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Press Coverage 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 Read up on the press coverage Next 10 has received since its launch. June 10th, 2011 If the room full of likely voters who gathered Thursday in San Francisco for the California Budget Challenge had their way, California's current budget deficit would be morphed into a $7.9 billion surplus. More than 150 people participated in the interactive challenge yesterday, put on by the nonprofit, nonpartisan group Next 10. Using hand-held electronic clickers, the group voted on the same issues lawmakers are grappling with in Sacramento less than a week before the June 15 budget deadline. With a starting point of $10.5 million in the red, voters enacted a series of cuts and tax increases to close the gap – and then some. June 10th, 2011 Yesterday, Next10—a California nonprofit—unveiled the revised version of its own budget simulator. While the organization has hosted the online tool for the past seven years, revising it annually to reflect the state's current legislature proposals, this year's scorched-earth budget battle makes it especially timely. With K-12 and higher education, health care, and a wide range of social programs on the line, concerned voters can pick and choose through a variety of options toward a balanced budget. Check it out. Nifty, no? Next10 officially revealed its updated version at a San Francisco budget forum Thursday. There, participants learned about the different proposals the legislature is considering—and took part in a live run using hand-held clickers to vote, multiple-choice style, on the proposals. All in all, it's a pretty cool—and heartily diplomatic—widget. Given the dubious online practices of some folks in government, such a positive use of political technology is certainly refreshing. June 9th, 2011 Our nonpartisan organization, Next 10, is making an updated version of the Challenge available to Californians online starting today. With less than one week to go before the budget deadline, Californians have the power to show lawmakers their budget priorities, creating their own version of a state spending plan and emailing it to elected leaders. The updated Budget Challenge includes policy options that are being debated in Sacramento right now—like whether or not to extend expiring increases in the sales and car taxes, pension reform proposals, and several possible strategies for cutting costs related to prisons. June 9th, 2011 Next10 releases an update to its nonpartisan California Budget Challenge with an interactive budget workshop at Commonwealth Club in San Francisco from 10 a.m. to noon. Listed speakers include John Myers of KQED Public Radio, Dan Schnur of the University of Southern California's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, Jim Mayer of California Forward, and F. Noel Perry of Next10. June 9th, 2011 In the next few days, our state leaders will either cut or assign funding for everything from schools, to prisons, to healthcare," said F. Noel Perry, founder of Next 10, the nonpartisan nonprofit organization that created the Challenge. "We want to be sure that voters not only understand the process, but we also want to empower Californians to tell our state leaders what their budget priorities are." Since it first launched seven years ago, more than a quarter million people have used the interactive California Budget Challenge, a budget simulator that allows users to create a budget by growing or cutting services, addressing taxes, and changing the way dollars are spent on state programs and services. May 25th, 2011 Next 10, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that promotes the growth of the state's clean tech sector, said the state and federal governments' implementation of aggressive new fuel economy standards could boost growth in California's $1.9 trillion economy by up to 1.31 percent by the year 2025 while cutting the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 19 percent. "Efficiency fuels growth by saving consumers and businesses money and allowing them to spend it on things they really want," said the report's author, UC Berkeley professor David Roland-Holst. The report said savings on fuel will more than offset the higher sticker prices. The report also said that most of the new cars built to meet the aggressive fuel standards will be more efficient gasoline-driven cars. May 25th, 2011 According to the study, new jobs would come, in part, because of cleaner, more efficient vehicles that would result in savings, spurring on economic growth. Reducing fuel use could translate into spending that money on goods and services that don’t have to be imported, as well as in employing people in the state, for jobs that can’t be outsourced. “Our study indicates that when it comes to fuel economy and emissions standards, Californians don’t have to choose between a robust economy and a cleaner vehicle fleet — they can enjoy both,” said David Roland-Holst, author of the report and University of California Berkeley adjunct professor, in a statement. May 25th, 2011 For more than three decades, California’s investments in energy efficiency – through groundbreaking building, appliance, and utility regulatory standards -- have reaped substantial economic returns for consumers in our state. These returns have in turn supported the creation of new jobs and businesses. Californians will see similar benefits when it comes to clean cars,” says Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10. May 6th, 2011 The interactive budget workshop, produced by Next 10, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization, allowed the group to vote on more than a dozen questions relating to the budget. Using what looked like a television remote control with five buttons, participants looked at major budget issues and voted on how they felt California’s budget should be cut and if taxes should be increased or extended. Before they voted on a key item, Sarah Henry, program director for Next 10, offered a brief explanation of the budget items along with a short explanation of the budget impact. Next 10 gave a projection of how these choices would affect the deficit. The voting results were projected instantly on a large screen at the front of the auditorium. The event, sponsored by Assemblymembers Bonnie Lowenthal, Warren Furutani and Isadore Hall, III, offered a chance to educate local constituents on how negotiating the state budget works. February 23, 2011 "Many Californians do not know where the state gets its money and what it is spent on," said Sarah Henry, a spokeswoman for Next10, a Silicon Valley-based nonprofit group that tries to educate voters about the budget. "There is also a lack of understanding about some of the major proposals being considered by our representatives. But we think people have a great interest in learning more about the budget." Through its website, Next10.org, the group promotes a "Budget Challenge" in which participants can attempt to balance the budget themselves. The