fashion. Many returning and most of the new state legislators express strong support for again using this powerful state-local partnership for job creation. In doing so, they will be following in the footsteps of some great leaders, including their predecessors in the California state Legislature, Governor Pat Brown, President Abraham Lincoln and scores of others, including many city officials. These leaders understood that creating jobs and thriving state and urban areas is not rocket science. It requires vision, persistence and enough public investment to attract private capital and development that produce much-needed jobs for Californians. If we all play our cards right, this year we can summon up our inner Lincolns and lay the groundwork for investing in the kind of California we want for our children and grandchildren. â–
Local and state leaders have an opportunity to recreate tax-increment financing, a vital tool for economic development.
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