child Care. To help mothers overcome one of the most common barriers to employment, the ability to find affordable child care, this Administration enacted a subsidy of up to 75 percent of the maximum market rate for child care. In the latest budget year, this Administration provided a total of$187 million to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients for child care -- a 57 percent increase over 1992- 93 levels. 7. Improved Child Sport. Because delinquent child support payments often push mothers onto welfare, this Administration launched a major effort to improve child support collections. This plan, called "Vision for Excellence," resulted from a broad-based analysis of the weaknesses in California's child support system and specific recommendations for improvement. Most of the changes have been made or are well underway toward implementation. Between June 1992 and June 1993, child support collections increased 8.9 percent, with further increases in growth expected over the next several years. 8. Cutting the Cost of Welfare. This Administration reduced welfare grants 12.5 percent below the level since this Administration took office and 25.1 percent below what they would have been had this Administration not suspended automatic cost-of-living increases. This has saved state taxpayers $2.1 billion. 9. Cracking Down on Fraud. This Administration has nearly doubled the number of welfare fraud investigators since 1991-- from 412 to 820. Total savings to the state General Fund is over $200 million annually. In addition, the Welfare Program Integrity Initiative, which seeks to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse, is expected to add nearly $60 million in savings in 1994-1995 and more in the future. 10. One-Stop Shops. This Administration streamlined the state's regulatory system by creating "one-stop shops." Job-creators can get the environmental permits they need to start or expand a business in one place without needless bureaucratic delay. Four shops are already open, and five more were opened throughout the state in April 1994. 11. . Job Opportunities Basic (JOBS) Skills Program. This Administration signed legislation creating the JOBS Program, which gives the state the ability to negotiate new leases, consolidate office space, and create new partnerships between state and local governments. The JOBS Program will also create up to 50,000 new private sector jobs in the design and construction industries. 12. Bringing Government Close to the People. To improve the delivery of government services and to make government more responsive, this Administration launched a historic realignment of state and local government services. In 1991, this Administration shifted the administration of$2 billion in health and social services, and the funds to pay for them, to count:government which can more efficiently administer the services and tailor their delivery-to the needs of the local area. 2 State of California 13. Integrated Service DeliveLy System. This Administration recently signed legislation (AB 1741, Bates) that established a five-year pilot program to allow designated counties to blend a variety of funding streams in order to fund a single integrated service delivery system for high-risk children and families. 14. Environmental Protection. This Administration improved state government's approach to environmental protection by treating the environment as a whole and developing state - policies accordingly, unlike the past approach of dealing with environmental concerns separately and without coordination. The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) became a reality on July 16, 1991. Cal/EPA unified under one roof the Air Resources Board, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Integrated Waste Management Board, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and the State Water Resources Control Board and its regional boards. By bringing the state's environmental protection entities under one agency, this . Administration strengthened California's environmental protection efforts by creating a single point of accountability, increasing coordination of state environmental resources, and reducing bureaucratic redundancy. 15. California Crime Summit. This Administration convened a two-day crime summit bringing together crime victims, law enforcement personnel, public officials, and other leaders from around the state to find the best ways to make California safer. 16. Juvenile Crime Prevention Proposal. This Administration's proposal would provide $10 million to establish pilots across the state to provide a continuum of family support services for families with children from birth and preschool ages through elementary school and into later school ages. Included are a variety of family support, training, and after school activities for children that emphasize healthy families and are targeted to - - - prevent involvement in delinquent activities. 17. Cops Street. To regain our streets from the criminals, this Administration has proposed to recruit and train 500 new California Highway Patrol officers and place them in high- crime areas around the state. 18. Tougher Sentences. This Administration has announced its support for a "Three Strikes, You're Out" initiative, which would double sentences for those convicted of a second felony and impose life sentences for those convicted a third time. This Administration also supports "One Strike, You're Out" for child molesters, rapists, and arsonists to get these criminals off the streets for good. 3 State of California 19. Created the Health Insurance Plan of California. This Administration sponsored and signed legislation(AB 1672, Margolin, 1992) creating the Health Insurance Plan of California(HIPC), the nation's first statewide small business health insurance purchasing pool. Some of the more than 2,500 businesses that have already signed up with HIPC have reduced their health care costs by as much as 40 percent, and 24 percent of these businesses previously did not provide health insurance. HIPC provides insurance to more than 43,000 people. 