LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 18: President Barack Obama answers a question from a member of the public at his town hall style meeting at the Orange County Fair and Event Center, the first stop on his first visit to southern California as president on March 18, 2009 in Costa Mesa, California. His two-day visit to the region will also include stops for a town meeting at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex, near downtown Los Angeles, a tour of the Edison International Vehicle Electrics Plant in Pomona, California, and will appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.