Port of LA Seeks Public Input Re: Workforce Training Facility

Port of LA Seeks Public Input Re: Workforce Training Facility

The Port of Los Angeles is seeking feedback from the public regarding an environmental document for a proposal to build a workforce training center dedicated to the goods movement sector. The port moved forward on the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach Goods Movement Workforce Training Facility project earlier this month with the release of an Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, the first step in the environmental review of the project, the port said Feb. 8. Set for construction on Port of Los Angeles property in the Wilmington area of LA, the new facility would offer training in…
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Port of Oakland Partners on Transportation, Logistics Workforce Training

Port of Oakland Partners on Transportation, Logistics Workforce Training

The Port of Oakland and the West Oakland Job Resource Center are teaming up to provide training for workers for green jobs in the transportation and logistics industry, the port announced Sept. 26. The center, which launched the “Greening the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Industry” initiative, netted a $350,000 California Energy Commission’s Clean Transportation Program grant, which is part of the commission’s $100 million annual investment to communities by fast-tracking the development and deployment of green transportation and fuel technologies, the port said. The project seeks to create roads to good-paying, quality jobs in marginalized communities. Those in the program…
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