{ "published": "2026-10-30", "checked": "2026-10-30", "lead": "Which skills could help El Segundo residents, and how could neighbors learn them together? This study connects dated workforce evidence with learning resources and proposes practical sessions in AI, manufacturing and other fields.", "thesis": [ "Our aim is to help neighbors learn useful skills together. We propose starting with AI literacy alongside introductions to manufacturing, care work and other career paths.", "This is a proposal to test, not a measurement of local training needs or a promise of higher pay. The evidence below covers different geographies and dates; national AI surveys do not tell us how many El Segundo residents use AI or need training.", "The next step would be to ask residents and providers which sessions would help, then try a small first term and publish what participants found useful." ], "sources": [ { "id": "edd", "publisher": "California EDD", "title": "Los Angeles Basin Region", "url": "https://www.edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/StrongerCA/Los-Angeles-Basin-Region/", "checked": "2026-10-30", "observationPeriod": { "start": "2026-06-10", "end": "2026-08-08", "measure": "job advertisements" }, "projectionPeriod": { "start": "2023", "end": "2033" }, "geography": "Los Angeles County (Los Angeles Basin Region)" }, { "id": "sbwib-jan", "publisher": "South Bay Workforce Investment Board", "title": "South Bay Workforce Investment Board Update Report for January 2026", "url": "https://cdn.southbaycities.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/22124901/HANDOUT_SBWIB-SBCOG-Report-for-January-2026-v2.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-30", "reportPeriod": "2026-01", "quotedReleasePublished": "2025-12-16" }, { "id": "sbwib-mar", "publisher": "South Bay Workforce Investment Board", "title": "Update Report for March/April 2026", "url": "https://cdn.southbaycities.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/23135938/HANDOUT_SBWIB-SBCOG-Report-for-March-2026-v-3.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-30", "quotedReleasePublished": "2026-04-10" }, { "id": "mi", "publisher": "The Manufacturing Institute", "title": "Manufacturers Need as Many as 3.8 Million New Employees by 2033", "url": "https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/manufacturers-need-as-many-as-3-8-million-new-employees-by-2033/", "checked": "2026-10-30", "published": "2024-04-03" }, { "id": "census", "publisher": "U.S. Census Bureau", "title": "Large Firms With at Least 20 Employees Biggest AI Users", "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/05/ai-use-businesses.html", "checked": "2026-10-30", "published": "2026-05-26", "observationPeriod": { "start": "2025-12-14", "end": "2026-05-03", "measure": "U.S. business AI use" } }, { "id": "pwc", "publisher": "PwC", "title": "PwC 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer", "url": "https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/news-room/press-releases/2026/pwc-2026-ai-jobs-barometer.html", "checked": "2026-10-30", "published": "2026-06-15" }, { "id": "lightcast", "publisher": "Lightcast", "title": "Four Takeaways from the 2026 Stanford AI Index", "url": "https://lightcast.io/resources/blog/stanford-ai-2026", "checked": "2026-10-30", "published": "2026-04-13" }, { "id": "govtech", "publisher": "GovTech", "title": "California Partners With Colleges, Tech Giants to Build AI Workforce", "url": "https://www.govtech.com/education/higher-ed/california-partners-with-colleges-tech-giants-to-build-ai-workforce", "checked": "2026-10-30", "published": "2025-08-08" }, { "id": "ecc-aero", "publisher": "El Camino College", "title": "Aerospace Apprenticeship", "url": "https://www.elcamino.edu/academics/career/career-pathways/aerospace-apprenticeship.php", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "ng", "publisher": "Northrop Grumman", "title": "Putting it All Together", "url": "https://www.northropgrumman.com/life-at-northrop-grumman/putting-it-all-together", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "ecc-machine", "publisher": "El Camino College", "title": "Machine Tool Technology", "url": "https://www.elcamino.edu/academics/areas-of-study/machine-tool-technology.php", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "ecc-mfg", "publisher": "El Camino College", "title": "Manufacturing Technology", "url": "https://www.elcamino.edu/academics/areas-of-study/manufacturing-technology.php", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "ucla-ext", "publisher": "UCLA Extension", "title": "Computer Science Courses & Certificates", "url": "https://www.uclaextension.edu/digital-technology", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "lmu", "publisher": "Loyola Marymount University", "title": "Artificial Intelligence Certificate (Bulletin 2026–2027)", "url": "https://bulletin.lmu.edu/schools-colleges/science-engineering/ai-certificate/", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "csudh", "publisher": "CSU Dominguez Hills College of Continuing and Professional Education", "title": "Online Professional Certificate Courses from CSUDH", "url": "https://upskill.ziplines.com/csu-dominguez-hills", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "lacl", "publisher": "LA County Library", "title": "Online Learning", "url": "https://library.lacounty.gov/learn", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "eslib", "publisher": "El Segundo Public Library", "title": "Digital Library", "url": "https://www.elsegundolibrary.gov/digital-library", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "sbas", "publisher": "South Bay Adult School", "title": "About South Bay Adult School", "url": "https://www.southbayadult.org/apps/pages/about_south_bay_adult_school", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "davinci", "publisher": "Da Vinci Schools", "title": "Our Story", "url": "https://www.davincischools.org/about/our-story/", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "ssc-stem", "publisher": "U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command", "title": "Community and STEM", "url": "https://www.ssc.spaceforce.mil/Connect-With-Us/Community-and-STEM", "checked": "2026-10-30" }, { "id": "sbdc", "publisher": "LA Regional SBDC Network", "title": "El Camino College Business Training Center", "url": "https://smallbizla.org/venue/el-camino-college-business-training-center/", "checked": "2026-10-30" } ], "ground": [ { "id": "care", "heading": "Care work in the county", "claims": [ { "text": "EDD lists registered nurses among its featured high-skill occupations for Los Angeles County, with 4,015 job ads during June 10–August 8, 2026. The featured jobs were selected by projected openings, not by ad counts.", "quote": "Registered Nurses Projected job openings: 51,170 | Job ads: 4,015", "source": "edd", "label": "fact" } ] }, { "id": "agencies", "heading": "What the workforce agencies say", "claims": [ { "text": "EDD projects 66,810 openings for General and Operations Managers in Los Angeles County over 2023–2033. Openings include replacement needs as well as new jobs.", "quote": "General and Operations Managers Projected job openings: 66,810", "source": "edd", "label": "fact" }, { "text": "SBWIB describes its Aero-Flex pathway as preparation for machining, manufacturing and engineering support in a December 16, 2025 release included in its January 2026 report.", "quote": "prepares workers for high-demand careers in machining, manufacturing, and engineering support.", "source": "sbwib-jan", "label": "fact" }, { "text": "A 2024 Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte study projects up to 3.8 million additional U.S. manufacturing employees needed over 2024–2033.", "quote": "as many as 3.8 million additional employees could be needed in manufacturing between 2024 and 2033.", "source": "mi", "label": "estimate" } ] }, { "id": "ai", "heading": "AI at work, so far", "claims": [ { "text": "Census reported U.S. business AI use between 17% and 20% in data collected from December 14, 2025 through May 3, 2026.", "quote": "overall AI usage hovered between 17% and 20%", "source": "census", "label": "fact" }, { "text": "PwC’s June 2026 global job-ad analysis reports a 62% average AI-skill wage premium. This is an association in its dataset, not a promise that taking a course will raise someone’s pay.", "quote": "the average wage premium for AI skills rising to 62%", "source": "pwc", "label": "estimate" }, { "text": "GovTech reported voluntary agreements aimed at AI training in California’s community colleges and CSU system in August 2025.", "quote": "New agreements with Google, Microsoft, Adobe and IBM aim to integrate AI training, tools and curriculum support", "source": "govtech", "label": "reported" } ] } ], "skills": [ { "id": "ai-literacy", "name": "Everyday AI literacy", "who": "Every resident", "why": { "text": "Lightcast’s April 2026 analysis says AI skills appeared in 2.5% of U.S. job postings.", "quote": "2.5% of all job postings now mention AI skills.", "source": "lightcast", "label": "estimate" }, "learnAt": [ "lacounty-lib", "csudh" ] }, { "id": "ai-small-business", "name": "AI for small business", "who": "Owners and staff of local shops", "why": { "text": "In the national December 2025–May 2026 Census data, fewer than 20% of firms with at most four