PRESS CONFERENCE: STATE PROPOSAL THREATENS LOCAL 10,000 JOBS PROGRAM

 

 

NEWS FROM DON KNABE

Supervisor, Fourth District

County of Los Angeles

822 Hahn Hall of Administration

 

 

 

        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                           Contact:         David A. Sommers

                                                                                                                                        (213) 974-1095

                                                                                                                                        (213) 453-6446 (cell)

 

 

Attn: News Assignment Editor

 

 

PRESS CONFERENCE: STATE PROPOSAL THREATENS LOCAL 10,000 JOBS PROGRAM

 

 

 

DATE/TIME	Thursday, June 4, 2009 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
WHAT	Press Conference to give an update on the status of Los Angeles County’s new 10,000 Jobs Program, including program challenges due to the State’s potential elimination of the CalWORKs Program.
STORY	The County of Los Angeles has launched a new program seeking to create as many as 10,000 temporary jobs in Los Angeles County with funding made available in the Federal Stimulus Package.  The program will utilize over $100 million in federal funding to create subsidized employment opportunities in County departments, private sector employers, non-profit organizations, and in cities across Los Angeles County.  Nearly 400 employees have already been hired through the program. The program, which will try and place 10,000 unemployed local workers in financially subsidized positions, could be derailed by a potential State cut of the CalWORKs Program.
WHO	Speakers include: The Honorable Don Knabe, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Fourth District, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Zoraida Cruz, Participant/Employee, Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment Jackie Jones, Employer, Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment   Other attendees include representatives from the following: The County of Los Angeles Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce  Center for Nonprofit Management United Way Los Angeles South Bay Workforce Investment Board United Job Creation Council
LOCATION	Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, California  90012   Press Conference will take place on the Temple Street steps, which are located on the north side of the Hall of Administration, facing the Cathedral.   A mult-box will be available for media plug-ins.