Millions fuel rise in science, tech jobs

(The Center Square) – According to the state-run program California Jobs First, more than $286 million have been allocated toward creating high-paying jobs in science and technology fields. Numbers published by the program’s website show that more than 10,000 people in communities across the state have been hired for jobs or benefitted from job training programs created by California Jobs First across 13 distinct regions of California. Jobs in those 13 regions, according to the California Jobs First program, are in distinct geographical regions that the program designated as North State, Redwood, Capital, Sierra, Bay Area, Northern San Joaquin, Central San Joaquin, Central Coast, Kern County, Los Angeles County, Inland Southern California, Orange County and along the Southern Border. More than 1,000 communities in those 13 regions in total are positively impacted by the jobs created, according to a database showing jobs created by the program. “California Jobs First embodies the recogn