See how cities are connecting workers to builders as labor pool shrinks

A year ago, Jeromy Gaviola was struggling to find steady and meaningful work in San Francisco. Living in the working-class neighborhood of Hunters Point, he heard about a program that was training residents to build the Chase Center, the $1 billion, 18,000-seat arena in Mission Bay that will be the new home of the Golden State Warriors when it opens this fall.
Gaviola, 33, applied to the program, was accepted and completed six weeks of training in early September. He then began working at the ar