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Scott Minerd, chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, is chairman of the California Center.

The Milken Institute's California Center is leading the way in finding fresh solutions to meet the many challenges facing the state. We build consensus and momentum with a nonpartisan, data-driven approach.

California urgently needs to create jobs, update our infrastructure, revitalize our education system and create a friendlier business climate. We believe we can leverage the state's legacy of innovation as we take up these challenges.

The California Center produces rigorous, independent research - and maximizes the impact of our findings by convening influential stakeholders from the worlds of business, finance, policy and philanthropy. Together we advance financing strategies and smart policy approaches that can build a more prosperous future for California.

The California Center focuses on:

  • economic growth
  • job creation
  • revitalizing struggling regions
  • infrastructure
  • investment
  • innovation and entrepreneurship
  • human capital and education
  • housing
  • fiscal solutions
  • renewable energy
The California Center convenes unique, structured gatherings to present our research, promote solutions and build relationships among a wide variety of stakeholders. Our events range from the ambitious Milken Institute Summit to small private working groups where thought leaders can share ideas.

We are firmly committed to ensuring that our state remains a global leader. The steps we take today will determine California's future - and reverberate through the entire U.S. economy.

Contacts:
Ross DeVol
Chief Research Officer
rdevol@milkeninstitute.org

Kevin Klowden
Director, California Center
kklowden@milkeninstitute.org

 
 

An Agenda for Progress: After the California Summit
Date: March 2013
Kevin Klowden, John Rosenthal and Erin Tanenbaum
Industry Growth and Investment in the Central Valley: The Past 10 Years

Milken Institute Summit - California 2013
November 21, 2013

Silicon Rally: L.A.'s Thriving Tech Scene
Susan Feldman, Michael Jones and Ynon Kreiz
Moderated by Dana Settle
June 25, 2013
Santa Monica

Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California
Moderated by Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor of AllThingsD
February 26, 2013
Santa Monica

Milken Institute Summit - California 2012
November 15, 2012
Los Angeles

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For information on how to support Milken Institute research, please contact:
Richard Ditizio
Executive Director, Program Development
Phone: 310.570.4650
Email: rditizio@milkeninstitute.org
 
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