20. Working Toward Prenatal Care for All Pregnant Women in California. This Administration sponsored and signed legislation (SB 620, Presley) creating the Healthy Start program, which provides funding for school districts to bring existing local health and social services to the school site where they can better serve children. Through prevention and early treatment, Healthy Start aims to improve children's health and to reduce long-term costs. More than 300 schools statewide operate Healthy Start centers. 21. Combating Drug and Alcohol Abuse. This Administration increased the number of treatment programs for drug and/or alcohol abusing pregnant women from 24 to more than 200, and this Administration has provided funding for more than 75,000 students to participate in drug resistance education programs. 22. Increasing Childhood Immunizations. This Administration.signed legislation (AB 3354, Gotch, 1992) that increases the availability of vaccines to doctors and clinics who treat Medi-Cal patients. In 1991 this Administration signed legislation extending immunization requirements to include not just school-aged children, but also young children attending child care centers. The Governor's budget for 1994-95 would provide an additional $20 million to expand California's immunization programs. 23. Fighting Breast Cancer. On October 1, 1993,this Administration signed the Breast Cancer Act of 1993 (AB 478, B. Friedman), raising roughly $30 million annually for breast cancer screenings and research through a two-cent-per-package cigarette tax. In 1992, the Governor signed legislation(AB 2652, Speier) creating a check-off on state income tax forms for contributions to breast cancer research, raising approximately $300,000 annually. 24. Fighting Alzheimer's Disease. This Administration sponsored and signed legislation (AB 281, Filante,. 1991; and SB 831, Mello, 1991) extending the state income tax form check-off for Alzheimer's Disease research and services, raising approximately $500,000 annually. This year the Governor is sponsoring legislation(SB 1494, Mello) to make this check-off permanent, preventing 36 Alzheimer's Day Care Research Centers from closing their doors at the end of 1994. 4 State of California 25. Leading the Fight Against AIDS/HIV. Under this Administration, spending for AIDS/HIV research and services increased 26 percent, to a total of$145 million in 1993-94. By contrast, during the same period, state General Fund spending declined by $4 billion. California was cited by George Washington University as exceeding all other states in the commitment of state resources to HIV prevention and education. 26. Increased Family Planning. This Administration increased the budget for the Office of - Family Planning by 87 percent, saving taxpayers an estimated $100 million in costs that would have been incurred as a result of unwanted pregnancies. When the federal government cut off funding for family planning clinics that simply mentioned the option of abortion, this Administration stepped in with $7 million in state funds to offset the lost federal funds. 27. BabyCal Outreach Campaign. Launched in July 1991, the BabyCal multi-media campaign to fight low birth weight and infant mortality reached 80 percent of women surveyed in California and generated 7,000 calls a month to its toll-free information line. Last year, nearly 90 percent of women surveyed said that the BabyCal advertisements made them feel stronger about getting or continuing prenatal care. The campaign combines research, advertising, and community outreach to inform high-risk pregnant women statewide of the importance of prenatal care and a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy, as well as the availability of state programs such as Medi-Cal and Access for Infants and Mothers (AIM) Program. BabyCal was honored in 1992 by the National Public Health Information Coalition, receiving the top award for Excellence in Public Health, Communication, and Information. 28. Familv Preservation. This Administration has funded and promoted a$37 million family preservation program. In addition, the new Title IV-B Family Preservation and Support Program will be implemented beginning this year. 29. California Policy Academy. In partnership with the Foundation Consortium, the Administration is participating in an intensive training and coaching effort with selected California counties to further capacity to form collaborative approaches to administering and providing services to children and families. 30. CMS/CWS. The state is planning a child welfare services information system. The system is based on principles of functionality, i.e., use and value to front line workers as well as meeting management and planning data needs. 31. Child Abuse Prevention. Under the state's Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment Act, the state allocates approximately $10 million general fund annually to local trust funds and to innovative projects to address and further efforts at child abuse prevention. 5 State of California 32. Early Mental Health Initiative. To prevent mild school problems from becoming major barriers to later successes in both school and adult life, this Administration proposed an initiative in 1991 to assist schools in bring early mental health counseling to children. The Early Mental Health initiative seeks to detect and treat mental health problems in children as early as kindergarten. For the coming budget year, this Administration has proposed increasing funding for the Early Mental Health Program to $20 million, a level sufficient to provide services to an additional 28,000 children. 