Workforce Development

LAEDC CEO Bill Allen on Regional Strategies for LA’s Economic Recovery 

Underscoring the ample public and private resources available, Bill Allen comments on the region's competitive advantages and capacity for cross-sector collaboration to maximize benefits and drive a robust, sustainable, and equitable recovery.

California Forward's Action Plan for Equitable Economic Revitalization

TPR excerpts California Forward's action plan, which outlines how the state can rebuild the economy by rapidly investing more resources into infrastructure while integrating investments in workforce training to ensure a steady pipeline of skilled workers and good, well-paying jobs.

WorkingNation’s Art Bilger & Jane Oates on COVID-19 Jobs Recovery & Workforce Transition

WorkingNation’s Founder and CEO, Art Bilger, and President, Jane Oates, on their organization’s mission—to inform and educate on the changing nature of the economy, the future of work, and the skills gap—to address what was once a looming, but is now a pressing, nationwide unemployment crisis.

SLATE-Z's Effie Turnbull-Sanders on Community-Driven Development for Resilience & Sustainability in South LA

SLATE-Z Executive Director Effie Turnbull Sanders on the partnerships and the place-based strategies that drive equitable workforce and community development in South LA.

New 'UC San Diego.Urban' Looks To Spur City & University Innovation

At CityAge Build the Future, UC San Diego Vice Chancellor Mary Walshok announced a new initiative called UCSanDiego.Urban.

Supervisor Kathryn Barger on LA County's Balanced Budget & ‘Connecting the Dots’ to Policy Priorities

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger is working to connect transportation infrastructure and homelessness to LA's workforce.

LATTC President Larry Frank on South LA’s Newly Designated Transit Empowerment Zone

President of Los Angeles Trade Tech College and chair of the South LA Transit Empowerment Zone coalition explains how groups came together to help South LA win Promise Zone designation in June 2016.

Mike Silvey & Kelly Candaele on IronWorkers Local 433 & Today's Construction Economy Jobs

Mike Silvey, business manager of Ironworkers Local 433, and Kelly Candaele, a former LA Community College District trustee, discuss technological advancements in the building industry.

Beyond Net Zero: Electrical Training Institute Models Sustainability & Resilience

June 3 marks the opening ceremony of the Electrical Training Institute in Commerce, a cutting-edge sustainable facility that serves as a prototype for new green building design guidelines known as “Net Zero Plus.”

Los Angeles' New CDD GM, Cliff Graves, Outlines City's Community Development Agenda