WORKFORCE SERVICES DIRECTIVE. This policy officially identifies California s regional planning units.

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1 WORKFORCE SERVICES DIRECTIVE Attachment C Number: WSD15-17 Date: February 24, :175:rc TO: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SUBJECT: CALIFORNIA WIOA REGIONAL PLANNING UNITS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose This policy officially identifies California s regional planning units. Scope This directive applies to all Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Boards) and their chief elected officials (CEOs). Effective Date This directive is effective on the date of issuance. REFERENCES Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Public Law ) Sections 106(a) and (c) STATE-IMPOSED REQUIREMENTS This directive contains only state-imposed requirements. FILING INSTRUCTIONS This directive finalizes Workforce Services Draft Directive WSDD-116, issued for comment on April 30, The California Workforce Development Board received 28 comments during the draft comment period. These comments resulted in changes to the directive. A summary of comments is provided as Attachment 5. Retain this directive until further notice. The EDD is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Workforce Services Division / P.O. Box / MIC 50 / Sacramento CA Page 1 of 3 Page 1 of 13

2 BACKGROUND The WIOA Section 106 includes a requirement that the Governor identify planning regions in the state and enumerates specific elements that must be considered as part of this process. The purpose of identifying regions is to align workforce development activities and resources with larger regional economic development areas and available resources to provide coordinated and efficient services to job seekers and employers. The WIOA also requires the Governor to consult with the Local Boards and CEOs in the Local Workforce Development Areas (Local Areas). POLICY AND PROCEDURES Local Board placement in regional planning units is based primarily on the location of WIOA client populations and the way these populations fit into regional economies as defined by economic data including commute patterns, industry composition, labor markets, geographic location, and transportation infrastructure. Boundaries of the proposed regional planning units were largely set by giving weight to the foregoing economic data and by starting with regional economic market boundaries drawn by the Employment Development Department s Labor Market Information Division (LMID). These regional economic market boundaries were then modified to take into account the number of Local Areas in a region, the size of the area covered, and the boundaries and planning regions of existing regional workforce consortia. In addition, the following principles and other considerations were also applied to initially develop the boundaries of regional planning units: Principles Local Boards will only be required to plan in one regional planning unit. Local Boards will always plan in the macro-regional economic markets where the majority of their populations are located. Regional planning units respect the existing administrative boundaries of counties and Local Boards. Regional planning boundaries provide some deference to existing planning relationships provided that Local Boards plan inside the macro-regional economic market where the majority of their populations reside. Regional planning units carved out of larger regional economic markets correspond, as much as possible, with the boundaries of sub-regional economic markets. Other Considerations Regional planning unit boundaries are typically consistent with or nested inside the historical economic development area boundaries determined by California s nonoperational Economic Strategy Panel. Page 2 of 3 Page 2 of 13

3 An examination of the location and number of Adult Education providers in the Adult Education consortia was undertaken to ensure that there were a sufficient number of providers in each regional planning unit. ACTION Bring this guidance to the attention of all concerned parties. INQUIRIES If you have any questions regarding this directive, contact Daniel X. Patterson at Daniel.Patterson@cwdb.ca.gov or /S/ JOSÉ LUIS MÁRQUEZ, Chief Central Office Workforce Services Division Attachments are available on the internet: 1. Regional Planning Units 2. Map of WIOA Regional Planning Units 3. Regional Planning Unit Methodology 4. Map of LMID Economic Regions and Subregions for Regional Economic Analysis Profiles 5. Summary of Comments Page 3 of 3 Page 3 of 13