group also recently began publishing a budget question of the day and making it available to other websites as a way to educate voters. February 23, 2011 The voters' lack of knowledge about even the basic structure of the budget makes the whole gambit even more of a challenge for Brown. "Many Californians do not know where the state gets its money and what it is spent on," said Sarah Henry, a spokeswoman for Next10, a Silicon Valley-based non-profit that tries to educate voters about the budget. "There is also a lack of understanding about some of the major proposals being considered by our representatives. But we think people have a great interest in learning more about the budget." February 17, 2011 To help make the proposals being considered in Sacramento accessible, Next 10 created the nonpartisan California Budget Challenge, an online budget simulation that gives a simplified look at some of the tough choices being discussed right now. In addition to displaying a selection of choices on topics from realignment to redevelopment, human services to education, along with tax options, users are presented with background information and arguments for and against each choice. February 16, 2011 Yesterday, Next 10 released an updated California Budget Challenge to balance the $90 billion state budget. Next 10, a nonpartisan organization that encourages all Californians to look beyond just the present and think about the next 10 years and beyond, first launched the challenge in 2005 and has updated it every year since. The 2011 Budget Challenge allows you to make complex decisions with various options including proposals from Gov. Jerry Brown's budget. February 16, 2011 The nonpartisan California Budget Challenge is an easy-to-use online tool that simulates some of the tough choices our legislators are facing. In addition to questions about education spending and income tax, users now have the opportunity to weigh in on topical proposals such as redevelopment, pensions, and extending the temporary tax increases that were set to expire this year to fund the realignment proposal and prevent deeper cuts. February 15th, 2011 (Video) January 28th, 2011 It wasn't all taxes, however. The group cut the amount of money California schools receive for each student per year, from $11,700 to $11,100. California ranks 34th in the nation in per-pupil spending, Henry said. Next 10 program director Sarah Henry told the group that California, unlike Alaska and Texas, doesn't tax companies for pumping oil. However, Ramos countered, California does tax refined petroleum products, like gasoline, "very heavily." January 21st, 2011 "The green job data is significant because these jobs are growing in every region across the state, outpacing other vital sectors, and generating business across the supply chain," said F. Noel Perry, founder of Next 10. "There are very few business sectors in a state as large as California that employ people across every region. The emergence of this vibrant Core Green Economy can be attributed to California's history of innovation, as well as our forward-looking energy and energy efficiency policies." January 19th, 2011 (Video) (Next 10 featured at 26 seconds) January 19th, 2011 Next 10 created the California Budget Challenge and ask the crowd at the Pannell Center to take it. The Next 10 presenters ask the crowd which programs to cut or increase funding for and which taxes to raise or lower. Using small remote controls, each person in the audience answered the questions. At the end of the process, the answers selected by the majority of the group only lowered the budget gap to $7.3-billion. January 19th, 2011 (Video) January 19th, 2011 "Employers offering jobs in fields such as solar-power generation, electric-vehicle development and environmental consultation added 5,000 jobs in 2008, the latest data available. In all, about 174,000 Californians were working in eco-friendly fields by early 2009, compared with just 111,000 in 1995, said nonprofit research group Next 10," they report.
January 19th, 2011 Next 10 and partner organizations release a new report on the state's "green" economy this morning. The 10 a.m. release of "Many Shades of Green: Regional Distribution and Trends in California's Green Economy 2011," will include a panel discussion at Siemens Mobility Corporate Headquarters featuring Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.
January 19th, 2011 Next 10, founded by venture capitalist F. Noel Perry, defines green businesses as those that provide alternative energy, specialize in conserving energy and natural resources, and are geared toward reducing pollution and recycling.
January 19th, 2011 After doubling over the past 15 years, job growth in Sacramento's green sector was flat in 2009, according to a new study. But San Francisco-based Next 10, which released the report, said the local region continues to be a leader in the state's rapidly expanding green economy and is well-positioned for further growth. "The (Sacramento) region has a tremendous foundation for the future," said F. Noel Perry, Next 10's founder.
January 19th, 2011 The report, from the Next 10 public policy group, found that the number of green jobs in the state grew 3 percent between January 2008 and January 2009, reaching 174,000 despite the deepening financial crisis. Employment throughout the California economy rose less than 1 percent.
January 19th, 2011 Employers offering jobs in fields such as solar-power generation, electric-vehicle development and environmental consultation added 5,000 jobs in 2008, the latest data available. In all, about 174,000 Californians were working in eco-friendly fields by early 2009, compared with just 111,000 in 1995, said nonprofit research group Next 10.
January 18th, 2011 "The green job data is significant because these jobs are growing in every region across the state, outpacing other sectors and generating business across the supply chain" Next 10 founder F. Noel Perry said in a news release. "While green job numbers are modest relative to the overall economy, there are very few business sectors in a state as large as California that employ people across every region."
January 18th, 2011 "The green job data is significant because these jobs are growing in every region across the state, outpacing other sectors and generating business across the supply chain" Next 10 founder F. Noel Perry said in a news release. "While green job numbers are modest relative to the overall economy, there are very few business sectors in a state as large as California that employ people across every region."
January 18th, 2011 "The green job data is significant because these jobs are growing in every region across the state, outpacing other sectors and generating business across the supply chain" Next 10 founder F. Noel Perry said in a news release. "While green job numbers are modest relative to the overall economy, there are very few business sectors in a state as large as California that employ people across every region." |
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