33. Teen Pregnancy Prevention. In 1991, this Administration launched programs aimed at helping teenage girls at risk of becoming pregnant, including: (a) Education Now and Babies Later(ENABL), an educational program designed to reduce teen pregnancies by helping 12 to 14-year-olds learn and practice the skills necessary to postpone sexual activity. ENABL has served an estimated 180,000 California teenagers since its inception in 1992; (b) The Adolescent Family Life Program (AFLP) provides counseling and support for parenting school-aged teens. AFLP serves an estimated 7,000 teens annually; and (3) The Expanded Teen Counseling Program provides enhanced family planning outreach and counseling services to sexually active teens at the highest risk of becoming pregnancy. As of June 1993, more than 22,000 teens had received this counseling. - 34. System of Care. Innovative mental health services support an integration known as the "Ventura Model".is recognized throughout the nation as an effective method to target and provide mental health services to keep children in the community and out of expensive residential placements. This system of integrated mental health services is now expanded to 11 California counties and continues to prove effective in providing better services as well as holding down costs. 35. Perinatal Substance Exposure Study. Despite the seriousness of perinatal substance abuse in California, this Administration discovered that there was little reliable data on the extent of the problem. Subsequently, this Administration launched the Perinatal Substance Exposure Study (PSES). Approximately $2 million was allocated for the prevalence study to better define the scope of the perinatal substance abuse problem and to better target resources. A two-year project, the PSES is the most ambitious prevalence study ever done in the nation. In September 1993, state results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. 36. Substance Abuse Education for Teenagers. In January 1991, this Administration called upon the Legislature to fund a program of state-mandated drug education for junior high and high school students including a component on the dangers and risks associated with substance abuse during pregnancy. Later in 1991, this Administration allocated an additional $4 million to develop curriculum for teenagers on the dangers associated with substance abuse during pregnancy. 6 State of California 37. Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE). This Administration has used discretionary funds to help finance the DARE program, which provides drug education grants to local education agencies. These agencies, in conjunction with local law enforcement, provide anti-gang and drug abuse instruction to students in grades kindergarten through six. In 1992, students who participated in DARE totalled 75,500. 38. Helpine "At-Risk" Youths Beat Drugs. In October 1993, this Administration entered into a partnership with the California Stop Crime Coalition, of which the Governor is a honorary chairperson, and the California Department of Justice in creating the "Drugs, Pregnancy and You" Campaign. This statewide education program is aimed at teaching high school youth about the dangers of drugs and alcohol during pregnancy. This program is expected to be implemented statewide in 1994. In 1992, the Youthful Offender Parole Board began requiring parolees with a history of selling and/or using drugs to visit local hospitals that care for addicted babies. The program is designed to give parolees a firsthand look at the consequences of using or providing drugs to others. This program was initially implemented on a pilot basis in Fresno, Sacramento, and San Francisco. The program expanded to southern California in January 1994. 39. Women's Health Initiative. This Administration's 1994-95 budget calls for nearly $2 million to enable the California Department of Health Services to improve and . enhance health programs for California's women. 40. Women Infants and Children (WIC) Program. In 1993, this Administration successfully persuaded the United States Department of Agriculture to change its WIC funding allocation process because California was not receiving an equitable share of federal funding. Subsequently, California received an additional $22 million in 1993 to fund the program, and will continue to receive additional funding each year. This has resulted in California's WIC program serving an additional 100,000 participants per month. 41. School Breakfast Program. This Administration expanded the School Breakfast Program by $3 million statewide in 1993. In 1992-93, more than 100 million meals were served to more than 640,000 children daily. In the 1994-95 budget, this Administration proposes increasing funding for the school breakfast program by $3 million. 42. Elder Abuse Prevention. To prevent the tragedy of elder abuse, the California Department of Aging and the Attorney General's Office collaborated to produce a video that focuses on how to recognize, handle, and prevent elder abuse. The video was distributed throughout California through the Aging Services Network. 