4 Attachment1 RegionalPlanningUnits 1. CoastalRegion(4LocalWorkforceDevelopmentBoards[LocalBoards]):Monterey,San LuisObispo,SantaBarbara,SantaCruz CountiesIncluded(4):Monterey,SantaCruz,SantaBarbara,SanLuisObispo MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:Salinas,SantaMaria,SantaBarbara,Monterey,SanLuis Obispo,SantaCruz 2. MiddleSierra(1LocalBoard):MotherLode CountiesIncluded(4):Amador,Calaveras,Mariposa,Tuolumne MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:Sonora,AngelsCity 3. Humboldt(1LocalBoard):Humboldt CountiesIncluded(1):Humboldt MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:Eureka 4. NorthState(1LocalBoard):NORTEC Counties Included (11): Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Nevada,Sierra,Plumas,Lassen MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:Redding,Chico,Paradise,Oroville,Truckee,Susanville 5. CapitalRegion(4LocalBoards):GoldenSierra,NorthCentralCountiesConsortium,SETA, Yolo CountiesIncluded(9):Alpine,Sacramento,Yolo,Sutter,Colusa,Glenn,Yuba,Placer,El Dorado MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:Sacramento,ElkGrove,Roseville 6. EastBay(4LocalBoards):ContraCostaCounty,Alameda,Richmond,Oakland CountiesIncluded(2):ContraCosta,Alameda Major City Populations in Region: Oakland, Fremont, Concord, Berkeley, Richmond, Antioch Page1of3 Page 4 of 13

5 Attachment1 7. NorthBay(5LocalBoards):Marin,NapaLake,Sonoma,Solano,Mendocino CountiesIncluded(6):Marin,Napa,Lake,Sonoma,Solano,andMendocino MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:SantaRosa,Vallejo,Fairfield,SanRafael,Napa,Ukiah 8. BayPeninsula(4LocalBoards):SanFrancisco,NOVA,SanJose,SanBenito CountiesIncluded(4):SanFrancisco,SanMateo,SantaClara,SanBenito MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:SanJose,SanFrancisco,Sunnyvale,SantaClara,Daly City,SanMateo,PaloAlto 9. San Joaquin Valley and Associated Counties (8 Local Boards): Fresno, KernInyo Mono,Kings,Madera,Merced,SanJoaquin,Stanislaus,Tulare CountiesIncluded(10):Fresno,Kern,Inyo,Mono,Kings,Madera,Merced,SanJoaquin, Stanislaus,Tulare MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:Fresno,Bakersfield,Stockton,Modesto,Visalia,Clovis, Merced 10. SouthernBorder(2LocalBoards):SanDiego,Imperial CountiesIncluded(2):SanDiego,Imperial MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:SanDiego,ChulaVista,Oceanside,Escondido,Carlsbad, ElCajon 11. Los Angeles Basin (7 Local Boards): Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, Foothill, SoutheastLosAngelesCounty,SouthBay,Verdugo,PacificGateway CountiesIncluded(1):LosAngeles Major City Populations in Region: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Clarita, Glendale, Lancaster,Palmdale,Pomona,Torrance,Pasadena,ElMonte,Downey,Inglewood,West Covina,Norwalk,Burbank,Carson,Compton,SantaMonica 12. Orange(3LocalBoards):SantaAna,Orange,Anaheim CountiesIncluded(1):Orange MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:Anaheim,SantaAna,Irvine,HuntingtonBeach,Garden Grove,Orange,Fullerton,CostaMesa,MissionViejo Page2of3 Page 5 of 13

6 Attachment1 13. InlandEmpire(3LocalBoards):Riverside,SanBernardinoCounty,SanBernardinoCity CountiesIncluded(2):Riverside,SanBernardino Major City Populations in Region: Riverside, San Bernardino, Fontana, Moreno Valley, RanchoCucamonga,Ontario,Corona,Victorville,Murrieta,Temecula,Rialto 14. Ventura(1LocalBoard):Ventura CountiesIncluded(1):Ventura MajorCityPopulationsinRegion:Oxnard,ThousandOaks,SimiValley,SanBuenaventura Page3of3 Page 6 of 13

7 WIOA Regional Planning Units Humboldt North State Capital Regional Planning Unit Boundary Local Workforce Development Area (LWDA) County Boundary within LWDA North Bay Capital East Bay Middle Sierra Bay- Peninsula San Joaquin Valley and Associated Counties Coastal Ventura Los Angeles Basin Inland Empire Orange Southern Border Cartography By: Labor Market Information Division California Employment Development Department July 2015 Page 7 of 13 File: C073

