Publications
Good Jobs, Good Business
If you glance at official numbers in the news, the economy appears to be doing just fine. Unemployment is down, and household incomes are up relative to the recession years. Working Americans know a very different reality. More than one-fifth of adults are behind on their bills, more than one-fourth skipped necessary medical care in […]
Jan 10, 2019 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Publications •
California Initiative 2017 Report
The thirteenth annual report examining CalPERS’ California Initiative, a $1 billion private equity, economically targeted investment (ETI). The California Initiative seeks to invest in companies located in traditionally underserved markets, primarily, but not exclusively, located in California. The California Initiative’s primary objective is to generate attractive financial returns, meeting or exceeding private equity benchmarks. As […]
Jun 18, 2018 – Impact Investing • Publications •
CalPERS For California 2017 Report
The eighth annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $30 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2017. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across the asset classes of public equity, fixed income, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure. CalPERS is […]
Jun 18, 2018 – Impact Investing • Publications •
20 Years Of Investing In Small Business And Big Ideas
Too many people struggle to make ends meet because they’re denied opportunities to prosper. Over our 20-year history, Pacific Community Ventures has given people a fair shake and access to the things that make communities strong, like good jobs, affordable housing, and healthy food. Our unique combination of fair lending, free mentorship, skilled volunteerism, and […]
Jun 06, 2018 – PCV News • Publications •
California Initiative 2016 Report
The twelfth annual report examining CalPERS’ California Initiative, a $1 billion private equity, economically targeted investment (ETI). The California Initiative seeks to invest in companies located in traditionally underserved markets, primarily, but not exclusively, located in California. The California Initiative’s primary objective is to generate attractive financial returns, meeting or exceeding private equity benchmarks. As […]
Jun 19, 2017 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
CalPERS For California 2016 Report
The seventh annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $27.3 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2016. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across the asset classes of public equity, fixed income, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure. CalPERS is […]
Jun 19, 2017 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
Economically Targeted Investments (ETIs) by U.S. Pension Funds
U.S.-based public and private pension funds have been making Economically Targeted Investments (ETIs)—investments that generate societal benefits in addition to the investment return—since the 1960s. Over this time, pension funds have sought risk-adjusted returns for their plan’s participants and beneficiaries through investments in worker-friendly affordable housing, in-state businesses, infrastructure, and other projects. The practice of […]
Jun 14, 2017 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
Our 2016 Social Impact
Pacific Community Ventures is strengthening communities by empowering American small business, by championing higher-quality jobs, by fueling equity and opportunity, and by helping impact investors deploy more capital – more effectively – to economically underserved communities from coast to coast. In 2016, we made progress in all three areas. So how did we do? 2016 […]
Jun 02, 2017 – Publications •
Public Policy and Investments in Good Quality Jobs
Despite years of economic growth and a declining unemployment rate, the economy – from the perspective of many Americans – is far from healthy. For decades, wages for everyone but the top quintile of earners have remained stagnant or declined, while Americans’ participation in the workforce is at its lowest level in nearly forty years. […]