Hot Jobs in the Top 10 Micro-Cities in North America - Santa Fe Springs CA

Located just to the southeast of Los Angeles, Santa Fe Springs is a Gateway City, part of the historic Gateway Region that has been the industrialized portion of the Greater Los Angeles Area. Santa Fe Springs has also been known as Fulton Sulphur Springs.

Two rivers in the area provided ready transportation access in and out of the river valley and the railroads arrived in 1884. These transport options led to quick industrialization in 1900. In addition to the available transportation, the soil on flat land in and around Santa Fe Springs was ideal for farmers form the eastern parts of the US, who had migrated westward in search of greater opportunities and mild weather. Industrial and agricultural manufacturing increased into the 1980s when the NAFTA agreement resulted in manufacturing moving out of the Gateway and into Mexico.

The economy of Santa Fe Springs declined the 1990s, until the establishment of the Gateways Cities Partnership and the Council of Community Governments in that are joined to produce revitalization plans. The city is divided into four distinct neighborhoods, each with its own development projects.

A among the Top 10 Micro-Cites for Tomorrow, Santa Fe Springs is recognized as Number 1 overall in Human Resources and Number 4 in Business Friendliness, out of ratings for seven city qualities among the 10 top picks.

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Check employment and relocation information at Santa Fe Springs WorkSource Center: PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS, 10400 Pioneer Boulevard; Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670. PH (562) 946-2237.

Santa Fe Springs and its Native Americans were discovered by the Spanish several hundred of years ago. However, the town was settled by European-Americans and founded in the 1800s, beginning with  a single large ranch known as the Hathaway Ranch. Today, a city park is administered under the governance of the local library and the City of Santa Fe Springs with an adobe dwelling, the actual ranch, a steam locomotive that is tribute to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, a museum, a windmill, an aviary, a plant conservatory, and other exhibits.

The park also honors the local Indigenous People, the Tongva, later called the Gabrieliño ("of San Gabriel") communities of Native Americans with a replicant Tongva Village.Tongva translates as "People of the Earth" and the people believed that their sole God, Quaoar, led them to their homeland from the northern parts of California. Courage is a hallmark of these people and is notable in the tradition of lying on hills of fire ants and allow them to bite in order to show strength.

The native nation went into decline after the third wave of Spanish settled with the Mission of San Gabriel in 1771 and today, only between 200 - 400 Tongva remain. They have organized for education and mutual support and now live in both Los Angeles and Orange Counties. One of their goals is US Federal Recognition and the prevention of their burial grounds being dug up for condominiums and other commercial endeavors. The UCLA American Indian Studies Center remains connected with this nation and their events and progress.

Evidence of the Tongva exists in Santa Fe Springs archeologically from a time period in the range of 12,000 - 17,000 years into the past. After a long struggle from 1500 AD - present, the native nation was rewarded by the nearby City of San Gabriel and State of California with resolutions that the Gabrieleño-Tongva Nation is the original Indigenous Peoples of the Los Angeles Basin.

Re-education in the Indigenous community with native languages and traditions began in 2004. In 2008, major headway was made by Chief Red Blood Anthony Morales into saving traditional burial grounds from commercial development.

In 2002, a dwarf planet near Pluto was discovered by astronomers from Cal Tech was named Quaoar in order to honor the Tongva Supreme Being. A few years later, a moon was discovered orbiting this planet, waiting for the Tongva themselves to name it.

In addition to naming celetial bodies, additional honors have been given the Tongva and other Native communities.

The Governor and the State of California honor the Tongva and other Southern Californian Native Americans by producing legislation that bring the Indigenous populations into the land-use decision-making process regarding their former tribal lands. This is the first such legislation in America.

Within a 25-mile radius of Santa Fe Springs, there are over 78,000 jobs avialable inearly June '09. Within 20 miles pf thje city center, 7,500 jobs are open. The Top 10 Jobs in Santa Fe Springs are:

1. Personal Financial Reps
2. Occupational Therapists
3. Retail Sales Representatives
4. Independent Beauty Consultants
5. Physical Therapists
6. Sales Executives
7. Accounting Managers
8. Staff Accountants
9. Government Grant Admin's
10. Music and Voice Teachers

Hundreds of Internships are available with the following companies near Santa Fe Springs and Los Angeles and many others.

• Universal Pictures
• Marvel Animation
• Lawrence Bender Productions
• Breathless Films
• MTV

Apply online through Quarterlife at http://www.quarterlife.com.

Check the following educational facilities for their internship offerings as well, especially in Long Beach and East LA. 

Local Colleges and Universities

(within 10 miles)

• Biola University
• Cerritos College
• Cypress College
• East Los Angeles College
• Long Beach City College
• Rio Hondo College
• Whittier College  

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