8 HowtheRegionsWereDetermined Attachment C Attachment3 LocalWorkforceDevelopmentBoard(LocalBoard)placementinregionalplanningunitsisbased primarilyonthelocationofworkforceinnovationandopportunityact(wioa)clientpopulations andthewaythesepopulationsfitintoregionaleconomiesasdefinedbyeconomicdataincluding commutepatterns,industrycomposition,labormarkets,geographiclocation,andtransportation infrastructure. Boundaries of the proposed regional planning units were largely set by giving weight to the foregoingeconomicdataandbystartingwithregionaleconomicmarketboundariesdrawnby the Employment Development Department (EDD) Labor Market Information Division (LMID). Theseregionaleconomicmarketboundarieswerethenmodifiedtotakeintoaccountthenumber oflocalareasinaregion,thesizeoftheareacovered,andtheboundariesandplanningregions ofexistingregionalworkforceconsortia.thecaliforniaworkforcedevelopmentboard(state Board) also took into account the location of regional consortia providing Adult Education servicesandeconomicdevelopmentareas. LMIDMethodtoDrawRegionalEconomicMarketBoundaries 1. The LMID started by dividing California into regions based on geography and transportationinfrastructure. 2. TheLMIDusedcommutepatterndata(U.S.CensusBureau)andindustryemployment data(lmid)toidentifythelargestemploymentcenterineachregion(asmeasuredbythe numberofjobsinacountyandthenumberofpeopleenteringthecountyfromelsewhere foremployment). 3. The LMID used commute pattern data (U.S. Census Bureau) to identify whether surroundingcountieswithinaregionwereattachedtothe"largestemploymentcenter" countyasmeasuredbycommutepatterns. 4. Forcountieswithoutaclearregiondesignationasbasedonthestepsabove,LMIDused labormarketandindustryemploymentdata(lmid)toevaluatethelabormarketsizeand industrycompositionofacounty.thelmidthenusedthisanalysistoplacecountiesin regionalmarketsbasedonwhetherornotthecounty'slabormarketwassimilarinsize totheregionalmarketand/orwhetherithadasimilarindustryfootprint. 5. Usingtheforegoingmethodology,theLMIDarrivedat8macroregionalmarketsand19 subregionaleconomicmarkets. PrinciplesUsedbytheStateBoardtoModifyMarketBoundariesandDrawPlanningUnit Boundaries LocalBoardswillonlyberequiredtoplaninoneregionalplanningunit. LocalBoardswillalwaysplaninthemacroregionaleconomicmarketswherethemajority oftheirpopulationsarelocated. Regionalplanningunitsrespecttheexistingadministrativeboundariesofcountiesand LocalBoards. Page1of3 Page 8 of 13

9 Regionalplanningboundariesprovidesomedeferencetoexistingplanningrelationships providedthatlocalboardsplaninsidethemacroregionaleconomicmarketwherethe majorityoftheirpopulationsreside. Regionalplanningunitscarvedoutoflargerregionaleconomicmarketscorrespond,as muchaspossible,withtheboundariesofsubregionaleconomicmarkets. OtherConsiderations Regional planning unit boundaries are typically consistent with or nested inside the historical economic development area boundaries determined by California s defunct EconomicStrategyPanel. AnexaminationofthelocationandnumberofAdultEducationprovidersintheAdult Educationconsortiawasundertakentoensurethattherewereasufficientnumberof providersineachregionalplanningunit. HowtheRegionsWereModified Simplicity SomeLocalBoardsstraddletheeightmacroregionaleconomicmarketsidentifiedbytheLMID. Tokeepthingssimple,LocalBoardsareonlyplacedinoneregionaleconomicmarketandonly requiredtoplaninasingleregionalplanningunit. LocalBoardswillonlyberequiredtoplaninoneregionalplanningunit. ClientNeeds Keepinginmindtheneedsofthejobseeker,LocalBoardsarerequiredtoplaninregionalplanning unitstiedtothemacroregionaleconomicmarketswherethemajorityofthepopulationsthey servearelocated. LocalBoardswillalwaysplaninthemacroregionaleconomicmarketswherethemajority oftheirpopulationsarelocated. Practicality Some macroregional economic markets are too big, or contain too many Local Boards to functionpracticallyasregionalplanningunits.intheseinstancesregionalplanningunitswere carvedoutofeconomicmarketsusingthefollowingthreeprinciples: Regionalplanningunitsrespecttheexistingadministrativeboundariesofcountiesand LocalBoards. Regionalplanningboundariesprovidesomedeferencetoexistingplanningrelationships providedthatlocalboardsplaninsidethemacroregionaleconomicmarketwherethe majorityoftheirpopulationsreside. Page2of3 Page 9 of 13

