CERF News

Don’t leave rural California behind
610 200 Bob Williams

Businesses and workers outside urban cores face distinct challenges including the digital divide

Commentary: Fighting Poverty in America
610 201 Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca

Too often poverty initiatives are not tailored to local community needs and not driven by evidence of effective outcomes.

California workforce training gets $200 million boost from budget
610 200 Ed Coghlan

State budget passage means community college CTE programs will get a much needed upgrade on how the colleges train to meet demands.

Op-ed: Preparing workers in California at the speed of business
580 190 Steve Westly and Jack Scott

California — of all states – should be leading the nation on delivering on preparing a workforce for the 21st century.

Summit pushes Legislature to advance workforce training ideas in this year’s budget
150 150 Justin Ewers

Ensuring recommendations of a task force on workforce are adopted in this year’s state budget is a top priority for the California Economic Summit in 2016.