7 State of California In 1993, this Administration signed AB 21 (Umberg) to specifically target financial abuse of seniors. This Administration did this in response to well-publicized cases of attorneys preparing wills and making themselves the recipient of millions of dollars in cash, stocks, and real estate. In one instance, an attorney received a tax-free $3.5 million bequest from a 98-year-old man whose relatives, according to court documents, said he was "blind and failing in his mental and physical capacities" at the time he signed a new will. The new law enacted by the Governor requires a court to approve any attorney named as a beneficiary in a will. 43. Protection for Senior Consumers. In response to multiple cases of high-pressure door-to- door salesmen who victimize seniors, this Administration signed AB 585 (Hansen) in 1991 to provide seniors greater protection when they are pressured to sign home . solicitation contracts. The new law provides that any purchaser of a personal emergency unit -- most purchasers are seniors -- may cancel the purchase contract any time up to midnight of the seventh business day after signing a home solicitation contract. 44. Protecting Senior Citizens' Resources. This Administration signed AB 2039 (Connolly) in 1991 to continue the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, which links private long-term care insurance and health care service plan contracts, that cover long- term care, with the in-home supportive services program and Medi-Cal. This linkage enables participants to qualify for Medi-Cal benefits, while protecting a portion of their income and resources. 45. Durable Powers of Attorney for Health-Care. Previously, many senior citizens who had signed a durable power of attorney for health care did not realize that the document expired in seven years. Consequently, when a friend or relative of the individual attempted to enforce the document and carry out the individual's wishes, the document was deemed invalid because seven years had passed. To protect the right of seniors to make decision about their health care, this Administration signed AB 793 (Polanco) in 1992, making a durable power of attorney for health care valid indefinitely. In addition, the law maintains that the same document, if validly executed in another state, shall be valid and enforceable in California. Prior to this Administration's action, people who signed these documents in another state would find them unenforceable in California. 46. Lon$-Term Care Insurance. In 1992, this Administration signed SB 1943 (Mello), imposing stricter standards for long-term care insurance policies, thereby improving consumer protection for purchasers of long-term care insurance policies, most of whom are seniors. The Iaw provides people who purchase long-term care insurance with broader, more clearly defined, and better regulated policies. 47. California Senior Legislature. In 1991, this Administration signed AB 281 (Filante) and SB 831 (Mello) to continue to allow citizens to donate funds to the California Senior Legislature by checking a box on their state income tax forms. 8 State of California 48. California Academic Volunteer and Mentor Service. To help thousands of young people in California who lack guidance and mentoring from a caring adult in their lives, this Administration sponsored and signed into law the California Academic Volunteer and Mentor Service Act of 1992 (SB 1114 - Leonard). Because they have the life experience and wisdom kids need, California's seniors have played an important part in the success of this program. 49. Foster Grandparent Program. This volunteer community service program matches 1,218 senior citizens with 705 young people up to age 21 who need an older person to provide guidance and a positive influence in their lives. This Administration's proposed budget maintains its funding level of$366,000. 50. Senior Companion Program. A peer assistance program that provides 400 frail and vulnerable senior citizens with visits and services from roughly 100,low-income senior citizens. This Administration's proposed budget maintains the current funding level of $319,000. 51. Seniors in the Workforce. For the fourth consecutive year, this Administration has issued a proclamation in support of Employ the Older Worker Week. Businesses throughout California are finding that hiring and keeping a trained older work force is vital to maintaining a competitive advantage. 52. Carina for California's Senior Veterans. This Administration has led the fight to establish a second veterans home in California. Currently, the state operates a veterans home in Yountville, in northern California, that accommodates 1,500 veterans and spouses. But, because California is home for nearly three million veterans, another home is needed. By the year 2000, nearly 700,000 veterans ages 60 and over will be living in southern California alone, 200,000 of whom will be 75 years old or older. In 1992, this Administration signed AB 848 (Floyd) authorizing $11 million in bond sales to fund the state share of construction costs for a 400-resident veterans home in Barstow, in southern California. Construction on this facility has begun and completion is expected in early 1996. This is the first veterans home built in California in more than a century. 53. Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) Program. Offers a wide range of health, therapeutic, and social services to more than 6,000 people - most of whom are elderly -- to restore or maintain optimal capacity for self-care, preventing inappropriate or premature institutionalization in nursing facilities. When this.Administration took office in January 1991, there were 64 ADHC sites in California. By June 1994, a total of 86 sites are anticipated to be operational -- an increase of 34 percent. 9 State of California 54. In-home Services for the Frail. This year, this Administration is sponsoring AB 3092 (Goldsmith)to allow counties to continue to increase the fine for illegally parking in handicapped parking spaces. The additional revenue will be used to provide frail elderly citizens with services to make it possible for them to remain in their homes and not be placed in nursing homes. 