Editing Placentia, California (section)

== Economy ==
Placentia has a $20 million [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] project that started in the downtown area in 2013.{{Clarify|date=January 2020}} This project is in conjunction with the [[Orange County Transit Authority]] (OCTA), and will assist in the continued revitalization of the area, which is also scheduled for the building of more transit-oriented housing to complement the train station, mixed use, retail, and entertainment.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/city-622599-officials-nelson.html|title=Officials change tracks to fund Metrolink station in Placentia|newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]] |first=Daniel |last=Langhorne |date=June 18, 2014 |access-date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> All are designed to enhance Placentia's unique presence in Orange County. Placentia is also working with the OCTA on the OC Bridges project. The project, combined with the city of Fullerton, provides around $580 million in funding to build underpasses and/or overpasses at the major north–south roadways in the two cities. The roadways are Lakeview Avenue, Rose Drive/Tustin Avenue, Orangethorpe Avenue, Kraemer Boulevard, Placentia Avenue, State College Boulevard, and Raymond Avenue. The underpasses and overpasses at Placentia, Kraemer, Rose/Tustin and Lakeview are complete.<ref>McRea, Heather (Published: October 19, 2011, Updated: August 21, 2013) [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/placentia-322709-avenue-million.html "First bridge to start on $600 million project to eliminate train crossings"] ''[[Orange County Register]]''</ref><ref>Weikel, Dan (June 17, 2014) [https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-0618-rail-project-prison-20140618-story.html "Former Placentia official given deadline to repay salary"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>

=== Top employers ===
According to Placentia's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report:,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.placentia.org/Archive.aspx?ADID=900|title=City of Placentia CAFR|access-date=August 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128115446/http://www.placentia.org/Archive.aspx?ADID=900|archive-date=November 28, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Number
! Employer
! Employees
|-
|1
| [[Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District]]
|2,500
|-
|2
| [[UCI Health - Placentia]]
|390
|-
|3
| [[TransDigm Group|Hartwell]]
|300
|-
|4
| Premedia
|305
|-
|5
| City of Placentia
|215
|-
|}