employees reported AI use. This is not a local training-needs survey.", "quote": "Less than 20% of firms with four or fewer employees reported using AI.", "source": "census", "label": "fact" }, "learnAt": [ "sbdc", "csudh" ] }, { "id": "management", "name": "Running a team and a project", "who": "Supervisors, owners, new managers", "why": { "text": "EDD projects 66,810 openings for General and Operations Managers in Los Angeles County over 2023–2033. Openings include replacement needs as well as new jobs.", "quote": "General and Operations Managers Projected job openings: 66,810", "source": "edd", "label": "fact" }, "learnAt": [ "csudh", "sbdc" ] }, { "id": "digital-floor", "name": "Digital skills on the shop floor", "who": "Manufacturing workers", "why": { "text": "The Manufacturing Institute described rising demand for digital skills in U.S. manufacturing in April 2024.", "quote": "increased demand for digital skills", "source": "mi", "label": "listing" }, "learnAt": [ "ecc-mfg" ] }, { "id": "machining", "name": "Machining and CNC", "who": "Career changers and recent graduates", "why": { "text": "SBWIB’s December 2025 Aero-Flex release identifies machining among the careers its pathway prepares workers for.", "quote": "high-demand careers in machining, manufacturing, and engineering support.", "source": "sbwib-jan", "label": "fact" }, "learnAt": [ "ecc-machine", "ecc-aero", "ng-apprentice" ] }, { "id": "engineering-support", "name": "Engineering support and prototyping", "who": "Technicians and makers", "why": { "text": "SBWIB’s December 2025 Aero-Flex release also identifies engineering support.", "quote": "high-demand careers in machining, manufacturing, and engineering support.", "source": "sbwib-jan", "label": "fact" }, "learnAt": [ "ecc-mfg", "ecc-aero", "sbwib" ] }, { "id": "advanced-ai", "name": "Advanced and agentic AI for engineers", "who": "Engineers and analysts in regulated work", "why": { "text": "Lightcast reports that agentic-AI skill mentions rose from 0.06% of postings in 2024 to 0.23% in 2025. This does not rank all AI skills by growth.", "quote": "grew from just 0.06% of postings in 2024 to 0.23% in 2025.", "source": "lightcast", "label": "estimate" }, "learnAt": [ "ucla-ext", "lmu-ai" ] }, { "id": "nursing", "name": "Nursing and patient care", "who": "Anyone drawn to care work", "why": { "text": "EDD lists registered nurses among its featured high-skill occupations for Los Angeles County, with 4,015 job ads during June 10–August 8, 2026. The featured jobs were selected by projected openings, not by ad counts.", "quote": "Registered Nurses Projected job openings: 51,170 | Job ads: 4,015", "source": "edd", "label": "fact" }, "learnAt": [ "sbwib", "sb-adult" ] }, { "id": "creative-media", "name": "Creative media", "who": "Writers, designers, video makers", "why": { "text": "SBWIB’s January 2026 report describes creative-media career introductions in its Torrance school partnerships.", "quote": "introduce students to aerospace, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and creative media career pathways", "source": "sbwib-jan", "label": "fact" }, "learnAt": [ "lacounty-lib" ] }, { "id": "space-careers", "name": "A route into space careers", "who": "Students and their families", "why": { "text": "Space Systems Command describes school STEM visits for grades K–8; participation must be confirmed with the program.", "quote": "The SSC STEM program coordinates in-school visits for grades K through eight", "source": "ssc-stem", "label": "fact" }, "learnAt": [ "davinci", "ssc-stem" ] } ], "learnIntro": "These dated provider pages are starting points, not enrollment offers. Check each provider for current courses, costs, prerequisites, eligibility and availability. Links in the skills table include related learning and career guidance; they do not imply that every provider teaches every named skill. Travel distances have not been measured.", "learn": [ { "id": "ecc-aero", "name": "El Camino College Aerospace Apprenticeship", "where": "Torrance", "kind": "Registered apprenticeship pathway", "url": "https://www.elcamino.edu/academics/career/career-pathways/aerospace-apprenticeship.php", "claim": { "text": "Enrollment depends on program eligibility, prerequisites and a match with an employer partner; consult the college for requirements.", "quote": "are successful in matching with an employer partner will be enrolled in El Camino College’s registered apprenticeship.", "source": "ecc-aero", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "ng-apprentice", "name": "Northrop Grumman machining apprenticeship", "where": "Redondo Beach", "kind": "Employer