10 Regionalplanningunitscarvedoutoflargerregionaleconomicmarketscorrespond,as muchaspossible,withtheboundariesofsubregionaleconomicmarkets. Regional planning units primary purpose is to provide coordinated service delivery to both industry and job seekers who enter employment relations within a given labor market. Accordingly,LocalBoardsshouldplanandcoordinateservicedeliveryregionallyonthebasisof sharedlabormarketdynamics.doingsorequiresthatthestatekeepregionalplanningunits boundaries in alignment, as much as is practically possible, with the location of the regional economicmarketswheretheirpopulationsreside. OtherConsiderations Regional planning unit boundaries are typically consistent with or nested inside the historical economic development area boundaries determined by California s defunct EconomicStrategyPanel. AnexaminationofthelocationandnumberofAdultEducationprovidersintheAdult Educationconsortiawasundertakentoensurethattherewereasufficientnumberof providersineachregionalplanningunit. Page3of3 Page 10 of 13

11 LMID Economic Regions and Subregions for Regional Economic Analysis Profiles C052 Counties in Numbered Subregions: Northern Region 1. Butte, Colusa, and Glenn 2. Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity 3. Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino Economic Regions Northern Sacramento San Francisco Bay Area Sacramento Region 4. Alpine, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo 5. Sutter and Yuba San Joaquin Valley Eastern Sierra Coastal San Francisco Bay Area Region 6. Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano 7. Lake, Napa, and Sonoma 8. Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Southern Southern Border Numbered Subregions County Lines San Joaquin Valley Region 9. San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced 10. Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, and Tulare 8 Eastern Sierra Region 11. Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mono, Mariposa, and Tuolumne 11 2 Coastal Region 12. Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito 13. Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Southern Region 14. Los Angeles 15. Orange 16. San Bernardino and Riverside 17. Ventura Southern Border Region 18. San Diego 19. Imperial Cartography by: Labor Market Information Division Employment Development Department November 2014 Page 11 of 13

