Economy

Lenny Mendonca and Doug Henton: California must invest now in education and infrastructure
150 150 Lenny Mendonca and Doug Henton

California has an opportunity to build for long-term prosperity with smart investments in schools, workforce development and infrastructure.

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Part 1: Revenues may be rolling in but state budget must heed lessons of past
150 150 Lenny Mendonca and Pete Weber

Boom, Bust, Repeat? – New series from CA Fwd explores how the state can smartly manage recent revenue gains to strengthen public programs for the long term.

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VIDEO: How tech startups can improve government-citizen relationship
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

One thriving startup founder talks about how civic data can be an economic opportunity and a way to get citizens more engaged with government

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Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca: Inside the Training Revolution
150 150 Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca

Training the next generation of workers and keeping pace with technology will need the public and private sectors to collaborate better.

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California task force to close skills gap gets to work
150 150 John Guenther

CA Fwd’s Jim Mayer and others assemble to help state’s community colleges connect workforce training with industry skill needs.

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California community colleges get double dose of good news
150 150 Nadine Ono

California’s community colleges are considered a key player California meeting the challenge of aligning its workforce to the jobs available. Recently they received a double dose of good news from Governor Brown and President Obama

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VIDEO: Millennials face uphill battle in today’s economy
150 150 John Guenther

We asked a gathering of sub-40-year-old representatives from a range of public policy groups to give us a rundown of those problems and where the opportunities are for fixing them.

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