Amador County, California 2021-2025 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Technical Report Table of Contents
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Appendix A Technical Report Amador County, California 2021-2025 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Technical Report Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Demographics ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Education and Talent Supply ...................................................................................................................... 13 Economic Development and Job Creation .................................................................................................. 24 Business Climate and Competitiveness ...................................................................................................... 37 Physical Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................ 42 Equitable and Sustainable Communities .................................................................................................... 54 Threats to Resiliency ................................................................................................................................... 59 Supplemental Information .......................................................................................................................... 63 Amador County 2021-2025 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Technical Report Index of Figures Figure 1. Amador County's Location in the State of California ..................................................................... 5 Figure 2. Amador County's Cities, Communities, and Highways .................................................................. 6 Figure 3. Amador County Population by Age Group ..................................................................................... 8 Figure 4. Amador County Population by Race and Ethnicity ........................................................................ 8 Figure 5. Personal Income ............................................................................................................................. 9 Figure 6. Living Wages in Amador County .................................................................................................. 10 Figure 7. Income and Poverty Rate ............................................................................................................. 10 Figure 8. Cost of Living ................................................................................................................................ 11 Figure 9. TANF-CalWORKS Recipients ......................................................................................................... 11 Figure 10. Medi-Cal Beneficiaries ............................................................................................................... 12 Figure 11. Free and Reduced Meals Recipients .......................................................................................... 12 Figure 12. Educational Attainment ............................................................................................................. 13 Figure 13. Educational Performance ........................................................................................................... 14 Figure 14. Student Performance on State Assessment Tests ..................................................................... 14 Figure 15. High School Drop Out Rate ........................................................................................................ 14 Figure 16. Graduates Eligible for UC or CSU System ................................................................................... 15 Figure 17. Average SAT Scores* (out of 2,400), Amador County ............................................................... 15 Figure 18. Percent of Students Enrolled in English Language Learning Program ....................................... 16 Figure 19. Growth / Decline of Talent Pipeline as Share of Population ..................................................... 20 Figure 20. Columbia College Enrollments in CTE Programs of Study ......................................................... 23 Figure 21. Share of Amador County’s Employment by Industry Sector ..................................................... 24 Figure 22. 10-Year Historical Data for Real (inflation-adjusted) Gold Prices (per ounce) .......................... 27 Figure 23. Amador County Direct Travel Spending in Amador County ($ Millions) ................................... 28 Figure 24. Concentration of Amador County Industries by Employment, 2018......................................... 30 Figure 25. Amador County Industry Earnings, 2017 ................................................................................... 30 Figure 26. Labor Force Participation ........................................................................................................... 34 Figure 27. Average Annual Unemployment ................................................................................................ 34 Figure 28. Unemployment Trends 2020 ..................................................................................................... 35 Figure 29. Inflow / Outflow Commuter Analysis ......................................................................................... 35 Figure 30. Distribution of Amador County Businesses by Size of Employment .......................................... 39 Figure 31. Summary of Amador County Capital Improvement Projects .................................................... 51 Figure 32. Housing Affordability ................................................................................................................. 55 Figure 33. 2020 Median Housing Costs ...................................................................................................... 56 Figure 34. Rental Housing Costs ................................................................................................................. 57 Figure 35. Amador County Crime Rate ....................................................................................................... 57 Amador County 2021-2025 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Technical Report Acronyms Glossary AAD Amador Air District ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADWF Average Dry Weather Flow—average water flow that occurs daily during the dry weather season, based on five-year historic average flows ARSA Amador Regional Sanitation Authority AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination—a nonprofit organization that supplies professional learning for educators to improve college readiness for all students AWA Amador Water Agency AWS Amador Water System CARB California Air Resources Board CAWP Central Amador Water Project CCAP College and Career Access Pathway—program authorizes California Community Colleges to enter into formal partnership agreements with local school districts to expand access to college courses for high school students CEDS Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy COE Centers of Excellence—centers study California’s regional economies and support community colleges by supplying customized data on high growth, emerging, and economically-critical industries, and occupations CRC Central/Mother Lode Regional Consortium—one of seven regional consortia established by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office to implement the Strong Workforce Initiative, provide leadership in the creation and implementation of career education CSCCE Center for the Study of Child Care Employment CSEDD Central Sierra Economic Development District—designated by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to provide coordinated economic development planning CSU California State University CTE Career Technical Education—a program of study that involves a multiyear sequence of courses that integrates core academics with technical and occupational skills thereby provide students with a pathway to postsecondary education and careers CWSRF Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund—a federal-state program that supplies communities low-cost financing for water quality infrastructure projects EDA Economic Development Administration—a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the only federal agency focused exclusively on economic development; facilitates regional economic development efforts EDC Economic Development Corporation—generally a nonprofit organization that focuses on advancing the local or regional economic development EDD California Employment Development Department Amador County 2021-2025 CEDS Technical Report — Page 1 Acronyms Glossary EIFD Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District—provides funding for infrastructure through tax increment financing (the increase in tax revenues generated by development) FAIR Fair Access to Insurance Requirements—an insurance pool established to assure the availability of basic property insurance to people who own insurable property in the State of California and who, beyond their control, have been unable to obtain insurance in the voluntary market FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FTB Franchise Tax Board GDP / GRP Gross Domestic Product or Gross Regional Product—the monetary value of all finished goods and services produced in a region during a specific period HUD U.S. Department