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Task Force: Future of California economy depends on funding middle-skill job education

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By: John Guenther

June 13, 2015

California 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.

Innovation awards honor California strategy for sustainable rural growth

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By: John Guenther

June 10, 2015

Harvard school acknowledges Sacramento regional program that uses better data modeling of natural assets which can promote both economic growth and conservation.

SoCal Latino leaders gather to help schools and cities embrace technology

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By: Ed Coghlan

June 8, 2015

Elected leaders and school officials came together to discuss cities and districts being left behind by the pace of new technology and how to adapt smartly to boost civic engagement, education outcomes and local economies.

A new tool for urban economic development: EIFDs demystified

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By: The Planning Report

June 5, 2015

Explainer on financing tool that cities, counties, and special districts can use to meet a broad range of local infrastructure needs, which is wider than the narrow focus of California’s defunct Redevelopment funding mechanism.

Poll: Californians say voter turnout a big problem, support election reforms

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By: Ed Coghlan

June 4, 2015

Survey shows most voters and non-voters open to reforms designed to boost turnout, like sending every registered Californian a vote-by-mail ballot and automatically registering people who utilize DMV.

Poll: Californians say drought is top state problem, neighbors not doing enough

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By: John Guenther

June 4, 2015

New survey shows a record number say water supply in their region is a big problem

Summit releases plan for addressing affordable housing crisis, urges lawmakers to act

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By: Justin Ewers

June 1, 2015

Housing team supports package of legislation to raise more housing funds but calls for more permanent solutions to growing problem.

Eloy Ortiz Oakley and Pamela Burdman: Community colleges sending too many into remedial math

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By: Eloy Ortiz Oakley and Pamela Burdman

June 1, 2015

Simple innovation could boost college completion outcomes without sacrificing higher education quality.

Millennial rewrites story of homelessness through workforce training, education access

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By: Quinn French

May 29, 2015

Economic challenges of California’s younger generation of job seekers shown in story of millennial who returned to school and work after being homeless.

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Task Force: Future of California economy depends on funding middle-skill job education

Innovation awards honor California strategy for sustainable rural growth

SoCal Latino leaders gather to help schools and cities embrace technology

A new tool for urban economic development: EIFDs demystified

Poll: Californians say voter turnout a big problem, support election reforms

Poll: Californians say drought is top state problem, neighbors not doing enough

Summit releases plan for addressing affordable housing crisis, urges lawmakers to act

Eloy Ortiz Oakley and Pamela Burdman: Community colleges sending too many into remedial math

Millennial rewrites story of homelessness through workforce training, education access

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