12 Attachment C Attachment5 SummaryofComments DraftDirectiveIdentificationofWIOARegionalPlanningUnits Manyofthecommentsexpressedsimilarconcernsorquestions,andwherepracticablewere consolidated for the purposes of this summary. In addition, numerous comments received supportedtheregionalmapsandboundariesastheyweredrawn.wherethecommentsresulted inachangetotheinitialboundaries,themapsandsupportingdocumentswereamendedto effectthosechanges. Commenter#1statedthatthepubliccommentperioddidnotallowsufficienttimeforLocal WorkforceDevelopmentBoards(LocalBoards)toconsultwiththeirchiefelectedofficials(CEO) and/orboardofsupervisorsorcitycouncils.therewerealsosimilarconcernsraisedthatdraft directivesrequiringcoordinationwithceosshouldallowupto60daysofpubliccommentasa standardpracticeversusthe30dayperiodcurrentlybeingused. Response Inadvance ofthepublicationofthedraftdirectiveandinadditiontothepublic noticed meetings of the California Workforce Development Board (State Board) and its committees, extensive outreach was conducted and valuable input was received from the California Workforce Association, the League of Cities, the California State Association of Counties and state workforce partner agencies. The majority of state policy guidance is developedincollaborationwithawidebreadthofstateandlocalpartnersandcompletedwell inadvanceofthesenewpoliciesbeingavailableforpubliccomment.inadditiontothe30day publiccommentperiodfordraftpolicies,thereisanadditionalcommentperiodoncethepolicy ispublishedasafinalproduct.itisouropinionthatsufficienttimeisprovided.however,inthe futureadditionaltimemaybeconsideredtoallowlocalboardsadditionalopportunitytoconsult withtheceosandtheotherentitiesoflocalgovernmentasnecessary. Commenter#2askedwhythegranulardatausedbythestatetodrawboundariesandeconomic regionsandsubregionswasnotprovidedforpublicreview. Response ThepubliccommentperiodwastoencourageLocalWorkforceDevelopmentAreas (LocalAreas)toprovidefeedbackonthemethodologyandtheconclusionsreachedbytheState Board. The State Board was also interested in receiving input on alternative methodologies and/orconclusionsusingotherdatasetsthatmightindicatetheneedtoadjusttheproposed regionalplanningunitboundaries.somelocalareaswereabletoprovideadditionaldatathat hadnotbeenpreviouslyconsideredbythestateboardanddidresultinachangeoftheinitial proposedboundaries. Commenter#3requestedtoremoveMendocinoCountyfromtheNorthCoastPlanningUnitand assignittothenorthbayplanningunit. Response:Documentationsupportingthisamendmentwasreceivedaswellassupportforthe requestfromseveralofthelocalboardsidentifiedaspartofthenorthbayplanningunit.after reviewofthedataandconsultationwiththerequestor,changeshavebeenmadetothe Page1of2 Page 12 of 13

13 RegionalPlanningMap.Asaresultofthischange,theNorthCoastPlanningUnitisnow identifiedashumboldt. Commenter#4requestedtoremoveSanBenitofromtheCoastalPlanningUnitandreassign themtothebaypeninsulaplanningunit. Response Documentation supporting this amendment was received from the commenter. Afterreviewofthedataandconsultationwiththecommenter,changeshavebeenmadetothe RegionalPlanningMap. Commenter#5recommendedtheconsolidationoftheNorthBayandNorthCoastregionsinto oneregion. Response Thedraftdirectiveincludedbothamethodologyandtheprinciplesusedtodrawthe proposedregionalboundaries.thecommenterdidprovidedataandrationaleforthisrequest, however,mendocinocountyhasparticipatedinregionalplanningwiththelocalboardsinthe NorthBayregionandisalsoapartnerinastategranttofurtherdevelopandimplementregional planningstrategies.also,seetheresponsetocomment#3above. Commenter#6recommendedtheboundariesfortheCoastalRegionberedrawntoincludeonly SantaBarbaraCounty,VenturaCountyandSanLuisObispoCounty.Thecommentssupporting thisincludedthelargetraveldistanceswithintheregion,lackofpublictransportationsystems connectingthesecounties,andhowexistingworkforcepartnersdefinethetricountiesareaas aregion. Response TheStateBoardwasverydeliberateinapplyingthemethodologyandprinciplesto the drawing of the proposed regional planning units. We received comments supporting the VenturaCountyplanningareaasitiscurrentlydrawnandsupportforMontereyintheCoastal Region as it is drawn. Additionally, in alignment with this comment, San Benito County has requestedandwillberelocatedfromthecoastalregiontothebayareaplanningregion.see Comment#4above.NoadditionalchangeswillbemadetotheCoastalRegionPlanningUnit geographicalboundaries. Commenter#7suggestedthatregionalplanningnotbeconstrictedtotheboundariesastheyare drawn.rather,wherethereareopportunities,localboardsshouldbeallowedtoengageina widermorerobusteffortandtakegreateradvantageofeconomiesofscaleifitspansmultiple regionalplanningunitboundaries. Response TheStateBoardagreesandsupportslargerplanningeffortsininstanceswherea particularsectormaycrossregionalplanningunitboundariesthatlocalboardssharesothat planningcanhavelargerregionalimpactandcoordination. Page2of2 Page 13 of 13