Enterprise Zone Program
The Enterprise Zone Program has been repealed by legislation. The authority no longer exists to issue hiring tax credit vouchers under this program.
Contact
(916) 263-2771
Purpose
The Enterprise Zone Program at HCD has been responsible for the designation and administrative oversight of the 42 Enterprise Zones authorized by the State legislature. Targeting economically distressed areas throughout California, the program provided special incentives designed to encourage business investment and promote the creation of new jobs. The purpose of the program was to stimulate economic development by providing tax incentives to businesses enabling private sector market forces to revive the local economy. Each Enterprise Zone is administered by its local jurisdiction working with local agencies and business groups to promote economic growth through business expansion, attraction, and retention, while providing an environment to nurture business creation as well.
Enterprise Zone Program Maps and Street Ranges
The End of the Program
Current legislation allows Zones to issue vouchers for the Hiring Tax Credit during 2014 for eligible hires made prior to 12/31/2013. Applications for voucher certificates must be made and the certificate issued by December 31, 2014. Those wishing to apply are urged to do so well ahead of the December 31, 2014, deadline order to allow sufficient time to process the application and certificate.
Latest E-Mail Blasts and Closure Dates
- September 19th Blast: “Announcement of Third-Party Agents for San Diego and W. Sacramento Zones” (DOC)
- September 17th Blast: “Announcement of Third-Party Agent for Antelope Valley” (DOC)
- September 2nd Blast “Announcement of Third-Party Agent for Compton” (DOC)
- August 25th Blast: “Announcement of Third-Party Agents for LA Areas” (PDF)
- Updated Estimated Closure Dates Table (DOC)
- Approved Third-Party Zone Assignments (DOC)
- Directory of Zone Contacts (DOC) - Updated October 2014
- Listing of all Enterprise Zones which have been assigned to Third Party Agents (DOC)
Geographically Targeted Economic Development Areas (G-TEDAs)
California had four types of Geographically Targeted Economic Development Areas (G-TEDAs). Each of these areas had related tax incentive benefits as well as a variety of locally provided incentives and benefits. The purpose of these benefits was to stimulate business investment and job creation for qualified disadvantaged individuals in state-designated economically distressed areas.
These areas were:
- Enterprise Zones (EZs)
- Local Agency Military Base Recovery Areas (LAMBRAs)
- Manufacturing Enhancement Areas (MEAs)
- Targeted Tax Area (TTAs)
Enterprise Zone Program Maps and Street Ranges
Note: These enterprise zone street ranges are provided as a general guide and do not have the power of law. The final determination of eligibility rests with the Department of Housing and Community Development. Each enterprise zone is responsible for updating its street ranges and forwarding the revised and updated ranges to the department as needed. This is the source of the information presented here. Street ranges can and do change for a variety of reasons including Department-approved enterprise zone boundary modifications, Department-approved expansions, and new development. Occasionally, errors do occur and are corrected when discovered. Download Adobe Acrobat to view some of these maps.
As a general rule, addresses which fall within the census tracts specified are considered within the Targeted Employment Area (TEA) even though they may not be specifically listed, as long as they are within the boundaries of the participating jurisdictions. To verify TEA addresses using census tract numbers, check the address on the Census Bureau’s website to determine the tract number.
UPDATE: All TEAs expired on 12/31/13; however, legislation passed to permit the issuance of vouchers based on TEA eligibility until 12/31/14. TEA's based upon 2000 census data expired as of 7/8/13 and can only be used to qualify hires prior to that date. Those zones** which did not release a new TEA based on current census data may not use TEA criteria to qualify employees hired after that date.
Anaheim
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (XLS)
Arvin
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA (XLS)**
Barstow
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (XLS)
Calexico - Imperial County
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Coachella Valley (Coachella, Indio, Thermal)
Map (TIF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (XLS)
Compton
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (XLS) | TEA Census Tracts (XLS) | TEA Map (PDF)
Delano
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Map (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Eureka
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (XLS)
Fresno, City of
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Fresno County
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (XLS)
Harbor Gateway Communities
Streets (XLS) | HG TEA Streets (XLS) | County TEA (XLS)
Hesperia
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Imperial Valley
Map (PDF) | Streets (DOC) | TEA Streets (XLS)
Kings County
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Long Beach
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Los Angeles, East
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | County TEA (XLS)
Los Angeles, Hollywood
Map (PDF) | TEA Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | City TEA (XLS) | County TEA (XLS)
Merced Regional
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Oakland
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | Berkeley Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (PDF)**
Oroville
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (XLS) | TEA Map (PDF)
Pasadena
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (XLS)
Pittsburg/Bay Point
Map (JPG) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (XLS)
Richmond
Map (PDF) | Streets (RTF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Sacramento
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS)
Salinas Valley
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (XLS)
San Bernardino
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
San Diego - Regional
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF) | TEA 2013 (PDF)
San Francisco
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
San Joaquin
Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF) | TEA 2013 (PDF)
San Jose
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Santa Ana
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Santa Clarita Valley
Map (PDF) | TEA Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Sequoia Valley
Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (PDF) | TEA 2013 (PDF)
Shasta County
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Siskiyou County
TEA Tracts (DOC) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Southgate - Lynwood
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (PDF)** | Southgate TEA Streets (PDF)**
Stanislaus (Ceres, Modesto, Stanislaus County, Turlock)
Street Ranges (XLS) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Taft
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (PDF) | TEA Map (PDF)
West Sacramento
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Tracts (PDF)
Yuba-Sutter
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Tracts (XLS)
Note: These enterprise zone street ranges are provided as a general guide and do not have the power of law. Final determination of eligibility rests with the Department of Housing and Community Development. Each community's street ranges are updated as needed. Each zone is permitted to expand throughout its life, thereby adding to its set of street ranges. Occasionally, errors do occur and are corrected when discovered. Download Adobe Acrobat to view some of these maps.
