Bidding farewell to dear colleagues is really hard and emotional. Finding the right choice of words is definitely a challenge. After all we’ve shared together, how do you tell folks how much each one means to you while remaining composed and professional? I’m not sure for...
Irvine, CA – December 15, 2021 – Orange County Business Council (OCBC) is proud to announce its 2021 Legislators of the Year in recognition of the Senator and Assemblymember who best represented business priorities in Sacramento and scored the highest among their peers on the...
Irvine, CA – November 19, 2021 – Orange County Business Council (OCBC) today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Ball as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Jan. 1, 2022. An accomplished executive and financial industry leader with experience in both the private and public...
Irvine, CA - November 16, 2021 - Orange County Board of Supervisors, Orange County Business Council (OCBC) and Orange County Health Care Agency, were recently named as finalist for the 2021 Platinum PR Awards for the SafeDineOC campaign. The agencies and OCBC collaborated last year...
Have you ever stopped to think about how remarkable OC’s public sanitation systems are—things we might just take for granted? Oh sure, you now know to only put the three Ps into your toilet. (You know them, right?) But once waste is flushed, Orange County...
Irvine, CA – November 4, 2021 - Orange County Business Council (OCBC) presented its prestigious “Turning Red Tape Into Red Carpet” awards to cities and agencies throughout Orange County whose efforts eliminate barriers to economic growth and foster private sector jobs creation. Now in its eleventh...
Orange County’s local economy is thriving. Unemployment is less than 6 percent and the median household income approaches $95,000*. Nevertheless, inequities still leave many at a disadvantage: skyrocketing housing costs, inflation, supply chain constraints, goods getting to market shelves, high gas prices, and more. Another stark...
Anyone who has gone to the beach or flown out of Southern California recently can tell you, there are a lot of cargo ships moored off coast—100 at last count—waiting for weeks to dock and offload merchandise for all of us. This backlog has pervaded...
There’s a workforce shortage in Orange County. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 110,000 less residents have jobs than pre-pandemic, 55,000 more are unemployed, 52,000 dropped out of the labor force altogether and the unemployment rate is now more than double. How can we overcome this?...
What do you get when you combine California’s high-tech expertise with Orange County’s exceptional green spirit – and add a shot of trademark west coast generosity? You might just get something like Irvine Company Chairman Donald Bren’s donation of more than $100 million in support for...
