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2010 Green Innovation Index

The updated 2010 California Green Innovation Index concludes that California’s green economy is one of the few areas of the economy that is growing in the current downturn. Read more about California’s global leadership in green innovation.

California Budget Challenge

Next 10 launched a June 2011 updated version of their popular nonpartisan budget balancing tool at budgetchallenge.org. Try your hand at solving the state’s fiscal woes today!

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Press Releases

December 7th, 2011 NEW DATA: CA Captures 69 Percent of Global EV Investment in 2011, Ranks First in Nation in EV Patents, EV Jobs Increase During Downturn. CA attracts $467 million in EV venture capital investment in first half of 2011, files more patents than other top patent developers globally
June 9th, 2011 NEWLY UPDATED CALIFORNIA BUDGET CHALLENGE: As Leaders Work to Close $10 Billion Budget Shortfall, Voters Can Make Their Budget Priorities Known Online budget simulation allows voters to call the shots on taxes, prison reform, education funding and more
May 25th, 2011. NEW STUDY: Strong Fuel Economy Standards & Vehicle Emissions Standards Will Drive Economic Growth—The Stronger the Standard, the Greater the Growth.
February 15, 2011. Next 10 Releases 2011 California Budget Challenge: As State Legislators consider Governor Brown's Budget Proposal, Nonprofit Nonpartisan Group Releases latest Online Budget Simulation.
January, 18th 2011. NEW DATA: Jobs in Green Economy Growing More Than Three Times Faster than Jobs in Total Economy
December, 8th 2010. New Analyses Find that California Cap-and-Trade System Will Have Only Minor Economic Impact. Poll Finds Increased Voter Support for AB 32 and Strong Backing for the Proposed Emissions Trading Program
October, 12th 2010. Head Spinning About the November Ballot Measures? Get the Facts! interactive website Features Nonpartisan ballot Measure Information, Endorser lists, Polling, Facts & More
October, 7th 2010. New Data Show California Global Leadership in Green Patents, VC Investment, Energy Productivity & Solar Energy Generation
July, 14th 2010. NEW STUDY TRACKS HUGE COST OF INEFFICIENCY IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN CA Commercial Buildings Guzzle 37% of State Energy
May 10th, 2010. Assemblymember Skinner invites Constituents To Voice Their Budget Choices
May 7, 2010. Assembly Leadership to Join in L.A. residents at Forum on State Budget.
April 30th, 2010. Assembly Budget Chair Bob Blumenfield, Assemblyman Jose Solorio to join Orange County Residents in Budget Town Hall.
April 28, 2010. Assembly Appropriations Chair Fuentes, Assemblymembers Huber, Galgiani to Join Sacramento Residents in Budget Town Hall.
April 22nd, 2010. Senators Hancock and Corbett Host interactive Budget Forum with voter Education Group Next 10 to solve state fiscal crisis.
April 6, 2010. Majorities of Californians Support Law to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fees on Emitters with Taxpayer Rebates. More believe policy encouraging clean technologies will add than reduce jobs.
March 24th, 2010. Former CA Directors of Finance from Opposite Sides of the Aisle Update 2010 "California Budget Challenge".
March 2nd, 2010. Field poll, Next 10, and Stanford's Bill Lane Center for the American West Release First-of-its-Kind Data on Californians' Attitudes toward Government Reform.
December 8, 2009. Many Shades of Green: Diversity and Distribution of California’s Green Jobs
CA Green Job & Business Growth Significantly Outpace Rest of CA Economy: Sacramento Region Leads Green Job Growth, Los Angeles Region Energy Efficiency Jobs Grow by 77 Percent, Bay Area Has the Largest Number of Energy Generation Jobs
November 9, 2009. New Online Game Lets Players Tackle Federal Budget Deficit
Innovative California Organization & Federal Budget Experts Present the “Federal Budget Challenge”
November 9, 2009. Bay Area High School Students First in the Country to Use New Online Game that Lets Users Tackle National Debt
Palo Alto-Based Nonprofit & Federal Budget Expert Partner to Create Nonpartisan Online Simulation, the “Federal Budget Challenge”
October 14, 2009. While Most Californians See The Need For Constitutional Reform And Would Favor A Constitutional Convention To Do Its Work, Majorities Oppose Many Of The Proposed Changes On The Reform Agenda. READ the press release.
READ the California Opinion Index report.
October 6, 2009. Can CA Economy Afford Climate Policies?
New Report: New UC Report Assesses Business-As-Usual vs Aggressive Clean Energy Policy
October 1, 2009. OVERCOMING ROADBLOCKS TO NEXT GENERATION LOW EMISSION VEHICLES
New Report: Industry experts weigh in
June 9, 2009. CLEAN ENERGY GROWS ECONOMY FASTER THAN TRADITIONAL SOURCES
New Report Unveiled at State Public Utilities Commission Forum
January 26, 2009. CALIFORNIA GREEN TECH INVESTMENT, PATENTS, JOBS JUMP
New Report Documents Powerful Economic Stimulus of Energy Efficiency
January 26, 2009. Media Advisory - New Data on Green Jobs, Investment, Patents, Economic Impacts of Energy Policy -2009 Green Innovation Index To Be Released
November 13, 2008. California Climate Risk and Response
October 20, 2008. Energy Efficiency, Innovation, and Job Creation in California
July 23, 2008. As Budget Stalemate Wears on-- Voters Can Set Their Own Priorities
June 23, 2008. Powerful Voter Support for State Global Warming Policies New Poll Shows Innovation Key; 83% Willing to Make Personal Changes
California Voters and Global Warming – Key Findings from a Statewide Voter Survey - Memo
California Voters and Global Warming – Key Findings from a Statewide Voter Survey - Presentation
June 19, 2008. Rossmoor: California Budget Challenge presentation to the League of Women Voters
March 25, 2008. California Voters Set Budget Priorities Using
Interactive Internet Game -- Next 10 Launches 2008 "California Budget
Challenge"
November 14, 2007. Californians Spend Less on Electricity, Save Billions More than Rest of Country Due to Green Innovation CA Inventors Win 44 Percent of All U.S. Solar, 37 Percent Wind Patents New Index Tracks VC Green Tech Investment, Patents, Job Growth
November 9, 2007. Californians see global warming as a serious threat to the state's overall quality of life. Strong belief that action is required. Optimism that greenhouse gases can be reduced while at the same time creating jobs and expanding the economy.
May 7, 2007. Online Tool Gives Californians a Voice in the State Budget Battle: Next 10's "California Budget Challenge" Sunshines Back Room Political Process.
May 7, 2007. Innovative Online Game Engages CA Students in State Budget Process.
October 20, 2006. "Focus on Infrastructure" at NextTen.org: New Non-Partisan Source Gives Voters the Nuts and Bolts On Infrastructure Needs, Ballot Issues.
May 15, 2006. The $100 Billion Question: Next 10 Challenges All Californians to Take the "California Budget Challenge.
April 5, 2005. New Nonpartisan Group Challenges 10,000 Californians to Create Their Own State Budget by May 5.