Funding for CPEC has been eliminated from the 2011-12 state budget; as a result, the agency will close in fall 2011. The website will move to the Community College Chancellor's Office on Friday, 9/23/2011. It will be down over the weekend. It is not known what sections of the website will be available in the future.
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| Central Coast Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. This region consists of three counties just south of the San Francisco Bay Area (View a map):
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| Los Angeles County Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. This region is self-encompassing, located east of Ventura county, west of San Bernardino county, and south of Kern county (View a map). |
| Northern California Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. This region is the northern-most portion of the state consisting of 18 counties (View a map):
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| Northern Central Valley Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. This region consists of ten counties just south of the Sacramento Area (View a map):
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| Orange County Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. This region is self-encompassing, located just south of Los Angeles county and west of Riverside county (View a map). |
| Region (Historic) | A geographic subdivision of the state for use in statewide planning and statistical analysis. The Commission used the following eleven regions prior to 2003 (View a map):
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| Sacramento Area Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. The Sacramento Area is the northern-most portion of California’s central valley and consists of four counties (View a map):
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| San Bernardino/Riverside Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. This region, consisting of two counties, is projected to experience the largest population growth over the next ten years (View a map):
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| San Diego/Imperial Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. The two counties that comprise this region border Mexico (View a map):
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| San Francisco Bay Area Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. This region consists of the traditional nine Bay Area counties that are often treated as a unified region by various planning agencies (View a map):
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| South Coast Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. This region consists of the three counties just south of the Central Coast region (View a map):
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| Southern Central Valley Historic Region | One of eleven regions used by the Commission for planning and statistical analysis prior to 2003. This region is the southern-most portion of California’s central valley and consists of five counties (View a map):
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