create Local jobs

Victorville has experienced tremendous population growth over the past few decades. But too many residents still have to leave the High Desert every day just to find a good-paying job.

That is not a failure of our workforce. It is a failure to create enough opportunity close to home.

There are multiple factors holding our local economy back.

Too Many Jobs Are Somewhere Else

Thousands of High Desert residents spend hours commuting down the Cajon Pass because the jobs that can support their families simply aren't available close enough to home.

We've Settled for Any Development

For too long, economic development has been measured by what gets built—not by the quality of jobs it creates.

Warehouses, private prisons and other large developments have expanded, but Victorville still lacks enough diverse, good-paying careers.

We're Not Investing Enough in Our Own Workforce

We have talented workers, young people looking for careers, local colleges and skilled union labor.

What's missing is a coordinated effort to connect those resources with good-paying jobs right here in the High Desert.

Our Plan

BRING BETTER JOBS TO VICTORVILLE

We will make good-paying jobs—not development for development's sake—the priority of our economic development strategy.

Victorville should actively recruit industries that provide careers people can raise a family on.

BUILD A LOCAL WORKFORCE PIPELINE

We will bring together local schools, Victor Valley College, unions and employers to expand apprenticeships and job-training programs connected directly to careers available in our region.

When new industries come to Victorville, our residents should be first in line for those jobs.

USE WHAT VICTORVILLE ALREADY HAS

We have available industrial land, major transportation corridors, Southern California Logistics Airport and something most California cities don't have: our own municipal electric utility.

We will use those advantages to compete for advanced manufacturing, skilled trades, emerging industries and union jobs.

The goal is simple: bring the jobs home so our residents don't have to leave Victorville to build a better life.