1. The Greening of the Golden State: An Overview of California’s Green Workforce

2. April 2010  California total civilian labor force: 16 million people  Official unemployment 2.2 million people  Green jobs as a percent of total employment California - 3.8%

4. http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=40388 Environment Defense Fund Map of CA Green Industries

5. California Policies Driving the Green Workforce 1.) California Green Collar Jobs Act - Est. of the Green Collar Jobs Council http://www.cwib.ca.gov/special_committees/green_collar_jobs_council 2.) Assembly Bill 32 – Global Warming Solutions Act http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/factsheets/ab32factsheet.pdf 3.) Assembly Bill 811– Property Assessed Clean Energy Finance Incentives http://www.energy.ca.gov/proceedings/2008-ALT-1/ 4.) California Green Jobs Corps http://www.californiavolunteers.org/index.php/GreenJobsCorps/

6. California Green Collar Jobs Council Generating and storing renewable energy Recycling existing materials Energy efficient product manufacturing, distribution, construction, installation, and maintenance Education, compliance and awareness Natural and sustainable product manufacturing California’s Working Definition of “Green”

7. Assembly Bill 32 – Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006  Established a timetable to bring California into near compliance with the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol; roughly a 25% reduction.  Implemented a statewide Green House Gas emissions cap for 2020, based on 1990 standards. By 2050, emissions must be reduced to 80% below 1990 levels.  Mandatory reporting rules for significant sources of greenhouse gases by January 1, 2008.

8. I.Innovative Municipal Financing I.PACE district Implementation Assembly Bill 811 Property Assessed Clean Energy Finance (PACE)

9. Sonoma County Energy Independence Program Partners: Government, Business and Workforce, Nonprofits, Education Green Jobs Saved: Water Energy Money Programs Financing Workforce Training Businesses

10. San Joaquin Valley Green Jobs Corps Environmental Stewardship Civic Responsibility Community Service Work Experience Educational Component – Soft Skills Green Skills Certificate

11. Clean Energy Workforce Training Program Project Examples: Northern Rural Training and Employment Consortium: Green Building and Clean Energy Retraining Partnerships Kern/Inyo/Mono Workforce Investment Board: Green Building and Clean Energy Pre-Apprenticeship Training Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Board: Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technologies Workforce Development and Training

12. California’s Leading Emerald Cities Los Angeles http://www.ladwp.com/library/statichtml/homepage_greenla.html South Bay http://www.greenworkforce.info/ San Jose – Silicon Valley http://www.sanjoseca.gov/greenvision/

14. I.2007 Green Jobs Act II. 2010 Home Star Energy Retrofit Act National Policies Driving the California Green Economy

15. Additional Resources: CA Employment Development Department Labor Market Information Division http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/contentpub/GreenDigest/California GreenEconomy.pdf California Next 10 Report www.nextten.org Enhancing the CA Economy Interactive Website http://www.ca.green.ideascale.com/ Making Green Work: Best Practices in Green-Collar Job Training http://ellabakercenter.org/makinggreenwork Environmental Defense Fund: Mapping CA’s Green Economy http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=40388