Exact enrollment data on the post-Proposition 50 district isn’t yet available but the Central Valley relies heavily on the program, according to data from UC Berkeley Labor Center.

According to data obtained and analyzed by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Labor Center, the answer is that in recent years, a significant share of good, career-track jobs in the construction of renewable energy power plants in Kern County and statewide have in fact gone to low-income residents and people of color.