Press Releases

IRVINE, CA (October 30, 2025) — Orange County Business Council (OCBC) and California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) hosted the 31st Annual Economic Forecast Conference at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, drawing roughly 500 attendees. The conference featured nationally recognized economists Dr. Anil K....

IRVINE, CA (October 24, 2025) — Orange County Business Council (OCBC) is proud to announce its 2025 Legislators of the Year: Senator Kelly Seyarto, Senator Tony Strickland and Assemblymember Diane Dixon. This award recognizes Orange County lawmakers who demonstrate exceptional...

IRVINE, CA (September 19, 2025) — Orange County Business Council (OCBC) brought together community and business leaders on September 18 in Huntington Beach to celebrate the extraordinary courage and dedication of local first responders and frontline heroes. The Orange County...

IRVINE, CA (August 15, 2025) — Orange County’s federal, state and regional legislative representatives shared updates and discussed issues impacting the nation’s sixth-most-populous county at Orange County Business Council’s (OCBC) 2025 Legislative Day on August 14 before a sold-out audience...

IRVINE, CA (August 8, 2025) — Orange County Business Council (OCBC) announced today that Sydney Aylward, Relationship Executive of Government Banking for JPMorganChase, Duane Cave, President of Moulton Niguel Water District, and Thomas A. Turk, Ph.D., Interim Dean and Professor...

IRVINE, CA (July 28, 2025) — Orange County Business Council (OCBC) is proud to announce the recipients of to $4.6 million in funding through the California Jobs First (CJF) initiative, supporting a range of high-impact, job-creating projects across Orange County. Since 2023, OCBC...