{"id":175627,"date":"2024-04-17T17:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T00:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=175627"},"modified":"2024-04-17T17:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T00:30:24","slug":"disney-set-to-invest-1-9-billion-in-new-theme-park-and-lodging-experiences-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=175627","title":{"rendered":"Disney Set to Invest $1.9 Billion in New Theme Park and Lodging Experiences in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anaheim, CA&#8230;Governor Gavin Newsom\u00a0 issued the following statement following the unanimous vote by the Anaheim City Council in favor of the Walt Disney Company\u2019s $1.9 billion Disneyland Forward plan, with the final vote set to take place on May 7th:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-175628\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-570x320.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-701x395.jpg 701w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-1067x601.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisney is making it clear that California is its home because we provide the welcoming and supportive environment where businesses want to expand and create more jobs. We look forward to cultivating more Disney magic and building opportunities for all as this investment drives billions of dollars in revenue for our state and local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DisneylandForward is estimated to generate $1.9 Billion in economic output and create over 7,800 jobs over four years through new construction in California. Annually, the plan will generate $508 million and employ over 3,600 workers through operation.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Governor Newsom\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2023\/06\/14\/governor-newsom-celebrates-pride-highlights-disneyland-resorts-investments-in-anaheim\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2023\/06\/14\/governor-newsom-celebrates-pride-highlights-disneyland-resorts-investments-in-anaheim\/\">met with<\/a>\u00a0Bob Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Company, celebrated\u00a0Disneyland\u2019s first-ever pride night,\u00a0and received a briefing on the DisneylandForward plan and their investment in the region for decades to come.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2023,\u00a0Governor Newsom\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2023\/05\/18\/governor-newsom-welcomes-back-thousands-of-good-paying-disney-jobs-after-company-pulls-plug-on-1-billion-development-in-florida\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2023\/05\/18\/governor-newsom-welcomes-back-thousands-of-good-paying-disney-jobs-after-company-pulls-plug-on-1-billion-development-in-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a>\u00a0the Walt Disney Company\u2019s decision to keep good-paying jobs in California instead of building a nearly $1 billion office complex in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s economy is the 5th largest economy in the world. California, which has the most equitable tax system in the\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/itep.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com\/whopays-ITEP-2018.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/itep.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com\/whopays-ITEP-2018.pdf\">entire country<\/a>, is #1 in the nation for new\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/business.ca.gov\/\" href=\"https:\/\/business.ca.gov\/\">business starts<\/a>, #1 for access to venture capital\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/business.ca.gov\/\" href=\"https:\/\/business.ca.gov\/\">funding<\/a>, and #1 for tourism\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/industryimpact.ustravel.org\/#fl\" href=\"https:\/\/industryimpact.ustravel.org\/#fl\">spending<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anaheim, CA&#8230;Governor Gavin Newsom\u00a0 issued the following statement following the unanimous vote by the Anaheim City Council in favor of the Walt Disney Company\u2019s $1.9 billion Disneyland Forward plan, with the final vote set to take place on May 7th: \u201cDisney is making it clear that California is its home because we provide the welcoming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6.13.23-disney-falcon-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175629,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175627\/revisions\/175629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/175628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}