The following information is a bibliography of significant economic development
and workforce related reports that have been completed during 2005-2008 pertinent
to California from either a statewide or regional perspective for the formulation a
of a strategy entitled Prosperity California. This bibliography was completed by
Tim Johnson for the California Association for Local Economic Development, CALED.

National Governors Association, 2007 State “New Economy’ Index: Benchmarking
Transformation in the states –California. The document provides excellent
insight to California’s strengths and weaknesses related to jobs, globalization
and the digital economy.  California ranks extremely high against other states
in this report.

California’s EDGE:  Keeping California Competitive, Creating Opportunity
This is a publication comprised of a coalition of non- partisan groups with
diverse and even divergent outlooks but united in the belief that:

•  The states’ future economic growth rests in large measure on the skill
   base of its workers
•  The state and its industrial leadership are now at serious risk of loosing
   the competitive advantage of a highly trained labor force
•  The Governor and Legislature must lead a strategic effort to forge the state’s
   education and raining infrastructure, otherwise suffer-creating an uncertain
   future

See www.Californiaedgecampaign.org  for 5 major goals.  Unknown date of
Publication

New Voice of Business
This is a non-partisan organization to awaken, inspire, and mobilize the power
and creativity of business and business people.  It does possess an economic
agenda but it is not focused specifically on California.  The organization is
a supporter AB 2944.  See www.newvoiceofbusiness.org

2007 Measuring Prosperity Index, Sacramento Region
A publication by the Sacramento Regional Research Institute.  Good for background
information, but not an initiative or strategy.

Building Economically Competitive Communities
A document by the California Academy for Economic Development. The document is
focused on an organizational strategy for or in support of economic development,
specifically the California Association for Local Economic Development.  No date
of publication.

 Merced County, 1 Voice, Top Priority Project Summary,
Unknown publication date. This is published by Merced Council of Governments. 
It is regional in nature but has concentrated on two statewide concerns:

•SB 975 related to Prevailing Wage configuration to other areas beyond,
 LA Basin and Bay Area
•Change all tax measures to be passed by simple majority

League of California Cities, 2008: Adoption of Four (4) Goals
• Protect funding for vital Community Services
• Green and Sustainable Cities
• Expand Infrastructure Investments
• Enact Honest and Responsible Eminent Domain Reform

BAY BIO IMPACT 2008: Translating Science into Better Health,
A 12 Point Plan, Jan 2008

•Create a health information technology and life science investment capital
 gains tax amnesty
•Invest $150 million over 10 years in UC-oriented life sciences incubator
•Convert California’s R&D tax credit into a tax rebate
•Create a 20 year carry forward provision on the treatment of corporate net
 operating losses
•Create corporate tax incentive for major investments in California
•Increase state investments in Training Centers of Excellence
•Incentivize local communities to zone biotech regions in their master planning
•Expand allowable uses for State Infrastructure and ED Bank
•Establish a harmonization conference between CALEPA and USEPA
•Establish a science fellows program to serve the state government
•Establish a major economic incentive for bio-processing and bio-manufacturing
 investments
•Establish a new California Science and Technology Trust

CALCHAMBER 2008 Business Issues
This is a publication that illustrates key business issues to be examined that
focus on items such as agriculture, climate change, education, energy,
environmental regulations, health care reform, housing, immigration,
international trade, labor and employment, legal reform, privacy, tourism,
transportation, water and worker’s compensation.

California Economic Development Partnership
Overview of Business Plan Revised 08/30/05 Draft.  It is the mission of the
Partnership to bring together state resources in collaboration with regional
and local economic development organizations.  The document was a draft plan.

Cluster Based Strategies for Growing State Economies
National Governor’s Association, 2008
The following identifies initiatives to grow and sustain clusters
• Establish a Solid Foundation
• Build Relationships
• Deepen Skills and Talents
• Align Innovation investments
• Accelerate Entrepreneurship
• Open Global Priorities

State Strategies to Promote Angel Investment for Economic Growth
National Governor’s Association, 02/14/08

•Promote seminars on private equity investment for current and potential
 investors
•Assist entrepreneurs by connecting them with existing entrepreneurship
 education and services
•Facilitate the formation of statewide angel group networks to organization
 and empower local leadership and build investor knowledge
•Ensure that angel investors are well-represented on state economic
 development advisory boards, along with entrepreneurs, universities and
 other industry representatives
•Identify and collect metrics to monitor the impact

The California Economic Leadership Network
California Center for Regional Leadership, 09/17/07
Publication primarily focused on actions by the state, comparing the state to
other state’s and entities.

