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
State Technology and Science Index 2010
State rankings of science and tech prepared by the Milken Institute Read More »
Statewide Transportation System Needs Assessment
Report on the transportation needs of California and ways to pay for maintenance and upgrades, prepared for the California Transportation Commission. Read More »
The California Economy in 2010
Report on California job growth by the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy Read More »
Creating a Shared California Economic Strategy: A Call to Action
Findings report from the California Economic Strategy Panel, Dec. 2002. Read More »
Creating Jobs in California
Recommendations on creating jobs and cultivating economic clusters, presented by The California Jobs Committee and Monitor Group Read More »
Conditions of Competitiveness of California’s Economy
Report from the California Regional Economies Project, 2004. Read More »
Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States
Report from the U.S. Department of Commerce examining U.S. policies covering infrastructure, education and IT. Read More »
Opportunites and Challenges for the California Economy
Chapter examining California's prospects in the midst of economic downturn, by economist Stephen Levy Read More »
California’s Tomorrow: Equity is the Superior Growth Model
A report from PolicyLink and USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity about economic inequality, the changing demographics and diversity as an economic asset. Read More »
Growth and renewal in the United States: Retooling America’s economic engine
Latest report from the McKinsey Global Institute on U.S. economic competitiveness Read More »
California’s Economic Future
Report on external and internal challenges to California's economy and the opportunities the state holds in manufacturing, technology and other areas. Read More »
California’s Jobs and Future
Report on creating a strategic economic plan for the state by the Council on California Competitiveness, Peter Ueberroth, Chair Read More »
California Report on The Environment For Science and Technology
Report on California's technology miracle and how to sustain the sustain the industry long-term, 1999 Read More »
Planning for a Better Future: California 2025
Public Policy Institute of California report on socio-economic stats, including the economy, budget and population Read More »
