CCSCE conducts research under contract to public agencies, private clients and foundations. CCSCE’s principal expertise is in developing long-term projections of economic and demographic trends for California and sub state market areas. CCSCE helps clients see the important stories told by the numerical projections and relate these stories to the needs of each client.

In addition to the long-term projection analysis and story development, CCSCE has experience in analyzing state budget, workforce and immigration trends and related policy issues. CCSCE works alone or in teams with other professionals where CCSCE provides the California economy expertise.

Contract Research Activities Include:

Projections of Long-Term Regional Growth

CCSCE has worked with the Southern California Association of Governments for more than 30 years in providing quantitative regional growth projections and the stories told by the numbers. CCSCE is currently helping SCAG with the 2012 Regional Transportation Plan growth forecasting and planning process.

CCSCE has done similar work for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG). CCSCE will be working with SACOG again in 2009 and 2010.








Regional Workforce Innovation Grant

CCSCE is working with Joint Venture Silicon Valley on a project to develop innovative solutions to the region’s workforce challenges. CCSCE has worked extensively on the issue of replacing retiring baby boomers and how that fits into the job opportunities and challenges facing regions throughout California. CCSCE’s role in this project is to provide the story and data framework for the policies being developed by other participants in the regional innovation grant.







Economic Data to Support Bond Offerings

CCSCE has worked with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for several years in providing an economic data and analysis appendix for MWD’s long-term bond offerings.


Orange County Economic Trends

CCSCE has assisted The Irvine Company since 1983 in analyzing short and long-term job growth trends and issues related to planning for growth in Orange County, California.



City of San Jose General Plan Update

CCSCE worked with Beacon Economics in 2008 on the San Jose General Plan update. CCSCE’s role was to provide technical projections of job, population and household growth and tell the story associated with the numerical projections.



Economic Analysis for Long-Term State Budget Planning

CCSCE is assisting California Forward by providing analyses of future economic and demographic trends and discussing the relationship of these trends to budget reform issues.

In 2003 and 2004 CCSCE was supported by the James Irvine Foundation to analyze economic trends and issues related to budget policy issues.

The work from these projects is available on the website on the Budget page under Policy Issues