apprenticeship", "url": "https://www.northropgrumman.com/life-at-northrop-grumman/putting-it-all-together", "claim": { "text": "An earn-while-you-learn program at Space Park, drawing on local colleges.", "quote": "Apprentices, who largely come from El Camino College and other nearby schools with vocational training programs", "source": "ng", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "ecc-machine", "name": "El Camino College Machine Tool Technology", "where": "Torrance", "kind": "Community college", "url": "https://www.elcamino.edu/academics/areas-of-study/machine-tool-technology.php", "claim": { "text": "Machinist and CNC certificates, with a free way in.", "quote": "Participate in a free, pre-apprenticeship program complete with fees, books and supplies provided at no cost.", "source": "ecc-machine", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "ecc-mfg", "name": "El Camino College Manufacturing Technology", "where": "Torrance", "kind": "Community college", "url": "https://www.elcamino.edu/academics/areas-of-study/manufacturing-technology.php", "claim": { "text": "A broad start in how things get made.", "quote": "Take specialized courses such as basic robotics, CAD, CNC machining, electronics, welding, and manufacturing print reading.", "source": "ecc-mfg", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "sbwib", "name": "South Bay Workforce Investment Board", "where": "Hawthorne, Inglewood, Torrance and nearby", "kind": "Public workforce board", "url": "https://cdn.southbaycities.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/23135938/HANDOUT_SBWIB-SBCOG-Report-for-March-2026-v-3.pdf", "claim": { "text": "Earn-and-learn pathways built around the local economy.", "quote": "Current offerings include Aero-Flex/Sky-Flex (aerospace and aviation), Space-Flex (space economy careers)", "source": "sbwib-mar", "label": "fact" } }, { "id": "ucla-ext", "name": "UCLA Extension", "where": "Westwood and online", "kind": "Continuing education", "url": "https://www.uclaextension.edu/digital-technology", "claim": { "text": "AI courses written for aerospace teams.", "quote": "A four-course applied specialization for aerospace teams building practical, governed, deployment-ready AI capabilities", "source": "ucla-ext", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "lmu-ai", "name": "LMU graduate AI certificate", "where": "Westchester", "kind": "University", "url": "https://bulletin.lmu.edu/schools-colleges/science-engineering/ai-certificate/", "claim": { "text": "A graduate certificate covering machine learning and generative AI. Check the bulletin for admission prerequisites.", "quote": "machine learning, natural language processing and large language models, generative AI", "source": "lmu", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "csudh", "name": "CSU Dominguez Hills online AI courses", "where": "Online", "kind": "University continuing education", "url": "https://upskill.ziplines.com/csu-dominguez-hills", "claim": { "text": "Short online courses in AI and automation for working adults.", "quote": "Build the professional-grade AI skills every modern professional needs and supercharge your career in just 5 weeks.", "source": "csudh", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "lacounty-lib", "name": "LA County Library online learning", "where": "Online, with a library card", "kind": "Public library", "url": "https://library.lacounty.gov/learn", "claim": { "text": "Online learning for library cardholders, including LinkedIn Learning and Gale Courses. The quoted six-course annual limit applies to Gale Courses.", "quote": "As an LA County Library cardholder, you are entitled to sign up for 6 free courses per calendar year.", "source": "lacl", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "eslib", "name": "El Segundo Public Library digital library", "where": "El Segundo", "kind": "Public library", "url": "https://www.elsegundolibrary.gov/digital-library", "claim": { "text": "The digital library lists ebooks, audiobooks and K–12 homework resources.", "quote": "Additional homework resources are available for El Segundo K-12 students.", "source": "eslib", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "sb-adult", "name": "South Bay Adult School", "where": "Redondo Beach", "kind": "Adult school", "url": "https://www.southbayadult.org/apps/pages/about_south_bay_adult_school", "claim": { "text": "The school lists English, diploma and career classes for adults aged 18 or older.", "quote": "Anyone 18 or older may attend.", "source": "sbas", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "davinci", "name": "Da Vinci Schools", "where": "El Segundo", "kind": "Free public charter