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.

Advocacy Efforts

• California Identifies New Enterprise Zones (September 1, 2009)
• CalChamber Urges Businesses to Join Coalition to Protect Enterprise Zone Program (August 10, 2009)
• Opposition Stalls Proposal Gutting Job-Creating Enterprise Zone Program (May 13, 2009)
• Bill Guts Statewide Local Economic Development Program Bringing Jobs to Distressed Areas (April 15, 2009)

Advocacy Resources

• CalChamber Issue Brief on Enterprise Zones
• Assembly Members Who Represent Enterprise Zones
• Senators Who Represent Enterprise Zones
• California Enterprise Zone Program Positive, Effective State Policy (April 2008)
• Taxation
• Governor's Fact Sheet: Protecting Enterprise Zones
• Assemblyman Juan Arambula Memo on Enterprise Zones (2008)

Studies Show 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)

Laws and Regulations

• 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

Articles

• Coke Center Moving to Coachella (May 2008)
• Supervisors Approve Enterprise 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)
• Enterprise Zone Pro Eyes Level Playing Field for California Businesses (August 10, 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