California Forward
One hot button issue has been the requirement that voters have official identification in order to vote. 30 states now have those requirements, although the largest state, California, does not.
read moreWhat impact is California’s new Top Two Primary law really going to have on California politics? It’s a question that will be better answered after Tuesday’s election, but there’s no doubt it has changed the political landscape of California.
read moreOver 1 million Californians filed voter applications online this fall and over 380,000 of them have already been qualified. All told nearly 700,000 Californians registered to vote in the 45 days leading up to the October 22nd deadline.
read more“The hard truth is, despite what you hear from many people on both sides of the argument, we just don’t know yet,” Sharon Aungst, director of California Forward’s Partnership for Community Excellence told the Association for Criminal Justice Research in California.
read moreWhat is becoming more apparent nationally and statewide is the skills gap that exists between available jobs and workers to fill them. And it’s the Community Colleges that are trying to leap into that breach and improve our workforce training in the country.
read moreLinkage between career technical training & what industry needs is vital to economy
read moreCalifornia’s beleaguered timber industry has had some good news recently. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation this week enacting a new consumer tax on lumber sales.
read moreCommunity Colleges take on retooling workforce development
read moreReport features useful guide for finding capital, lifeblood for California economy
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