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New-to-Export 101 - Strengthening the Capacity of U.S. Regional Economies to Export Abroad
In 2016, the Milken Institute launched New-to-Export 101, a program designed to increase the number
of local manufacturers exporting their products abroad by simplifying the export experience and improving the delivery of export-enabling services for ne
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In a Vulnerable State: Hispanic Essential Workers in California
Using 2019 Current Population Survey data, this policy brief examines California’s essential workfo
rce by race, occupation and benefits.
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New Skills at Work: Keeping Los Angeles at the Cutting Edge in an Evolving Industry
For more than a century, people have created filmed entertainment in Hollywood.
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Debt, Equity, and Free Money: How Local and State Governments Can Promote Minority Small Business Capital Access
This report explores how local and statewide governmental institutions can increase access to capit
al among Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs and small-businesses owners.
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A Hollywood Update: Changes and Transformations in Hollywood Since the Passage of the 2014 California Filmed Production Incentive
Since the passage of the expansion of California’s Film and Television Production Credit in 2014, t
he global competition for attracting movie and television production has continued to heat up.
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Best-Performing Cities 2020: Where America’s Jobs Are Created and Sustained
About Best-Performing Cities
How did US regional economies perform recently? What are the key fact
ors driving their growth and decline?, The 2020 Rankings
Top 10 Best-Performing Large Cities
, Find Your City Using the US Interactive Map
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California's Solutions to Health Care
As Congress and the Executive Branch continue to debate how healthcare should work in America, bus
inesses in California are creating local, innovative solutions that you probably don't yet know about.
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Sustainable Solutions For a Green Future
California, the country’s most populous, diverse and economically dynamic state, is in the midst o
f a transformation to turn its economy into a leading global incubator for renewable energy and resiliency solutions.
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Alternative Small Business Financing: Keeping California on Top and Sharing the Wealth
Small businesses in California employ nearly half of the state's private workforce but lack the ca
pital to grow. Though a recovery is underway, access to money has grown more acute since the Great Recession.
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Big Cities, Big Data: How Smart Cities Improve Lives & Save Money
From homelessness and housing to pensions to public safety, more California cities are using sophi
sticated data analytics to help solve their biggest problems.
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Immigration and the California Economy
As immigration policy has become an urgent policy item in the United States and Europe, California
finds itself caught squarely in the middle of competing economic and political agendas.
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Green Gold: Californias New Cash Crop
California, already the nation’s largest producer of medical marijuana – a $7 billion industry – i
s poised to become the largest recreational marijuana market in the world.
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