ONE REGION ONE FUTURE


• Councilmember Tony Young was re-elected to District 4 with 64% of the vote;


• Supervisor Ron Roberts won 48% support against two established opponents advancing to the November election against Stephen Whitburn, who received 22% of the vote; and


• Lori Zapf was the front runner in the District 6 City Council race with 36% of the vote and will face Howard Wayne, who received 25% of votes.


AT THE REQUEST OF TIJUANA’S SECRETARY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Dr. Christina Luhn provided a briefing on the Cali Baja Mega-Region initiative to the City of Tijuana’s Economic Development Council. She also informed policy-makers about the initiative at the Annual Bi-National Mayors Conference in Rosarito, as well as the City of San Diego Rules Committee at a hearing related to the City’s economic development strategy.


BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ATTRACTION/MARKETING


EDC and key partners including CleanTECH San Diego, SDG&E, UCSD, City of San Diego, the San Diego Workforce Partnership, and the South County EDC, are meeting with a German solar company interested in expanding into the region. The company is looking to site a 160,000 to 200,000 square-foot manufacturing facility that will employ 500 with a total investment of $150 million. The company is also considering neighboring states.


In addition, EDC’s Business Development team is working with 15 other clients – two local expansions and 13 companies interested in expanding into the region. The companies, generally small, represent a variety of sectors such as software, cleantech, telecommunications and education.


EDC’s Jason Anderson and Katie Mayfield attended the 2010 BIO International Convention. The convention is the largest global event for the biotechnology industry and was attended by 15,322 industry leaders from 49 states and 65 countries. EDC exhibited with TeamCalifornia and other organizations including BIOCOM and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. More than 100 people visited our booth; we are following up with two companies interested in expanding into the region.


EDC, in conjunction with CleanTECH San Diego and BIOCOM, hosted Victoria Bradshaw, Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency; Doug Hoffner, Undersecretary of Labor and Workforce Development; and Joel Ayala, Director, Governor’s Office of Economic Development, for a two-day visit to San Diego. The delegation was interested in learning about San Diego’s cleantech sector and specifically the region’s work in biofuels. While here, the delegation met with a variety of organizations including San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology, Sapphire Energy, and General Atomics.


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Q2 2010 Report to Investors and Regional Stakeholders


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