EARN in California
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California Budget & Policy Center
Sacramento, California ·The California Budget & Policy Center (formerly the California Budget Project) was founded in 1995 to fill a serious unmet need: for a credible, independent source of information on how budget and tax policies affect low- and middle-income Californians.
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Center on Policy Initiatives
San Diego, California ·The Center on Policy Initiatives is a nonprofit research and action institute dedicated to creating economic prosperity, sustainable communities and a healthy environment for all.
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East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Oakland, California ·The East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) is a collaboration of labor, community, and faith-based organizations in the San Francisco East Bay (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties).
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Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Los Angeles, California ·Founded in 1993, LAANE (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy) is a nationally recognized advocacy organization dedicated to building a new economy for all. Combining dynamic research, innovative public policy, and strategic organizing of broad alliances, LAANE promotes a new economic approach based on good jobs, thriving communities, and a healthy environment.
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Working Partnerships USA
San Jose, California ·Working Partnerships USA is an action-oriented think tank and community organization that drives the movement for a just economy by bringing together public policy innovation and the power of grassroots organizing.
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California Network publications
Three Ways State Policymakers Can Raise Revenues to Advance California’s Priorities
- April 3, 2023
- California Budget & Policy Center
- Kayla Kitson
Californians from all corners of the state — of all races and ethnicities, genders, ages, and abilities — deserve to be able to afford the basics and thrive in their […]
California’s Child Care Providers Need a Substantial Pay Raise
- April 3, 2023
- California Budget & Policy Center
- Erik Saucedo
California’s subsidized child care providers offer vital early learning and care options for families struggling to make ends meet. These early educators — who are primarily women and disproportionately women […]
Using Local and Economically-Targeted Hire to Promote Good Jobs through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- October 7, 2022
- Michael Lawliss, Lew Finfer, and Jennifer Sherer
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), was signed into law on November 15, 2021. This federal legislation will bring $1.2 trillion […]
The COVID-19 Recession Further Undercuts California Women’s Opportunities for Economic Security
- March 30, 2021
- Kristin Schumacher
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many Californians and Americans to unprecedented economic instability, but many women in California were already struggling to pay the bills prior to the onset of […]
Delivering Insecurity: E-commerce and the Future of Work in Food Retail
- December 9, 2020
- Working Partnerships USA
- Chris Benner, Sarah Mason with Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of Americans have ordered groceries online for the first time. By some estimates, as many as 45% of all households—55.5 million—ordered groceries […]
Equity in Apprenticeship: Equity from the Frontline: Workers’ Insight and Leadership Supports a Network of Apprenticeships in Transit
- August 17, 2018
- COWS
- Michele Mackey, Laura Dresser, and Mariah Young-Jones.
Equity in Apprenticeship is a report series from COWS at UW-Madison. It highlights programs that use apprenticeship to extend occupational opportunity to historically marginalized groups, especially people of color and […]
Equity in Apprenticeship: Health Care Pathways in LA: New Apprenticeship Opportunities as an Industry Changes
- August 17, 2018
- COWS
- Michele Mackey, Laura Dresser, and Mariah Young-Jones.
Equity in Apprenticeship is a report series from COWS at UW-Madison. It highlights programs that use apprenticeship to extend occupational opportunity to historically marginalized groups, especially people of color and […]
Hour Crisis: Unstable Schedules in the Los Angeles Retail Sector
- March 22, 2018
- UCLA Labor Center & LAANE
The retail sector is an integral part of the Los Angeles landscape with almost half a million workers in the county, and 147,157 workers in the city. Retail makes up […]
Liquid Assets: How Stormwater Infrastructure Builds Resilience, Health, Jobs, & Equity
- March 22, 2018
- Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
- Jon Zerolnick
Report from Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) on how we can better invest in stormwater capture and create good jobs for nearly 10,000 Angelenos.
Building Opportunity: Investing in local and disadvantaged residents with Community Workforce Agreements
- July 1, 2017
- Working Partnerships USA
The City of San Jose is projected to invest $1.42 billion over the next five years in public construction projects. Yet the City currently has no provisions in place to […]