2007 Rural Economic and Health Vitality Policy Agenda
California Center for Regional Leadership, on behalf of the Governor
No discussion of a strategy or goals presented.

California Commission for Economic Development:  Promoting Sustainable Growth
and Workforce Development for California’s Future 2007
A series of recommendations were presented. These include recommendations for
Sustainable Growth and Workforce Development:

Sustainable Growth

•Analyze and contrast business incentives offered by California and other states
 to lure innovative companies.  Assess whether and to what extent California
 enterprises are at a competitive disadvantage
•Identify and work to eliminate unreasonable government barriers to developing
 a carbon constrained economy
•Identify all natural advantage California possess to attract capital and to
 develop new energy technologies.  Promote policies to preserve and enhance such
 advantages
•Examine the state’s corporate tax policies and its impact on California companies
 large and small
•Encourage the development of a strategic plan to grow and sustain the
 biotechnology sector in the state.

Workforce Development

•Explore the relationship between workforce availability and business location
 strategies with the state
•Identify successful strategies to promote productive partnerships between
 businesses and the educational sectors to expand career and technical education
 programs
•Explore whether options are available to provide additional state support to
 expand successful workforce development models in key industries

Innovation, Investment, Collaboration:  A Statewide Action Agenda for Economic
Vitality, California Center for Regional Leadership, February 2005

This report identified a variety of background items including consultant
recommended building blocks for economic development.  However the significant
element of this report is Governor Schwarzenegger’s goals as they pertain to
economic vitality.

•Develop a fair and competitive tax structure that encourages growth and job
 creation
•Solve the energy cost crisis
•End litigation lottery – reform BPC Section 17200 (tort reform)
•Fix runaway workers compensation costs
•Cut bureaucratic red tape and regulations

Shared Prosperity and the California Economy: Implications for California’s
Workforce Investment Systems
Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy
sponsored by the James Irvine Foundation

The report was formulated with the intent of helping the State’s Workforce Investment
Board along with the 50 local workforce investment organizations
across the state. The premise of the report was to express what the state
workforce investment system is and what are its components such as CalWorks,
Welfare to Work and programs funded un the New Workforce Investment Act.

The report illustrate that the state’s Employment Training Panel, ETP spent
$100 million in 2000.  It is the only major public sector workforce program
that focuses on the training of workers who already have jobs and are not poor. 
ETP is the only public sector program that focuses on developing career
ladders.

The report presented the significance of private sector workforce training
programs nationally.  The report identified that businesses spent $60 billion
in 2000 across the nation.  If California industry matched the national average,
businesses in the state would have spent $6 billion.

The report identified Four Big Picture Ideas to be considered in the new
workforce investment system.

The Four Big Picture Ideas:

• From Job Growth to Productivity Growth
• From employment to Move Up
• From Single Agency Programs to Partnerships
• From Conflict to Common Purpose , One Economy One Workforce

California Cities Economic Development Policies, Perspectives Assessments and
Implications for State Policy,
Public Policy Institute of California, 2008

This report illustrates that local governments are playing a very substantial
role in economic development.  The report defines economic development policy
as a set of government actions that are self consciously not unintentionally,
directed at attracting, retaining or growing new businesses of any type. 

It was identified 478 cities in the state are virtually all involved in economic
development. A corresponding survey illustrated the following:

1.Economic Development strategies have expanded over time
2.Local officials have a negative view of state government’s performance
   regarding local economic development
3.There is unique value in a survey based approach to data collection
4.Perception of competition between communities is the driver of local
  economic development

Significant findings from the report illustrated the following from the survey:
Barriers, constraints and problems that confront local economic development
programs:

•Shortage of Land for Industrial Development
•Lack of Affordable Housing
•Shortage of Land for Retail and Commercial Development
•Lack of Workforce Skills/Training
•Inadequate Transportation Infrastructure
•High Energy Costs
•Overt NYMBISM

What is important to local Economic Development programs:

•Working with Community Groups
•Assuring Consistency in Development Rules
•Contacting Businesses
•Emphasize improvement of Local Amenities
•Streamlining Review of all Applications for Permits
•Property/Site Referrals

The report does not provide any strategies nor defines any goals.  Information
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