Thursday, September 24, 2026
A Year After Uniting, the BIG 4 Cities Deliver Their First Joint Economic Development Deal
A year ago, Commerce, City of Industry, Santa Fe Springs, and Vernon were four adjoining Los Angeles County cities that competed against one another for the same industrial employers. In October 2025, they formalized a different approach: the BIG 4, a coalition built to pursue investment as one region rather than four competitors. Today, the alliance points to its first completed deal. Juanita's Foods, the 80-year-old maker of the No. 1 brand of Mexican-style menudo and pozole in the United States, will