California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)

GO-Biz is proud to partner with the California Government Operations Agency, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), and UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society for the first-of-its-kind Joint California Summit on Generative AI. Together, we're shaping the future of AI in California and beyond. Join us for the livestream on Wednesday, May 29: https://lnkd.in/dXzrMAsG #CaliforniaGenAI #GenAI

Earlier today, GO-Biz Director Dee Dee Myers spoke at the China-California Business Forum, including on a panel moderated by our great partners at The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham Shanghai). We were honored to support the event and welcome the Mayor of Shanghai to the Golden State!

📣📣📣 You do not want to miss this CA Small-business Symposium! Free for all attendees to hear of valuable contracting opportunities and directly engage with CA's top leadership about challenges and ideas for improvement✨✨✨. Register now, below ⬇⬇⬇ Toks Omishakin Dee Dee Myers Amy Tong Tony Tavares Ana M. Lasso Liana Bailey-Crimmins Tara Lynn Gray David DeLuz Catrina Blair, MBA Caltrans California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) California Government Operations Agency California Department of General Services California Department of Technology California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) Gavin Newsom

Fantastic to see General Motors doubling down on their commitment to California with the opening of their new Mountain View software and services workspace! We look forward to seeing how they use this facility to strengthen their global network of tech hubs that will help change the future of transportation here in California and across the world.

Consul-General Bennett was delighted to join the Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas, California’s Lt Governor Eleni Kounalakis, and California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph in Sacramento for the signing of a new Letter of Cooperation between South Australia and California to accelerate climate action. This commitment builds on the strong foundations of our national-level Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact and Australia’s landmark MoU partnership of cooperation with California to expand work in clean transport, clean energy and tech and nature-based solutions as Australia makes significant progress to decarbonise its economy and drive the transition to net zero. Fantastic to also meet with Senator Becker and Senator John Laird and discuss strengthening Australia and California ties including on action to combat climate change. 🇦🇺🇺🇸 CSIRO California Energy Commission California Air Resources Board California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) California Natural Resources Agency California Environmental Protection Agency You can read the South Australia and California Letter of Cooperation media release here: https://lnkd.in/eY45HMzM r You can read the Australia-California MoU on climate action joint statement here: https://lnkd.in/gaN9fCev

Last week, following the first official convening of the California Jobs First Council, GO-Biz Director Dee Dee Myers and California Labor & Workforce Development Agency Secretary Stewart Knox visited the Central Valley to meet with regional and industry leaders who are helping to drive bottom-up growth across key sectors of the region’s diverse economy.   From the Sierra San Joaquin Jobs (S2J2) Spring Kick Off meeting, to a dinner hosted by UCANR's The VINE, to a Tulare County Economic Development Corporation breakfast, to a tour of Ventura Coastal, LLC’s Tipton plant, Director Myers and Secretary Knox enjoyed an incredibly productive trip.   Thank you to all those partners who participated in and organized this series of events, and we look forward to being back in the Central Valley in the very near future! #CaliforniaJobsFirst

Interested in supporting reconstruction efforts in Ukraine? I'm excited to share that the GO-Biz International Affairs and Trade team is hosting a seminar on Private Sector Opportunities in the Ukrainian Reconstruction in collaboration with the Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco and the U.S. Commercial Service on June 5 from 8:30-11:45am in San Francisco. This event is intended for California companies offering solutions critical to Ukraine’s resistance and resiliency, including energy resiliency, architecture/design/construction, cybersecurity, space tech, drones, and medtech. Notably, I'm proud that our team is also leading a California Pavilion to the ReBuild Ukraine tradeshow in Warsaw, Poland in November - we will share more information on this opportunity at the seminar: https://lnkd.in/gvNeS7Ge More information in the flyer or PM me for details.

Thank you to the Sierra San Joaquin Jobs Initiative for having us and the California Labor & Workforce Development Agency in Madera to celebrate the launch of their Spring Sprint as they work to develop their Regional Investment Plan. It was fantastic to hear from the various workgroups about innovative solutions that will bring about a brighter tomorrow for the region and we look forward to collaborating on all things California Jobs First in the coming weeks and months!

What a great way to start our favorite month! Today Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring May 2024 as "Small Business Month" in the State of California. https://bit.ly/3WoQN8u 

Did you hear? There’s now 1 fast charger for every 5 gas stations in California and the Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Tesla has agreed to allow other EV brands to access its fast chargers!    “This is all in an effort to build out the infrastructure in the state of California that currently totals 105,000 electric vehicle chargers for public use and about 10,000 of these supercharging stations,” Newsom said. Read more below ⬇️