schools", "url": "https://www.davincischools.org/about/our-story/", "claim": { "text": "Project-based schools with aerospace and industry partners.", "quote": "industry partners, including Belkin, Gensler, Northrop Grumman, Chevron, Boeing, SpaceX", "source": "davinci", "label": "listing" } }, { "id": "ssc-stem", "name": "Space Systems Command STEM outreach", "where": "El Segundo and area schools", "kind": "Military outreach", "url": "https://www.ssc.spaceforce.mil/Connect-With-Us/Community-and-STEM", "claim": { "text": "School STEM visits for grades K–8, with a focus on underserved and Title I schools. Confirm eligibility and scheduling with the program.", "quote": "The SSC STEM program coordinates in-school visits for grades K through eight", "source": "ssc-stem", "label": "fact" } }, { "id": "sbdc", "name": "South Bay SBDC at El Camino College", "where": "Hawthorne and online", "kind": "Small business workshops", "url": "https://smallbizla.org/venue/el-camino-college-business-training-center/", "claim": { "text": "The regional network describes no-cost virtual workshops for small businesses. Check for currently scheduled sessions.", "quote": "The LA SBDC Regional Network offers no-cost virtual business workshops for small businesses.", "source": "sbdc", "label": "listing" } } ], "tracks": [ { "id": "everyday-ai", "name": "AI for everyday life and small business", "for": "Any resident, and the owners and staff of local shops, offices and restaurants.", "outcome": "use an AI assistant to write, plan, research and check work, protect private information, and tell a good answer from a confident wrong one.", "sessions": [ "Your first useful hour with an AI assistant", "Writing, menus, flyers and replies to reviews", "Checking an AI answer against a real source", "Privacy, scams and what not to paste in", "One small automation for your business" ], "buildsOn": [ "eslib", "lacounty-lib", "csudh", "sbdc" ], "teachers": "Proposed invitees, not yet confirmed: local practitioners and small-business owners, with the SBDC for business questions." }, { "id": "making-things", "name": "Making things: hard tech and manufacturing basics", "for": "Adults changing careers, recent graduates, and anyone curious about the factories down the street.", "outcome": "understand what machinists, welders, technicians and quality inspectors do, try the tools, and know the paid routes in.", "sessions": [ "A tour of the jobs: machining, welding, electronics, quality", "Reading a drawing and measuring a part", "How apprenticeships work and who pays", "Using AI on the shop floor, within the rules", "Next step: El Camino College or the workforce board" ], "buildsOn": [ "ecc-mfg", "ecc-machine", "ecc-aero", "ng-apprentice", "sbwib" ], "teachers": "Proposed invitees, not yet confirmed: technicians and engineers from local manufacturers, El Camino College instructors." }, { "id": "space-pathways", "name": "Space industry pathways for students and families", "for": "Middle and high school students in El Segundo and nearby districts, and their parents.", "outcome": "see the range of space jobs beyond astronaut and engineer, and map a route through local schools, colleges and internships.", "sessions": [ "What a satellite company actually does all day", "Family night: routes from local schools and colleges", "Math and code you’ll use, with AI as a tutor not a shortcut", "Internships, scholarships and clearances, explained plainly" ], "buildsOn": [ "davinci", "ssc-stem", "ecc-aero" ], "teachers": "Proposed invitees, not yet confirmed: engineers and early-career staff from Aerospace Alley, school pathway teachers, Space Systems Command outreach." }, { "id": "creative-media", "name": "Creative and media work with AI", "for": "Writers, designers, video makers, musicians and the businesses that hire them.", "outcome": "use AI image, video and writing tools with skill and honesty, credit the work, and build a small portfolio piece about the town.", "sessions": [ "Making with AI, and labeling it honestly", "Local stories: research, interview, publish", "Short video and sound for a local business", "Rights, credit and what clients will ask" ], "buildsOn": [ "ucla-ext", "lacounty-lib" ], "teachers": "Proposed invitees, not yet confirmed: local creatives and the elsegundo.xyz and PointCast editors." } ], "model": { "intro": "We propose a small learning project with a schedule, teachers, borrowed rooms and a way to ask whether it helped. The tracks below would introduce residents to outside programs and offer a local first step. Hosts, teachers, funding and sessions are not confirmed.", "formats": [ { "name": "Library evenings", "text": "Ninety-minute, hands-on sessions in a library room or