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- ↑ Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2002
- ↑ S.B. 1236, California Statutes 2002, Chapter 859, enacted September 25, 2002
- ↑ "Agency Departments and Boards". California Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
- Little Hoover Commission (April 2002). "Only A Beginning: The Proposed Labor & Workforce Development Agency". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
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