California Forward
Many workers lack not just basic office skills but also essential entrepreneurial and career management skills, say employers looking to hire.
read morePaying for badly needed maintenance of California’s transportation system would benefit from using “fourth sector” models, which combine public, private and nonprofit resources for public good.
read moreWhile city governments are increasingly making their data open, the standards of data quality and leadership dedicated to initiatives are often all over the map, says a new report from USC.
read moreNational gathering will focus on using “for-benefit” sector to tackle major issues like building badly needed infrastructure and workforce development.
read moreWatch author of election modernization law talk about reforms that helped boost Colorado’s voter turnout, ideas that prompted a new proposed reform bill supported by California’s elections chief.
read moreLegislature working on addressing a $59 billion-backlog in state road and highways maintenance, but so far, proposed fixes have been temporary solutions to a long-term infrastructure investment issue.
read moreInnovative workforce program links high school students to college to make them career-ready and college-ready in California’s major agricultural region
read moreCounty clerk from California made the 7,000-mile trek to the disputed region and de facto independent state of Nagorno-Karabakh to observe recent elections and found them to be free and fair–along with a population informed and excited about participating.
read moreCalifornia group looking at closing skills gap tackles the puzzle of boosting funding for career technical education and how to get community colleges to align the courses so students and industry don’t get the runaround.
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