As with so many cities in Southern California, we have a situation in Temecula where we have just about the right number of jobs to match our workforce, but about many people commute out of our city everyday and a like number drive into the city. This not only downgrades the quality of life of the commuters, but also puts a strain on both our freeway and local road systems.

The answer is for us to do all we can to encourage our existing businesses to keep their expansions in Temecula and to attract the kind of new companies that provide the jobs that better match our workforce. For the last several years we have been accomplishing this. A commuter survey conducted in 1998 showed that 66% of our working residents commute to jobs outside the city. Later studies show that figure was reduced to 46%. That’s a significant improvement and demonstrates that the methods we use to attract these jobs are working well and we should continue in the same fashion.