Empowering LA’s Solar Workforce: New Policies that Deliver Investments and Jobs

Presented by: LABC Institute, City of Los Angeles, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Global Green USA, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, and USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity.

J.R. DeShazo, Director of the UCLA Luskin Center, and Manuel Pastor and Mirabai Auer of USC’s Program for Environment and Regional Equity, co-authored the report. They presented their findings at UCLA during the Los Angeles Business Council’s annual Mayoral Housing, Transportation and Jobs Summit, which was also attended by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and mayoral hopefuls City Council President Eric Garcetti, City Controller Wendy Greuel and City Councilwoman Jan Perry.