Responsible Economic Stimulus: A Better Future for All
Investment in socially responsible businesses big and small shows a different way to promote equity Read More
Categories: Elevate CA, Economy
Commentary
Public Higher Education is California’s Engine of Social Mobility
UC President on building a roadmap to success for first-generation students and more Californians Read More
Categories: Elevate CA, Economy, Education
Elevate CA: Lift Up California Millennials With Higher Education
Student debt, high living costs sap generation's potential. Here's one way to invest in their success. Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Elevate CA, Economy, Education
Report: Workforce gap in L.A. region in means thousands of middle-skills jobs could go unfilled
Talent gap and an aging population are upping the demand for more workers in middle-skills jobs in mid-income range Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Economy, Regional Economies
Elevate CA: More empowered workers needed to grow California’s middle class
Businesses with increased employee decision-making are more stable and profitable Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Elevate CA, Economy
Why unions and the private sector should work together as partners in job creation
How both groups must change in order to collaborate and reinvigorate the California Dream Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Elevate CA, Economy, Leadership Council
Elevate CA: The California State University is vital to state’s socioeconomic success
More jobs are in software development than on the production line. Here's how the CSU system is adapting to help students succeed. Read More
Categories: Elevate CA, Community Services, Innovation in Higher Education, Economy
Program awarding credit for experience helps fast forward college for working Californians
Central Valley college district program designed to attract workers looking to move up in their industry Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Community Services, Innovation in Higher Education, Economy
Regionalization: The Next Frontier of Equity and Opportunity for California
Economic issues and disparities in Bay Area cut across local borders. Solutions should, too. Read More
Categories: Elevate CA, Economy, Regional Economies
How our interdependence is essential for equity and upward mobility
Increasing the working age population is the best equity strategy. And it's everyone's responsibility Read More
Categories: Elevate CA, Economy
Elevating California means all regions must rise together
With only 20 percent of the Inland Empire holding bachelor's degrees, education is key to solving economic uncertainty Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Elevate CA, Economy, Regional Economies, Education
Don’t leave rural California behind
Businesses and workers outside urban cores face distinct challenges including the digital divide Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Elevate CA, Economy, Regional Economies, Smart Investment, Infrastructure
Innovative program retrains workers, requires putting in work at nonprofits
Fellowship shows older workers how to build career skills and provides free job-search services Read More
Categories: Economy
Governor Brown goes to Washington
California's governor sent message to President Trump about where they could work together and where they may clash Read More
Categories: Economy, Smart Investment, Infrastructure, Jerry Brown, Jim Mayer, Lenny Mendonca
California Community Colleges launch biomanufacturing bachelor degree program
To match workforce needs, two colleges worked together to offer a four-year biotech and biomanufacturing degree Read More
Categories: Economy, Regional Economies
Commentary: Fighting Poverty in America
Too often poverty initiatives are not tailored to local community needs and not driven by evidence of effective outcomes. Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Community Services, Economy, Regional Economies, Leadership Council, Lenny Mendonca, Pete Weber
New report shares progress on California Economic Summit’s 2016 goals
Looking ahead to 2016 Summit, leaders are taking stock of goals to produce one million more skilled workers, homes, and acre-feet of water over the next decade. Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Economy
CA Fwd’s Eloy Oakley named chancellor of the California Community Colleges system
Innovative leader in public higher education will become the first Latino to helm the 113-college system Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Community Services, Innovation in Higher Education, Economy, Leadership Council, Education, Leadership Council
California workforce training gets $200 million boost from budget
State budget passage means community college CTE programs will get a much needed upgrade on how the colleges train to meet demands. Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Economy, Regional Economies
After unlikely climb to lead UPS operations, exec shares concern about California’s skills gap
California needs to produce more middle-skill workers says Noel Massie who worked his way up from part-time truck loader to operations manager for U.S. Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Economy, Regional Economies