Resources
Summit Documents
2018 California Economic Summit Playbook
The 2018 Playbook is the policy guide for the seventh annual Summit in Santa Rosa. The Playbook provides a progress update and defines the topics and action plans that will be sharpened by Summit participants to ensure every California community can be resilient in the face of an unpredictable economy and an uncertain climate. Read More »
2018 Partnerships for Industry and Education (PIE) Contest
The 2018 PIE Contest Booklet profiles the winners and all nominees in the Summit's annual workforce training partnership competition. Read More »
Can Technology Help Us Get Future-Ready
To build momentum for improving California's workforce training pipeline, "Can Technology Help Us Get Future-Ready?" offers the top recommendations and key learnings from recent regional MeetUps and the employer/employee surveys. Read More »
2018 Roadmap to Shared Prosperity
The 2018 Roadmap reaffirms the Summit priorities in workforce, housing, and infrastructure and outlines an agenda for three major new initiatives to help lift more California communities into prosperity. Read More »
2017 California Economic Summit Playbook
The 2017 Playbook is the policy and program guide for the sixth annual Summit in San Diego. The Playbook tracks Summit progress and offers a new way of organizing the Summit to take on new imperatives of reducing income inequality, increasing economic security, bolstering wealth generation, and restoring upward mobility. Read More »
2017 Partnerships for Industry and Education (PIE) Contest
The PIE Contest Booklet contains info about all two dozen of this year's contestants in the Partnerships for Industry and Education Contest and be sure to plan to participate next year. Read More »
White Paper: Investing in a Business Engagement Ecosystem
This paper details strategies for California policymakers and workforce system stakeholders to consider as they continue to develop a 21st-century workforce system. Read More »
2017 Roadmap to Shared Prosperity
The 2017 Roadmap to Shared Prosperity sharpens focus on upward mobility and follows up wins from 2016 in achieving the Summit's One Million Challenges Read More »
2016 California Economic Summit Program
Your guide and schedule to the 2016 California Economic Summit in Sacramento, December 13-14 Read More »
2016 California Economic Summit Playbook
The 2016 Playbook will be the policy guide at the fifth annual Summit in Sacramento and will bring focus to discussions there regarding upward mobility in California and how to advance the Summit's One Million Challenges. Read More »
2016 Roadmap’s Principles for Shared Prosperity
The 2016 Principles for Shared Prosperity bring focus to the goals of the Summit and the ambitious challenges presented in the Roadmap to Shared Prosperity Read More »
2016 Roadmap to Shared Prosperity
The California Economic Summit created the 2016 Roadmap to Shared Prosperity to highlight a set of ambitious goals—the One Million Challenges—that will be vital to expanding sustainable economic growth in every part of California. Read More »
2015 California Economic Summit Playbook
The California Economic Summit Playbook offers more detail on each of three challenges to be tackled at the Summit's annual gathering, along with a set of action plans that will be the top priority of the Summit network in the year ahead. Read More »
2015 Roadmap to Shared Prosperity
The Roadmap to Shared Prosperity is a broad set of proposals aimed at helping every region in California concentrate its efforts to accelerate middle-class job growth—and address issues from growing income inequality to the environmental and economic challenges of climate change. Read More »
A Year of Action: Summit Plan to Advance Prosperity in 2014
This report details how these nine Summit proposals are the foundation for rebuilding California’s struggling middle class and restoring upward mobility. It also highlights a wealth of opportunities for the Summit’s seven action teams to engage and collaborate to make them a reality. Read More »
2013 California Economic Summit Report
Report on the 2013 Summit which serves as an initial summary of Summit commitments, a collection of some of the best thinking from across the state about how to drive sustainable economic growth in California. Read More »
Summit Playbook 2013
The Summit Playbook 2013 was prepared for the 2013 Summit and provides a roadmap for promoting California’s jobs and competitiveness. Prepared by leaders from across California, the Playbook identifies specific actions that business, government, environmental, labor and community groups can take to secure California as the Golden State. Read More »
2013 Action Plan Blog Series
Read our blog series on each of the 2013 Action Plans of the California Economic Summit, which will lay the foundation for a future of well-paying jobs, a sustainable environment, and equal opportunities for every Californian. Read More »
2013 Regional Forum Results
During the 2013 Regional Economic Forum series, regional leaders were asked to identify top priorities in several categories through a deliberative process that engaged a range of stakeholders. This report summarizes those results to help set an agenda for action leading up to and including the 2013 Summit. Read More »
California Economic Summit Briefing Book 2013
The California Economic Summit Briefing Book 2013 shares a helpful overview of the Summit process and describes potential areas for statewide collaboration that build off of progress since the 2012 Summit. Read More »
Other Resources
Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy: Report and Recommendations
The 25 recommendations from the California Community Colleges' Board of Governors Task Force build upon current college efforts and address barriers to enhancing the capacity of California Community Colleges to prepare students for high-value jobs in regions throughout the state. Read More »
Report on Access to Capital Initiative - Butte Region
Summary on the problem of shrinking access to capital and local investment in the Butte region of California. Read More »
Jobs, Infrastructure & Workforce
Think Long Committee's policy recommendations on infrastructure, education, tax reform and streamlining government. Read More »
An Economic Growth and Competitiveness Agenda for California
Priorities & guidelines for creating a "Next Economy" in CA, presented by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom Read More »
Thriving Regions Lead to a Thriving State
Strategy report on reviving CA regional economies and creating shared priorities, created by California Stewardship Project. Read More »
Top Trends in State Economic Development
Report from the National Governors Association on what states have focused on in economic development in the past two years. Read More »
Regional Innovations: Promising Practices from the California Stewardship Network
Report prepared by Collaborative Economics containing regional profiles describing how collaboration across sectors, jurisdictions, and geographic boundaries has led to greater economic, environmental, and social impact. Read More »
Southern California Economic Recovery & Job Creation Strategy
Strategy document created by the Southern California Association of Governments and based upon the region’s job creation needs given its unique competitive advantages and demographics. Read More »
Growing California’s Regional Economies
Policy paper on growing California's regional economies prepared for California Forward by Pete E. Weber Read More »
California Jobs and Growth
Detailed report by Chamber of Commerce of the U.S. on the California economy and related policy areas including energy and education. Read More »
Guiding Principles for Restructuring Education
California EDGE Coalition Response to Governor Brown’s Adult Education Budget Proposal Read More »
Workforce Stakeholders Principles
Workforce Stakeholders Group Statement on Reforming Job Training Programs in America Read More »
America’s Metro Regions Take Center Stage: 8 Reasons Why
Citistates Group looks at the role of metropolitan regions in the globalized 21st century economy. Read More »
California Economy Update
April 2012 report on the state of the California economy, its regions and sectors from the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy. Read More »
Invest in California: Plan for Job Creation and Economic Recovery
Report and policy recommendations on the California economy from Bob Baglenorth and Art Pulaski, team members of the California Economic Summit. Read More »
Jobs, Economic Development and Sustainable Communities
USDA report on 43 local forums held across the state to set policy priorities and strategies for rural California. Submitted by Glenda Humiston, State Director USDA Rural Development. Read More »
Strategic Plan for Economic Development
L.A. County plan for regional development from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. Read More »
Clusters of Opportunity Economic Strategy
Report on economic clusters in the SLO region by the Economic Vitality Corporation Read More »
Policy Recommendations to Create CA Manufacturing Jobs
Whitepaper from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group on how CA can be competitive in manufacturing. Read More »
Keeping California competitive
Recommendations on CA competitiveness and an examination of claims and realities of the CA economy. Read More »
