California Jobs First
California Jobs First Regions
The California Jobs First program (formerly called CERF), sourced from the State General Fund, will distribute $600 million across to 13 regions across California. The program will:
Support the development of inclusive regional planning processes in order to produce regional strategies for economic development efforts that prioritize the creation of accessible, high-quality jobs in sustainable industries.
Invest in projects proposed by regional planning tables that align with regional strategies and meet criteria for equity, job quality, and sustainability, among others.
Align and leverage state investments (e.g., High Road Training Partnerships, community capacity building programs), federal investments (e.g., Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), and philanthropic and private-sector investments in regions to maximize economic development efforts.
We and many partners in this network are presently working with several of the California Jobs First regions to encourage investment in regenerative meat production infrastructure.
| Region | Counties | Lead Org | Link | Point of Contact | Contact email |
| Capital | Yolo, Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Yuba, Sutter, Colusa | Valley Vision | https://www.valleyvision.org/projects/we-prosper-together/ | Alana Ramsay | alana.ramsay@valleyvision.org |
| North State | Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity | North State Planning and Development Collective | https://www.nspdc.csuchico.edu/#/nspdc/californiajobsfirst(formerlycerf) | Courtney Farrell | cafarrell@csuchico.edu |
| Redwood Coast | Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino | California Center for Rural Policy | https://ccrp.humboldt.edu/redwood-rise | Alisha Hammer | Alisha.Hammer@humboldt.edu |
| Bay Area | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma | All Home | https://www.allhomeca.org/california-jobs-first/ | Jay Banfield | jbanfield@allhomeca.org |
| Northern San Joaquin Valley | Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus | Merced County Workforce Development Board | https://northvalleythrive.org/ | Erick Serrato | Erick.Serrato@countyofmerced.com |
| Eastern Sierra | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Tuolumne | Sierra Business Council | https://sierrajobsfirst.org/ | Eric Robins | cerf@sbcouncil.org |