Tag: Economy
VIDEO: Community Colleges aim to better prepare California millennials for today’s economy
For many in the millennial generation, the American Dream looks more like a distant concept. To address current economic realities, the new chancellor of the California Community Colleges, himself a product of the Colleges, says the state's higher education systems must equip students with new skills even he didn't have upon graduating. Although the millennial…
VIDEO: California Economic Summit earns high marks for its priorities and broad coalition
Public and private leaders from all over the state say the Summit is addressing the right challenges
Edited: California Economic Summit aims to restore upward mobility
Watch highlights from the 2016 Summit which drew more than 500 Californians to refine a roadmap to shared prosperity
VIDEO: Impact summit harnessed California’s innovation economy to tackle big challenges
Hundreds gathered in San Francisco recently for the 2015 "Growing the Impact Economy Summit" where problem solvers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors came together to tackle some of California's intractable social and environmental problems. The wrapup video above captures some of the voices of leaders in the world of "fourth sector" thinking. The location…
VIDEO: Social entrepreneurs set out to save world, make money
There's a growing category of businesses looking to make money while saving the world. Rather, they look to have some sort of social or environmental impact while running a business and providing jobs. They're called for-benefit or part of the "fourth sector." If you're looking to get into the sector, good news: There's an effort…
VIDEO: Millennials face uphill battle in today’s economy
The Millennial generation represents the largest and most digitally connected generation ever, but it's also staring at a long list of challenges to get ahead economically. 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…
Report: Millennials less in love with the car than previous generations
(Photo Credits: torbakhopper & Michael Ocampo/Flickr) If a person is born after 1980, it's likely he or she doesn't view having a car as "freedom," but would rather be free from having to drive a car at all. And the best way California can adapt to this trend might not necessarily be expanding highways but…
Millennials optimistic about future but down on present economy
Long Beach City Council member Rex Richardson speaking at Millennial Economic Summit in Los Angeles this week. (Photo Credit: John Guenther) At an event on millennials and the economy this week, Long Beach City Council member Rex Richardson pointed out that his generation is made of the first-ever "digital babies." "I'm on the older end…
College report and Toyota news place California economy at crossroads
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaking at Long Beach City College. (Photo Credit: John Guenther) In the week following the Toyota relocation news, California saw a good amount of hand-wringing, followed by finger-pointing at reasons for the move. Whichever reason is given, it still should add fuel to the resistance to do things in the same…
Report: California’s aerospace industry bigger than Hollywood
Boeing's C-17 Globemaster plant in Long Beach, CA will shut down production in 2015. (Photo credit: Greg Bishop) What's nearly invisible but bigger than California's agriculture and entertainment industries combined? It's the state's aerospace industry. That's the story coming from a new economic impact report trying to show how aerospace is a massive but endangered species…
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