Press Releases

IRVINE, CA (Oct. 23, 2026) — More than 500 business and community leaders gathered Friday at the Hyatt Regency Irvine for the 32nd Annual Economic Forecast Conference, where nationally recognized California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) economists Dr. Anil Puri and...

IRVINE, CA (September 17, 2026) — Orange County Business Council (OCBC) brought together community and business leaders in Huntington Beach Sept. 16 to celebrate the extraordinary courage and dedication of local first responders and frontline heroes. The OCBC 2026 First...

IRVINE, CA (August 14, 2026) — Orange County Business Council (OCBC) announced that Veronica Carpenter, MPA, Chief Administrative Officer for CalOptima Health, Helen Do, Vice President of Payor Contracting for MemorialCare Medical Foundation and Dr. Amy Z. Zeng, Dean and...

IRVINE, CA (July 31, 2026) — How many times should a city have to approve the same project before it's finally allowed to move forward? That is the question facing Garden Grove as the proposed Nickelodeon Hotel confronts yet another...

IRVINE, CA (July 22, 2026) — Orange County elected officials, including members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the California Legislature, shared updates and discussed issues impacting the nation’s sixth-most-populous county at Orange County Business Council’s (OCBC) 2026...

IRVINE, CA (May 14, 2026) — Orange County Business Council (OCBC) announced that Josh Smith, Vice President of School and Community Relations for SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, and Drew Zinser, Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships for Angels Baseball, have joined...