Gov. Appointments
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom July 18 announced the following appointment:
Jocelyn Weinstock, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Youth Empowerment Commission. Weinstock was an intern at Modern Animal from 2023 to 2024. She is a tutor at High Rise Tutoring. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Weinstock is not registered to vote.
California Invests in Opportunity Youth Apprenticeships
SACRAMENTO — The Department of Industrial Relations awarded $31 million in California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship or COYA grants to 51 projects across the state to increase pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships in healthcare, education, advanced manufacturing, information technology, public sector, transportation and more.
These apprenticeships will help break career barriers for opportunity youth across California, helping them launch into their future careers. Opportunity youth include those aged 16-24, including young parents, former foster youth, people with disabilities, and young people who face educational achievement gaps, attend schools in communities struggling with high poverty, or are fully disconnected from the education system. COYA will also ensure employers are supported and encouraged to hire young workers based on their talent and skills.
This program is in alignment with the Governor’s Master Plan for Career Education, which will include proposals to align and simplify the TK-12, university, and workforce systems in California to support greater access to education and jobs for all Californians.
Details: https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2024/2024-56.html
California Launches Clean Hydrogen Hub
SACRAMENTO – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and ARCHES announced the official signing of a $12.6 billion agreement to build a clean, renewable Hydrogen Hub in California, including the up to $1.2 billion in federal funding that was announced last year when California was selected as a national hub. ARCHES is the first of seven Hydrogen Hubs throughout the country to officially sign their agreement with the DOE.
The ARCHES hub will facilitate a network of clean, renewable hydrogen production sites to cut fossil fuel use throughout California, with the goal of decarbonizing public transportation, heavy duty trucking, and port operations by 2 million metric tons per year – roughly the equivalent to annual emissions of 445,000 gasoline-fueled cars.