The California Commission for Economic Development[1] (CED) was established by statute in 1971 to serve as a bipartisan advisory board on economic development issues to the executive and legislative leadership of the State of California. This article is becoming very long. ...

The Commission served the state under the statuatory Chairmanship of Lieutenant Governors from 1971 through 1994, but in the seven years that followed, funding for the Commission was not included in the annual state budgets. Recognizing the need for additional economic development efforts, Governor Gray Davis and the Legislature restored funding for the Commission in 2002. The current Chair, Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, began efforts to rebuild the Commission during the first half of 2002. In mid-2003, the Governor appointed a sufficient number of members to establish a quorum. The Commission held its first official meeting in more than 10 years on December 15, 2003. Joseph Graham Davis Jr. ... Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. ...

The current Executive Director of the Commission is Stacie Olivares-Howard, who has served in this position since 2002.

Recent contributors to the California Commission for Economic Development include Lawrence Chan, Issac Hansen-Joseph, and Doug Ludlow.