Agua Mansa (Riverside, Colton, Rialto) - Expired: 10/14/2006
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF)
Altadena/Pasadena - Expired: 4/9/2007
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Antelope Valley (Palmdale, Lancaster, Los Angeles County) - Expired: 1/31/2012
Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF) | Lancaster Expansion (DOC)
Bakersfield - Expired: 10/14/2006
Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Calexico - Expired: 10/10/2006
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Coachella Valley (Coachella, Indio, Thermal) - Expired: 10/10/2006
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF)
Delano - Expired: 12/16/2006
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Eureka - Expired: 10/14/2006
Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Fresno - Expired: 10/14/2006
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Kings County (Hanford, Lemoore, Corcoran) - Expired: 6/21/2008
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Lindsay - Expires 10/05/2010
Map (PDF) Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (DOC)
Long Beach - Expired: 1/7/2007
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Los Angeles, Central City - Expired: 10/14/2006
Streets (PDF)
Los Angeles, Eastside - Expired: 1/10/2008
Streets (PDF)
Los Angeles, Harbor Area - Expired: 3/3/2009
Streets (PDF)
Los Angeles, Mid-Alameda Corridor
(Los Angeles, Lynwood, Huntington Park, South Gate) - Expired: 10/14/2006
Streets (PDF) | County of Los Angeles TEA Streets (PDF) | Huntington Park TEA Streets (PDF)
Madera - Expired: 3/3/2009
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Merced/Atwater - Expired: 12/16/2006
Map (JPG) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (XLS)
Oakland - Expired: 9/27/2008
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Oroville - Expired: 11/5/2006
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Pittsburg - Expired: 1/10/2008
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF)
Porterville - Expired: 10/14/2006
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TTA Streets (PDF)
Richmond - Expired: 3/1/2007
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF)
Sacramento, Army Depot - Expired: 10/3/2009
Map (PDF) | Streets (DOC) | 2008 Expansion (DOC)
Sacramento, Northgate/Norwood - Expired: 10/14/2006
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF)
San Diego - South Bay (San Ysidro/Otay Mesa) - Expired: 1/27/2007
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
San Diego - Metro (Southeast/Barrio Logan) - Expired: 10/14/2006
Map (GIF) | Streets (XLS) | TEA Streets (PDF)
San Francisco - Expired: 5/27/2007
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
San Jose - Expired: 12/30/06
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Santa Ana - Expired: 6/7/2008
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF)
Shafter - Expires: 10/3/2010
Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Shasta Metro (Redding, Anderson, Shasta Lake) - Expired: 11/5/2006
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Shasta Valley (Yreka, Weed, Montague) - Expired: 6/21/2008
Yreka map (GIF), Weed map (GIF), Montague map (GIF), Airport map (GIF) | Streets (PDF)
Stockton - Expired: 6/21/2008
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Sacramento, Florin Perkins - Expires: 4/4/2009
Map (PDF) | Streets (DOC)
Sacramento, North - Superseded by the Sacramento Enterprise Zone
Map (PDF) | Streets (XLS)
Watsonville - Expired: 4/30/2012
Map (PDF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Tracts (PDF)
West Sacramento - Expired: 1/10/2008
Map (GIF) | Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Yuba/Sutter (Yuba City, Marysville) - Expired: 10/14/2006
Streets (PDF) | TEA Streets (PDF)
Program Wind-Down
Legislative action has resulted in the repeal of the Enterprise Zone Act and the dissolution of Enterprise Zones. In order to allow Enterprise Zone businesses an opportunity to apply for hiring tax credits already earned for qualified hires made through December 31, 2013, vouchers were applied for and issued until December 31, 2014.
New Economic Development Initiatives
The following new economic development programs are administered by the Franchise Tax Board and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz). Links are provided below:
- Check the Franchise Tax Board's (FTB's) Governor’s 2013 Economic Development Initiative for answers to frequently asked questions regarding the New Employment Credit.
- The FTB offers a Go-Biz tool, California New Employment Credit / DGA Map, to locate the state’s Designated Geographic Areas (DGA) where the New Employment Credit is available.
- Go directly to Go-Biz and the FTB for additional information on all new economic development benefits available.
Policies and Procedures
Periodically the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) notifies Enterprise Zone administrators and other interested parties of important clarifications of departmental policy or to announce changes to HCD forms or operating procedures. This is generally accomplished through a Management Memorandum (Management Memo) in order to affect the change or provide the information in the most expedient manner possible. Check the Grants and Funding Management Memos web page for all memos and the Grants and Funding Program Forms page for all forms pertaining to the program.
Questions?
Inquiries concerning the state’s administration of the Enterprise Zone Program should be directed to:
John Nunn, Jr.
Program Manager, State Enterprise Zone Program
Department of Housing and Community Development
2020 West El Camino Avenue, Suite 650
Sacramento, CA 95833
Telephone (916) 274-0575
FAX (916) 263-2765
e-mail: John.Nunn@hcd.ca.gov
Resources
- Enterprise Zones
- Public Records Request
- Economic Development Areas Manual (Franchise Tax Board)
- Enterprise Zone Act - California Statute, Government Code, Section 7070-7089 (PDF)
- Tax Publications - Franchise Tax Board