Assuring there is adequate housing for the work force is an economic issue. You cannot have jobs and economic diversity unless you have housing.

Our work shows that cities with more diversity -- more immigrants -- in the work force exhibit higher productivity for the American-born employees.

We're very proud to be offering jobs to people who don't typically get into the work force -- disabled individuals, retirees, stay-at-home moms.

If you only have 15 percent of the work force available for the jobs, where are the rest of the workers going to come from? ... A vast majority of the construction workers on this project will be from out of town in Los Angeles.

Our pre-kindergarten programs have shown a better work force and have attracted more businesses into the state. We implemented our Smart Start program in 1993. In my first two terms in the 1970s, we focused on elementary and high schools. We realized we were starting too late. We knew to be effective we had to start even earlier.

While we have made significant progress, the work of the task force is far from over,