Brown administration joins push to amend Prop. 65
Gov. Jerry Brown is throwing his weight behind a push to update Proposition 65, California’s safeguard against exposure to toxic chemicals.
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Surprise! California ranks worst state for business on another list
It’s another day, with another list slapping California as a place unfriendly to businesses. According to a survey of more than 700 CEOs, California ranks dead last.
Economic uncertainty worries California small business
Economic uncertainty and concerns about revenue and cash flow to the worry list for California small businesses, according to a survey by California Bank & Trust of San Diego.
The Best Cities For Jobs 2013
The latest edition of our list shows many things, but perhaps the most important is which cities have momentum in the job creation sweepstakes. Right now the biggest winners are the metro areas that are adding higher-wage jobs thanks to America’s two big boom sectors: technology and energy.
In CEQA fight, ‘modernize’ is the mantra of spin
California’s landmark Environmental Quality Act — the brainchild of Republican lawmakers trying to woo a then-new voting bloc of “environmentalists” — turns 43 this year.
California’s workforce takes a dive
Reader beware: We’re about to delve into numbers – big, abstract numbers, but immensely important numbers as well.
Following the sun
AMERICA’S crisis owes something to baby-boomers’ taste for sun. From the 1970s the share of Americans living in the southern half of the country climbed steadily, from under 40% to more than half by the 2000s. Climate helped motivate the shift (as climate control helped populate the Deep South, almost uninhabitably humid before air-conditioning). Economic opportunity also exerted a strong pull. This flow provided the underlying energy for America’s housing boom and bust.
California employment outlook dips
An index aimed at measuring job growth showed prospects dipping in California in the first quarter of 2013.
Panel approves Steinberg’s CEQA Bill, Kills Broader GOP Version
A bill that would make some changes to California’s landmark environmental review law moved forward in the state Senate on Wednesday, but Democrats rejected a GOP-backed proposal as “too broad and comprehensive a change.”
Editorial/Opinion: CEQA reform moves forward but real obstacles lie ahead
Many hurdles remain between here and meaningful reform of the California Environmental Quality Act, namely the obstacle that a Democrat-led state Legislature is bound to face when it defies labor unions. But state Senate leader Darrell Steinberg’s bill to modernize CEQA has taken a step toward passage by winning approval from the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.
Slow growth rate for state
The California Department of Finance’s demographic unit has calculated that California gained fewer than 300,000 new residents in 2012 for a growth rate of 0.8 percent.
Initial jobless claims drop to more than five-year low of 324,000
WASHINGTON — Initial jobless claims dropped last week to their lowest level in more than five years, countering recent signals that the economic recovery is slowing.
Jerry Brown signs bill to cut California business-filing backlog
In response to an embarrassing six-week queue of business filings, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a measure today that immediately sends $1.6 million to the California secretary of state’s office to relieve the backlog.
Raytheon Moving California HQ to McKinney
Company: Raytheon Co.CA Net Job Gain/Loss: -170Reason: Closure , Move Out of StateCity/Region Losing Jobs: El Segundo, CACity/Region Gaining Jobs: McKinney, TXNotes: Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems moving HQ; the 170 jobs have an average salary of $250,000
CEQA revamp advances, negotiations ongoing
Efforts to modify California’s four decades old environmental protection law are still moving forward at the state Capitol, though it’s clear that there remains a healthy dose of skepticism about the end result.