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Yorba Linda's representative does have a point about bringing more jobs into the Inland Empire and far inland Orange County (where Yorba Linda is). Previously most jobs in the IE were of the warehouses/blue-collar variety. With the increase in population and spending dollars, there's been higher paying jobs moving in.

Downtown Riverside has seen an increase and has the best chance at gaining more white-collar jobs. It's at the convergence of three separate commuter rail lines, has a university surging in the rankings (UC-Riverside), and isn't as far inland or on the edge as Downtown San Bernardino. Riverside also has the better reputation. Another area seeing some growth, though more in the mid-rise office park nature, is the Ontario Mills/Ontario Airport area. Outside of that, there is very few going on in the way of attracting white-collar jobs to the IE. Downtown San Bernardino has improved, but still only county government office jobs seem to be expanding there. Guess that's a start.

Overall, I'm glad they chose adding housing where most of the jobs and transit are. That's the smartest thing and Downey's rep has their head in the sand if they think Downey doesn't have more room. Plenty of parking lots that can be ripped up. The coastal cities need to beef it up and many of them have inland areas that can handle more housing. I do worry about transit in places like Huntington Beach. Most of the midrise apartments are being built near the 405 currently and there isn't a transit option outside some bus service. Could really use a rail line down the 405 into OC connecting it with Long Beach and/or the future Santa Ana line.