California Economic Development Partnership

www.labor.ca.gov/cedp/default.htm.

Established in 2005, the Economic Development Partnership (Partnership) is an interagency team of the Governor's Cabinet. Its purpose is to coordinate all of the state economic development activities.

The Partnership brings together state administration resources in collaboration with regional and local economic development organizations, and other public and private expert resources to retain, expand, and attract jobs in California.

The Secretaries of Business Transportation & Housing and the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA), along with the Director of the Department of Food and Agriculture, take the lead in Partnership activities. The Partnership's specific activities are:

  • Operating the California Business Portal as a one-stop resource for starting, growing, financing, expanding or relocating a business to California;
  • Mobilizing Action Teams to coordinate state, regional, and local resources to actively assist with business expansion, retention and job attraction;
  • Ensuring that the California Economic Strategy Panel's strategic initiatives are merged with existing state economic development programs, along with information developed by the California Regional Economies Project; and,
  • Developing specific international trade promotion strategies with the California International Trade Partnership Council.