RESEARCH
The Orange County Business Council's Research Department is lead by Dr. Wallace Walrod, who serves as OCBC's Vice President of Research and Communications. Dr. Walrod has lead strategic projects with many prominent organizations. His work includes designing innovative programs, strategies, and policy solutions for private industries, government, and private foundations, including the Orange County Community Indicators and Workforce Assessment projects.
Dr. Walrod is also the Founding President of the Center for a New Orange County, which plays a key role in shaping Orange County’s economic future.
Links to Dr. Walrod's research reports and studies are captioned below:
OCBC's Workforce Housing Toolkit is a guide for public officials and policy makers, the business community, and the public residing in Orange County. Found within the toolkit are strategies and programs that provide the tools residents of Orange County can use to establish policies for making workforce housing available and affordable for the long-term. The Housing Toolkit Website presents information on the latest housing developments, programs and strategies that impact the availability and affordability of workforce housing. These tools and case studies may be found locally in Orange County as well as throughout the state of California.
OCBC's 2008-09 Orange County Workforce Indicators Report -- a product of the research partnership between the Orange County Business Council, County of Orange, and Orange County Workforce Investment Board (OCWIB) -- examines the growth of industry and employment, salary and wage trends, demographic changes and the educational attainment of Orange County students.
A first-of-its-kind examination of the past, current and future supply of housing in Orange County. The product of over a year of research by OCBC Vice President of Research, Dr. Wallace Walrod, the Scorecard is intended to act a starting point to foster dialogue to address the critical shortage of workforce housing throughout Orange County.
The Community Indicators Project is a research project led by the Orange County Business Council, County of Orange, and Children and Families Commission of Orange County. The annual Orange County Community Indicators Reports provides balanced measurements of the factors that contribute to sustaining Orange County vitality: a healthy economy, education and technology capacity, social and civic engagement, high quality of life, public safety, and environmental well-being.
This Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) provides the roadmap for government, and the nonprofit
community to collaborate more effectively in ensuring Orange County’s quality of life is available to everyone, particularly
in qualified Red-Zone census tracts.
The CEDS is an economic development
planning tool which provides an opportunity for the County to understand the needs and ensure that collaboration occurs
with Orange County municipalities. The data, maps and appendices include the most recent research available on highunemployment
and low-income communities. The report presents economic and social indicators to create targeted
economic development goals and objectives.
For more on OCBC's Economic Development activites, contact Dr. Wallace Walrod.
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Fuel serves a vital role in California’s economy. Fueling California has commissioned the Orange County Business Council (OCBC) to analyze the factors that impact fuel supply and costs in California. The primary purpose of this report is to examine the crucial relationship between California fuel policies and the related costs and economic impacts borne by California consumers, both households and businesses. This analysis will determine “what makes California different” than other states in terms of fuel standards and policies. Out of this understanding, new policy initiatives can be developed which can help alleviate future “fuel spikes” caused by California’s differences from other state and national policies.
The overarching question considered in Fueling California’s research is: Why Are California Gasoline Prices Consistently Higher and More Variable Than Those in Other States?
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