BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Kern County on Monday for his second stop in a statewide tour to talk about job growth in designated regions. Newsom's first stop last week was in Fresno County to tackle the Sierra San Joaquin Valley region. There are 13 total regions, with Kern County being one of them, and all are part of the California Jobs First Economic Blueprint. Newsom said each region received $5 million, and much more federal, state and local funding is likely to come. He is calling efforts in Kern County the Kern County Regional Plan for California Jobs First. Newsom met with Kern County elected officials and community leaders to celebrate the finalization of the county's regional economic development plan. "A state's commitment is only realized at the local level,” Newsom said during a press conference Monday. “That vision is realized region by region, community by community." "Fifty-two community meetings went into [Kern County's] plan, 840 people participated."   Post-election, the tour is also part of Newsom's travels to visit counties that voted for Donald Trump due to frustrations over the economy. Bakersfield City Councilmember Manpreet Kaur helped lead the Kern County coalition. "Invest in Kern County and what that looks like, and we get to dictate that,” Kaur commented as director of the California Jobs First, Kern Coalition. “Where we really designed what the future of the workforce will look like, and it's in that binder." Kaur said for Kern County, industries of interest included healthcare and transportation logistics, as well as, "Clean energy, advanced manufacturing and agriculture, those were the three main ones as dictated by this report." The group met at the National Cement Plant in Lebec, a low-emissions cement plant on track to become one of the first fully decarbonized ones in the country. 17 News asked the governor what specific reassurance he can provide to Kern County residents worried a transition away from traditional oil and gas jobs will hurt those dominant industries. Newsom referred to the location of the press conference. "I think this is an Exhibit A of that process,” he began.  “It's a process that unfolds over many, many years. And these jobs are constantly iterating, these jobs, these steel worker jobs that are union jobs are getting the skills and the support as this transition begins to unfold over the course of the next many, many years."  "I think a big part of the spirit of this planning process is to recognize that anxiety. One has to acknowledge that anxiety, and it's real," Newsom said. Newsom stated all 13 regional plans will be braided into a statewide plan in January. He also explained these regional efforts go way back, to former California Assemblyman and congressional candidate Rudy Salas’ Assembly Bill 106. Salas appeared side-by-side with Newsom on Monday.  Salas’ proposal aimed to provide statewide grants by “region,” which is defined in the bill as a “geographic area composed of one of more counties and cities that form a functional economy.” The governor also noted pressure came from Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh back in 2020 as well.  “[She told me] that you need to step up your game, the state of California needs to step up its game, as it relates to economic development particularly down here in Kern,” the governor recalled. Mayor Goh was also in attendance.  “Kern County is well positioned to continue to advance our role, leading the new economy of California as we begin to identify and grow our renewable energy footprint, develop our manufacturing sector, entrepreneurship and advancing aerospace in the region,” said Associate Vice Chancellor, Public Affairs and Development of KCCD Norma Rojas Mora.