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

Workforce

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%

http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=40388

Environment Defense Fund Map of CA Green Industries

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/

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”

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.

I. Innovative Municipal Financing

I. PACE district Implementation

Assembly Bill 811Property Assessed Clean Energy

Finance (PACE)

Sonoma CountySonoma CountyEnergy Independence Energy Independence

ProgramProgram

Partners: Government, Business and Workforce, Nonprofits, Education

Green Jobs

Saved:• Water• Energy• Money

Programs

Financing

Workforce

Training

Businesses

San Joaquin Valley Green San Joaquin Valley Green Jobs CorpsJobs Corps

Environmental Stewardship

Civic Responsibility

Community Service

Work Experience

Educational Component – Soft Skills

Green Skills Certificate

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

California’s Leading Emerald Cities

Los Angeleshttp://www.ladwp.com/library/statichtml/homepage_greenla.html

South Bayhttp://www.greenworkforce.info/

San Jose – Silicon Valleyhttp://www.sanjoseca.gov/greenvision/

http://www.sanjoseca.gov/greenvision/

I. 2007 Green Jobs Act

II. 2010 Home Star Energy Retrofit Act

National Policies Driving the California Green

Economy

Additional Resources:

CA Employment Development Department Labor Market Information Divisionhttp://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/contentpub/GreenDigest/CaliforniaGreenEconomy.pdf

California Next 10 Reportwww.nextten.org

Enhancing the CA Economy Interactive Websitehttp://www.ca.green.ideascale.com/

Making Green Work: Best Practices in Green-Collar Job Traininghttp://ellabakercenter.org/makinggreenwork

Environmental Defense Fund: Mapping CA’s Green Economyhttp://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=40388