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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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Women in the Workforce: How California Measures Up
California is one of the world’s largest economies, home to 53 of the Fortune 500 companies and a l
eader in industries ranging from agriculture to financial services, tourism, and technology.
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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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California's Innovation-Based Economy: Policies to Maintain and Enhance It
To maintain its leadership in innovation, California must provide a competitive business environmen
t in which prospective and existing companies can conduct research.
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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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Preparing California for the Future of Work: Creating Equity by Addressing the Access Gap
This report focuses on how the public and private sector workforce systems in California have adapt
ed to technological change in the past and how current innovative projects are supporting adaptation, especially in the private sector.
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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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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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Career Technical Education: Reducing Wage Inequality and Sustaining California’s Innovation-Based Economy
Income distribution in the U.S. and California has become far less equal since about 1980.
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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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Preparing California for the Future of Work
The future of work is taking shape under the looming specter of automation and the spreading appli
cation of artificial intelligence across industry sectors.
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