the Rec Park clubhouse, one topic each, laptops welcome, no sign-up beyond a headcount." }, { "name": "Company-hosted sessions", "text": "An engineer, technician or recruiter explains one real job and what it takes, on public material only. No recruiting pitch, no export-controlled content." }, { "name": "Peer cohorts", "text": "Six to ten neighbors could start an eligible course together and meet weekly to finish it. Check fees and access before choosing a course." }, { "name": "Open lessons online", "text": "Every session leaves a short written lesson on elsegundo.xyz and a note on PointCast, so people who missed it, and AI agents that read the site, can learn from it." } ], "teachers": [ { "name": "Neighbors with jobs worth explaining", "text": "Aerospace engineers, machinists, nurses, editors, chefs and shop owners who already live or work in the radius." }, { "name": "The colleges and the workforce board", "text": "We would ask El Camino College, the South Bay Workforce Investment Board and the adult school to explain possible next steps." }, { "name": "AI-assisted, human-led", "text": "AI tools help draft lessons and check sources; a named person teaches and signs every lesson." } ], "funding": [ { "name": "Free to attend", "text": "Sessions stay free for residents. Rooms are borrowed from public spaces or hosts." }, { "name": "Sponsors pay for a term, not for influence", "text": "Local employers and businesses can underwrite a term of sessions with a small public credit line. They don’t choose topics or speakers." }, { "name": "A collective option", "text": "If the project grows, members and sponsors could share costs and decisions in the open. That is an idea to test, not an agreed structure." }, { "name": "Teachers are paid or thanked in public", "text": "A modest stipend where funds allow, and a credit on every lesson either way." } ], "measures": [ { "name": "Showing up", "text": "Sessions held, people who came, and people who came back." }, { "name": "Finishing", "text": "How many cohort members finish the outside course or certificate they started." }, { "name": "Using it", "text": "A one-question follow-up a month later: did you use what you learned? What changed?" }, { "name": "Published, not hidden", "text": "Counts posted on this page each term, with no personal details. If a track doesn’t help, it gets changed or dropped." } ] }, "firstTerm": [ "Run four free library-style evenings this winter, one per track, and publish each as a lesson.", "Start one peer cohort on a free course (the county library’s courses or the AI Foundation path) and report how many finish.", "Invite one aerospace team and one local business to each host a public session.", "Ask El Camino College, the South Bay Workforce Investment Board and the El Segundo Public Library whether they’d co-list sessions. Nothing here implies they’ve agreed.", "Post the first term’s counts on this page by spring 2027, and change the plan based on what people used." ], "unverified": [ "Claims relying on the inaccessible KMA market memo, SSC About page, Chevron refinery page and SoCal ROC district page were removed during review. Their absence is not a finding about those organizations.", "This study does not establish local labor shortages, a complete ranking of job advertisements, or the training needs of El Segundo residents.", "The Census figures are national and the EDD figures cover Los Angeles County. Neither dataset measures a 25-mile circle around El Segundo.", "Current enrollment openings, tuition, eligibility, travel distances and partner participation have not been independently confirmed. Ask the provider before making plans.", "The proposed tracks, teachers, venues, funding and first term are not commitments by anyone named." ], "provenance": "Drafted by Claude (Anthropic). Independently reviewed and corrected by ChatGPT/Codex on October 30, 2026, from the cited public sources. Michael Hoydich approved these corrections and publication. Review removed inaccessible-source claims and unsupported rankings, narrowed national and county figures to their actual scope, and replaced shortened quotations with contiguous source excerpts. The tracks, formats, funding and first term remain proposals.", "review": { "generator": "scripts/skills-study-page.mjs", "draftedBy": "Claude (Anthropic)", "checkedBy": [ "ChatGPT/Codex" ], "checkedAt": "2026-10-30", "ownerApproval": "Michael Hoydich approved corrections and publication", "status": "supported after corrections" }, "reviewNote": "Pre-publication review, October 30, 2026: removed unverifiable claims, corrected source dates and narrowed rankings to the observations the sources support." }