California Businesses for Enterprise Zones

Enterprise Zones

The California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business groups are working to promote the strengthening and improvement of the state's enterprise zone program as a tool for economic development. The coalition, California Businesses for Enterprise Zones, opposes attempts to reduce or restrict the program in a manner that harms businesses or impedes local economic development efforts.

Academic Reports Showing Benefits of Enterprise Zones

• How California’s Enterprise Zones Have Saved the State from Decline (2006)
• Do Enterprise Zones Work? (February 2007)
• Report to the California Department of Housing and Community Development on Enterprise Zones (August 2006)

Articles

• Coke Center Moving to Coachella (May 2008)
• Supervisors Approve Enterprize Zone Boundaries (May 2008)
• Despite Inland Jobs Drain, Hope Seen For Area (May 2008)
• California Tax Rates - Highest or Lowest in the Country? It Depends on Your Address (December 2007)
• Socially Responsible Tax Planning (December 2007)
• Incentives for Business in Distressed Communities (May 2007)
• Enterprise Zones Get High Marks (October 2006)
• An Effective Method of Creating and Retaining Companies (May 2006)
• State Policy Puts California Manufacturing at Disadvantage
• Going Green Yields Big Tax Breaks

Enterprise Zone Resources

• Directory of 2008 of Local Economic Development/EZ Contacts
• California State Map of Enterprise Zones and other EDAs
• Maps and Street Ranges (Enterprise Zones and TEAs)
• HCD EZ Forms (Hiring Credit and Vouchering)
• State Contracts and Preference Points (Enterprise Zones and LAMBRAs)

EZ Laws, Regulations, and Tax Agency Links

• California Enterprise Zone Act (California Government Code Sections 7070-7089)
• HCD EZ Regulations (California Code of Regulations, Title 25, Division 1, Chapter 7, Subchapter 21, Articles 1-14)
• Franchise Tax Board Economic Development Areas Manual
• Franchise Tax Board EZ Publications
• Franchise Tax Board Voucher Appeals

EZ Advocacy Resources

• Governor's Fact Sheet: Protecting Enterprise Zones
• Assemblyman Juan Arambula Memo on Enterprise Zones (2008)

CalChamber Resources

• CalChamber Issue Brief on Enterprise Zones
• California Enterprise Zone Program Positive, Effective State Policy (April 2008)
• Taxation 

Enterprise Zone Pro Eyes Level Playing Field for California Businesses

Small Business Advocate of the Year Award winner Blake Christian is a long-time champion for a pressing business concern: assuring the continued viability of the Enterprise Zone (EZ) program in California. Christian, a winner of the California Chamber of Commerce Small Business Advocate of the Year award, is a partner with the certified public accountancy firm Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt, LLC (HCVT) in Long Beach, which has developed EZ expertise over many years. Read more

Staff Contact: Kyla Christoffersen