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- The areas in California with the most green jobs as a share of the population are Stockton and Riverside. These are the only regions with even a slight specialization in these. Stockton and Riverside are both key centers for the logistics industry, and they employ occupations that are subject to increased demand during the green revolution. The Riverside region (which includes San Bernardino), trails only Los Angeles and San Francisco in terms of total green employment, employing more green workers than much larger San Diego. The Riverside region specializes in Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators; Structural Iron and Steel Workers; Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers; Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers, and Carpenters. While logistics activities are often critiqued on the basis that they are polluting and carbon inefficient,56,57 many logistics workers have necessary skills and training to be qualified for green work. Indeed, logistics centers appear to be places where green workforce development has the most potential for growth.
56 Nakul, S., et. al. “The Environmental Impacts of Logistics Systems and Options for Mitigation.” UC Berkeley. 2006. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7m21d806
57 Lin, C. “A Review of Research on Environmental Issues in the Logistics Industry.” Information Management and Business Review. July 15, 2011. Available at: https://ojs.amhinternational.com/index.php/imbr/article/view/913
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- California’s farming communities are also specialists in agricultural green jobs like Agricultural Inspectors, First-Line Agricultural Supervisors, and Forest and Conservation Workers, that have seen increased demand. These jobs are mostly located in agricultural strongholds in the Central Valley. The small share of such jobs as a percentage of the overall economy means that there is likely not much room to grow in this sector.
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