As it did in 2012, the Summit is tapping into California’s most vital resource—its people—to identify shared problems and to develop a shared agenda that will lay the foundation for a future of well-paying jobs, a sustainable environment, and equal opportunities for every Californian.
Resource Category: Economics (CA)
Bay Area Economic Assessment
This study finds that the Bay Area enjoys unique economic assets that have enabled it to prosper across economic cycles. It finds that a strategic focus on the sectors where it is most competitive and which have defined its global leadership offers the best opportunity to generate future jobs and growth. It also finds growing economic inequality, and a risk that significant parts of the population won’t share in the region’s general economic success.
Fast Facts on the California Economy
California’s economy is one of the ninth largest in the world with a 2011 gross state product (GDP) of $1.95 trillion. In August 2012, the California unemployment rate decreased to 10.6%. The figure represented a 12,000 job increase over the prior month, leaving 1.9 million unemployed workers. The national unemployment rate decreased to 8.1% over the same period.
Sustainable Financial Institution Engagement
This report for the CFED looks at the Bank On programs that first emerged in San Francisco and have since moved piecemeal across the country.
Impact of the Recession on California’s Women
A report from the California Budget Project on the effect of the Great Recession on Californian women.
The Great Recession and Income Distribution
The Public Policy Institute of California looks at how the Great Recession affected income distribution in the state.
State of Small Business Report
Pepperdine Business School reports on small business in the state of California. (Spoilers: They’re in favor.)
Jobs, Infrastructure & the Workforce
California, and the nation as a whole, still can seize economic opportunities, but only if both overcome these multiplying sets of challenges – challenges made even tougher by the ongoing economic downturn and lingering effects from the “Great Recession.”
Economic Growth Agenda for CA
How California can retake control and drive forward again, moving California back into the lead on sustainable growth and real job creation—regaining our leadership role as America’s opportunity capital.
Unauthorized Immigrants in CA
Unauthorized immigrants have been a part of many California industries and communities for decades, but recent and comprehensive information about the numbers and location of this population within California—at the county and sub-county level—does not exist.