Auto manufacturing is on a long hiatus from Southern California, well, you might say California in general. Downey is looking to change that. From the LA Times: "The (Downey) council agreed to a memorandum of understanding with Industrial Realty Group, the manager of an 80-acre parcel where Tesla Motors Inc. is considering building an electric-car plant."
The city is offering up to $9 million in incentives in the hopes that a plant could generate over 1,200 jobs. "There is only upside to this deal," Councilman Roger C. Brossmer said in the Long Beach Press Telegram.
Read more in the LA Times and or the Press Telegram.
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