Best American Cities - Yorba Linda CA and Stimulus Funds Results

The ARRA Stimulus Funds did not create only government jobs, as some pundits and politicians claimed would occur.

The infrastructure and work related programing permitted by the additional money helped to double the number of jobs in Irvine, California during the 18 months leading up to October 2010. These 59,000 jobs in and around Irvine are in Finance, Insurance, Communications, Retail, and Healthcare and extend into Yorba Linda as well. these are largely not government jobs. The Stimulus helped to create jobs in Orange County.

Within 25 miles of Yorba Linda, jobs are also open in number among Irvine, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Riverside, Newport Beach, Orange, and Ontario CA.

These are not fast food jobs or ditch-digging jobs. These job listings are for career-jobs at a well-paying income level in Sales (some related to Tourism), Finance, and other professions, despite political ads to the contrary broadcast during mid-term elections campains during Autumn 2010.

As the number of job openings have increased in Yorba Linda, Retail Sales and Finance positions have outdistanced Healthcare and IT jobs. Out of the Top 10 Hot Jobs in employment listings from all sources across the Interent for America, 50% of these top positions are in Sales and Finance in the Yorba Linda/Orange County area.

While Irvine CA jobs nearly doubled in the 18 months into October 2010, Yorba Linda job openings increased 25%.

1. CyberCoders
2. Bank of America Corp. 
3. Kaiser Permanente
4. Citrus Valley Health Partners 
5. Broadcom Corporation - Wirelss communications
6. Verizon Wireless
7. AppleOne - Finance, banking, insurance positions 
8. Search One Inc. 
9. Pizza Hut and Taco Bell 
10. The Apple Store - Retail computing and supplies

1. Retail Sales Representatives
2. Retail Customer Service and Support Reps
3. Account Managers – Finance and Sales
4. Registered Nurses ( RNs)
5. Salespeople – including wireless
6. Occupational and Physical Therapists
7. Administrative Assistants
8. Store Managers
9. Systems Administrators
10. Project Managers

The predicted fastest growing job titles are listed below for Orange County. Some are among the surge of new jobs and job vacancies created recently in the Yorba Linida area, as listed above.

1. Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
2. Home Health Aides
3. Veterinary Techs
4. Animal Trainers
5. Medical Assistants
6. Pharmacy Technicians
7. Software Engineers
8. Audio and Video Equipment Techs
9. Special Education Teachers - Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary School
10. Dental Hygienists
11. Dental Assistants
12. Special Education Teachers - Middle School
13. Physician's Assistants
14. Veterinarians
15. Paralegals and Legal Assistants
16. Mainstream Elementary School Teachers
17. Medical Equipment Repairers
18. Physical Therapists
19. Restaurant Cooks
20. Occupational Therapists

• Allergan Inc - Drug manufacturer
• Broadcom Corp - Wireless
• Edwards Lifesciences - Medical equipment and supplies mfg and distibution
• Fairview Developmental - Residential care homes
• First American Title Ins Co
• Hoag Hospital
• Jones Lang La Salle - real Estate
• St John Knits Intl
• St Jude Medical Ctr
• Tri Zetto Group - IT services
• University Of California, Irvine; Uiversity and Hospital

NASA

Boeing in Orange County - approx. $6 Million and $5 Million: NASA demonstrated positive results in 'propulsion airframe aeroacoustic integration, jet integration", other via Boeing contracts. NASA will further use the Boeing Low Speed Aeroacoustics Facility (LSAF) and other related resources.

Department of Transportation

Approx. $3 Million: Highway improvements in Orange County.

Small Business Association

$8 Million: Financing for small business.

General Services

Approx. $19.5 Million: Bus mfg.

Health and Human Services

Approx. $60.5 Million

AND OTHER

Compared to the 1920s photo above, Yorba Linda is a metropolis in the 2010s. It is located near Los Angeles, and near other growing cities in Orange County.

The complete history to date of Yorba Linda, with a timeline, is online at The Yorba Linda Public Library.

Founded circa 1834 by a second generation Spaniard named Yorba, after receivinga land grant related to his father's exploration of the region. Yorba's adobe house stood in place until 1927 demolition.

Populated with only about 35 people in 1911, Yorba Linda is home in 2010 to approximately 70,000 individuals. Stimulus Funding under ARRA has apparently increased jobs in the locale since 2009.