SACRAMENTO —Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Palmdale) announced Thursday that Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 2389, a measure to create and retain aerospace industry jobs in California.
“We have been focusing on economic recovery and job creation,” said Fox. “This tax credit will help California gain and retain high-paying jobs for our people.”
AB 2389 will directly create 1,100 aerospace jobs in California, and will indirectly create 4,782 jobs in supporting fields.
Assemblymember Fox, working in collaboration with the Governor’s Office of Business Development, Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), and the aerospace industry developed this credit to specifically help aerospace companies currently bidding on Federal Department of Defense projects.
Assembly District 36 is home to Plant 42, the Mojave Air and Space Port, Edwards Air Force Base, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Space X, Virgin Galactic, and hundreds of other aerospace companies.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are the two largest private employers in the district.
“California is open for business,” said Fox. “The success of aerospace companies will spill over to supporting industries and help to pull our state out of the Great Recession completely.”
More information is available at www.asmdc.org/fox.
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Gary J. says
Good try, but this law is actually an anti-Northrop Grumman, pro-Lockheed Martin law. Because it only applies to “subcontractors” (not prime contractors), it hurts Northrop–who is bidding as prime–and helps Lockheed–who is bidding as a subcontractor (to Boeing).
Don’t choose winners and losers, Fox and Knight. Give the tax breaks to both sub- and prime- contractors, both Northrop and Lockheed.
Mark says
Yes. This law is not about “aerospace”, it’s about “Lockheed”.
The Lockheed Tax Credit Law.
DeserTBoB says
Want some cheese to go with that WHINE? Lockheed’s always been the biggest employer at Plant 42, and adds the most to the local economy. Northrop? Ehhh…they’re finished as a prime on anything. BTW, there are now several fuselages for the (ooops…can’t say) project at Plant 42, undoing BushBird’s raid of jobs on the Antelope Valley back when he was running amok. Jobs WILL start coming back here…well-paying union jobs that float everyone’s boat. Why do you think house prices on these local cracker boxes are starting to go up?
Gary J. says
You’re kind of making my point.
Decisions such as who gets tax credits are supposed to be above the level of idiots like you. They’re not supposed to pick winners and losers.
If, as you say, “Northrop is done as prime”, then Fox should let that play out, let Northrop bid on a level playing field with Northrop, and lose.
But as it is, Fox just cut Northrop off at the knees. They can’t compete with one-sided giveaways to Lockheed.
AB 2389 in the Senate says
Steve Knight (R) presented AB 2389 on the Senate floor…
http://district21.cssrc.us/content/senator-knight-presented-assembly-bill-2389-senate-floor
Stinger says
Good on Senator Knight for recognizing a good bill when he sees one and supporting Fox’s bill in the Senate as the primary torchbearer there.
William says
When it comes to Steve Knight, I recall being at his town hall meeting about 3 or 4 years ago when a woman asked him about voter fraud, that ‘snipe’ that republicans having been hunting for years.
He agreed that it was a problem and said he opposed funding for polling places on University of California and California State Universities because they weren’t equipped to handle the crowds. Nonsense. That’s what universities are set up for-crowds.
Anyway, that was before the republicans began legislating ‘voter suppression’ laws in earnest state by red state.
He was in on the republicans’ effort at voter suppression before it became widely known. It’s not just about photo IDs but restricting days and hours, moving polling places to hard to reach locations and anything that republicans can think of that would burden and discourage Democratic voters, especially college students, the elderly and minorities.
Anyone who does that should automatically be disqualified from holding elected office and the other guy he’s running against isn’t any better.
Steve Knight has voted mostly “Nay” while in Sacramento and collecting a nice paycheck for his efforts. Fox has done more in his short time for the Antelope Valley than Knight has done in all his years. He just wants on the gravy train that McKeon rode.
DeserTBoB says
Those cops in “Seamy” Valley will turn out in droves for Strickland, and the GOP/Tea ‘Tard base in Antelope Valley is on the wane. It’s quite possible that Strickland will get it, who’ll then be a “one-term wonder,” and then Fox will move up to the state Senate and win. The old AV GOP formula (school district or some other moron post, then mayor, then Assembly, and then to Congress) isn’t working anymore. Ol’ “Buck-O’s” dreams of running for the Senate seat are done, so we won’t have to deal with him (or “Car Wreck” Parris) much longer.
William says
I hope you’re right. Knight hasn’t done anything in Sacramento but vote ‘No’ on everything and cash his paycheck. He just wants on the gravy train like the Runners and McKeon before him.
Stinger says
Another excellent reason to keep Fox in office in Sacramento.
Look, I have nothing bad to say about Lackey. He’s a good man. But that darned (R) after his name puts him at a huge disadvantage in Sacramento for getting things done for us here in the AV.
Fox has been one of our most successful Assemblymen in many years in getting things done to benefit ALL AV residents, irrespective of their political stripes, and in bringing back more of the money that we all send up there, to the tune of millions (yes millions) of dollars.
William says
Much agreed. We dodged a bullet when Steve Fox got elected.
QHR says
Outstanding!