55. Brown Bag Program. Provides more than 39,000 low-income elderly Californians every - year with fresh produce and food products. This Administration has consistently funded this program at $723,000 a year and has proposed to do the same for the coming budget year. 56. Nutrition Program. Provides more than 19 million nutritious meals annually to 221,000 elderly people. This Administration has maintained funding for this program at $9.5 million and proposes the same funding level for the coming budget year. 57. Multij2uEpose Senior Service Program. Coordinates community service programs to assist 8,300 Medi-Cal frail seniors, preventing or delaying institutionalization. This Administration has maintained funding at$9.8 million since 1991 and proposes the same funding level for the coming budget year. 58. Linkages Program. Provides services and assistance to some 2,000 frail seniors and functionally impaired adults who otherwise would be placed in an institution. This Administration has maintained this program's funding at $2 million and has proposed the same level for the next fiscal year. 59. Supportive Services and Centers. Helps more than 800,000 seniors remain in their home or in a community residential environment by providing a wide range of supportive services, including transportation, in-home services and legal assistance. The funding level of this program has remained stable during this Administration, and is proposed at the same level in this Administration's 1994-95 budget. Additional Commitments Governor's Task Force on Rural Competitiveness The Governor's Office of Planning and Research formed a task force composed of decision makers from state and local government agencies, private entities, and nonprofit organizations involved with rural issues. The task force developed a strategic plan of action to address rural issues and concerns. 10 State of California California Rural Roundtable The Governor's Task Force on Rural Competitiveness, acting on the Administration's directive to embody grassroots participation in statewide policy formulation, created the California Rural Roundtable and held town hall meetings throughout rural California. The California Rural Roundtable was comprised of over 200 experts in subject areas critical to rural California. California Rural Town Hall Meetings Rural town hall meetings provided an opportunity for over 2,000 people to dialogue with members of the Governor's Task Force and the California Rural Roundtable and to offer input concerning the problems and, more importantly, their solutions to rural California's problems. These processes emphasized a "bottom-up" effort in shaping rural California's future. The Town Hall meetings and Rural Roundtable were important steps in defining the challenges and opportunities that await rural California as it heads towards the 21 st Century. California MilitaCE Base Reuse Task Force California Military Base Reuse Task Force was created to promote the speedy conversion of closing California military bases and to maximize their contribution to the state's economy. The task force was charged with the following: ♦ Identify government imposed obstacles to the quick reuse of military bases; e Develop a broad state strategy for converting all closing bases that maximizes their total value for creating jobs and economic activity; ♦ Assist existing state and local efforts in marketing base reuse plans to the federal government and private developers; and e Coordinating all state agencies and departments as it relates to base conversion. California Enterprise Zone Program The Enterprise Zone Program targets economically distressed areas throughout California. Special state and local incentives encourage business investment and promote the creation of new jobs. The purpose of the program is to provide state tax incentives to businesses and to allow private market forces to revive the economy. 11 State of California Los Angeles Revitalization Zone The Los Angeles Revitalization Zone was established to stimulate economic growth, to create jobs, and to rebuild businesses with portions of Los Angeles County that suffered physical and economic damage as a result of the civil disturbances that occurred in 1992. The following is a summary of this Administration's public policy changes that will assist communities to achieve the three Social Services Block Grant program goals identified by the Federal Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program. 12 June 29, 1994 California Department of Social Services State contact: Ms. Charlene Meeks, Deputy Director Community Relations Division (916) 657-2648 CALIFORNIA'S EMPOWERMENT ZONE (EZ) AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY (EC) APPLICATIONS Tota/: 36 applications submitted by 30 local governments 1 . City of Sacramento one urban EC one urban EZ total: two applications 2. City of Anaheim urban EC 3. City of Los Angeles four: urban EC one: urban EZ total: five applications 4. City of National City urban EC 5. City of Hollister rural EC 6. City of Santa Ana urban EC - 2 - 7. City of San Jose urban EC 8. City of Fresno urban EZ 9. City of Pomona urban EC 10. City of San Bernardino urban EC 11 . County of Fresno rural EC 12. City of Oakland urban EZ 13. Imperial County (City of EI Centro) rural EC 14. City of South El Monte urban EC 15. City of San Diego urban EZ 16. City of Shafter - rural EC 17. County of Humboldt rural EC -3 - 18. 3 -18. City of Riverside urban EC 19. Stanislaus County urban EC 20. County of Kings rural EC 21 . City of Santa Cruz urban EC 22. City of Richmond urban EC 23. City of East Palo Alto urban EC 24. County of Merced rural EC 25. City and County of San Francisco Total: two applications for urban ECs 26. City of Bell urban EC 27. County of Santa Barbara urban EC 28. City of Watsonville rural EC