Manufacturers across the state continue to navigate challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are financially recovering and taking advantage of rebound resources, while others are innovating and transforming in an effort to hang on to profits. Ultimately, all businesses are doing their best to survive in today's uncertain economy, which begs the questions [...]

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and public health orders open up additional segments of our economy, which workers are at highest risk of workplace exposure to the coronavirus? Recent articles have examined the increased infection risk for workers in hospitals, home care, nursing homes, grocery stores, warehouses, meat processing plants, trucking, and public transit. Studies have found that Black and Latino [...]

Post-election, there will be a lot of legislative work for Congress to complete in the remaining weeks of the 116th session. In addition to the unknowns of the current health pandemic and economic fallout, the outcome of the election on the White House and Congress will have a big impact on how and when there [...]

Join the U.S. Economic Development Administration and the NADO Research Foundation on December 3 for a webinar about EDA’s new GPRA Non-Infrastructure Metrics and Reporting processes. During this webinar, EDA staff will provide guidance and training to EDDs on what to expect when they receive their next award from EDA. Grantees can find a number [...]

Instructor: Ralph Masters, California Capital PTAC Procurement Counselor California Capital PTAC is offering a 90 minute hands-on workshop focusing on the functions and features of the USAspending.gov website and provide insight as to how to conduct market research on federal spending data that is specific to your business. USAspending.gov is the official source for spending [...]

In this webinar we will discuss the current state of business, and how small business owners have had to reinvent their business models. We will offer suggestions and avenues to assist participants with pivoting their service or product delivery methods. In addition, we will visit how collaborations can provide unique success avenues. Presented by: Danielle [...]

Today's economic environment provides a set of challenges we haven't previously seen. Economic developers have to be able to distinguish their community in an increasingly competitive environment. In this learning lab, we'll examine how location intelligence can effectively drive economic policy and opportunity, and we'll see this play out with a live example from an [...]

Here we go! Happy New Year! Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and other social issues, California courts and our legislative representatives still found time to create new headaches for employers in 2021.  To reduce your risk with expensive employment legal matters, California employers and their managers/supervisors need to stay informed of the consistently changing employment law [...]