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Recalibrating Workforce Development Across California
The COVID-19 crisis has had far-reaching consequences, including the upending of traditional work s
ystems and the continued exacerbation of existing inequities in California’s economic landscape.
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Future-Proofing the Video Game Industry in California
Today, all 50 U.S. states have a video game industry presence, and 21 of those states offer financi
al incentives.
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Accelerating Workforce Housing Development Across California
California has long had a shortage of affordable housing, most notably along the coast, around univ
ersities and research centers, and where booming local economies reflect the entrepreneurial culture for which the state is famous.
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Supporting the Growth of California's Life Sciences Industry
The life sciences are a cornerstone of technological innovation in California.
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Rebuilding Housing Finance: Thoughts from California on Federal Reform
Both in the foreclosure crisis and in the recent recovery, California has represented a bellwether
of the national housing market.
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Sustaining California's Innovation Economy Through Investment in R&D
This report builds on prior research by documenting more recent trends in private-sector R&D in
vestment and their positive impact on employment and wages across the state.
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2016 California Summit Review: An Action Plan for Growth and Innovation
The Milken Institute’s fourth annual California Summit provided an opportunity to as
semble prominent state leaders in busines
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An Inclusive Economic Development Roadmap for California's Inland Empire
While Southern California's Inland Empire has experienced above-average job growth and increased hi
gh-tech output for the better part of a decade, employment in high-tech industries has fallen over the same period. Fewer workers are reaping the ben
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Sharing the Cost: Accelerating Water Resilience through Infrastructure Finance in California
Beyond the intensifying drought and widening infrastructure inefficiencies, there are billions of d
ollars worth of unmet operation and maintenance costs and system improvements currently to be found in the State Water Project and Central Valley Project,
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Local Harvest: Developing the Central Valley Workforce for California's Future Agriculture
California's Central Valley suffers from underinvestment and substandard educational attainment lev
els, which hamper its ability to both modernize the agriculture value chain and to provide significant advancement opportunities for workers.
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A Hollywood Exit: What California Must Do to Remain Competitive in Entertainment - and Keep Jobs
California's stronghold on the entertainment industry is loosening as production jobs are lured to
other locations due to production credits and other tax breaks.
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Effective Government and Economic Expansion: How California Is Improving Permitting and Communication to Spur Business
As California recovers from the Great Recession, it faces an uphill battle against the perception t
hat it is an anti-business state.
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