[Source: The Washington Post] Given the pace at which the Environmental Protection Agency chief has rolled back his predecessors’ work (or at least attempted to), Scott Pruitt secured his place as a one of the most consequential Cabinet-level officials within the Trump administration with an aggressive first year at the helm. The Post’s Brady Dennis Read More…
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Split roll proposal bad for jobs and the economy
[Source: Fox & Hounds] The California League of Women Voters and other advocates of a split-roll property tax system filed an initiative December 15 that would increase property taxes on California employers by an estimated $11.4 billion per year. A tax increase of this size will lead to higher consumer prices for goods and services Read More…
L.A. County sheds 3,000 aerospace jobs between 2014 and 2016
[Source: Los Angeles Business Journal] Aerospace employment in Los Angeles County dropped by 3,000 jobs, or about 6 percent, to 51,000 between 2014 and 2016, according to a report released Monday from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. Most of the job losses were in aircraft manufacturing, which fell by 2,200, due in part Read More…
Despite liberal California Legislature, Chamber of Commerce kills most ‘job-killer’ bills
[Source: The Mercury News] From all appearances, the California Legislature’s 2017 session was one of the most liberal – or progressive, as liberals prefer to say – in the state’s history. In fact, legislative leaders such as Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon are saying as much. However, despite the overall left-of-center tone to the session that ended last week, the California Chamber of Read More…
California’s growth slowdown continues in August as the state loses 8,200 job
[Source: Los Angeles Times] California’s slowing economic expansion was evident in August as the state lost 8,200 net jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 5.1%, from 4.8% a month earlier, according to data released Friday from the state’s Employment Development Department. The drop in employment follows a robust July in which the Golden State Read More…
AB 5 – for business, the worst bill of the year?
[Source: Fox & Hounds] The only problem with holding a contest to decide the worst bill introduced in the Legislature this year is: How do you pick just one? Well, I have a contender for you! AB 5, authored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher (D-San Diego) and Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) prohibits California businesses with Read More…
Aerojet Rocketdyne to cut 1,100 jobs in Sacramento, move some to L.A.
[Source: Los Angeles Times] Sacramento will lose 1,100 jobs over the next 18 months as rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne plans to relocate or cut positions in that facility and move jobs to Alabama, Canoga Park and other locations. The job changes are the next phase of a multiyear plan initiated in 2015 to reduce Read More…
Environmental programs face deep cuts under budget proposal
[Source: Associated Press] The Trump administration would slash programs aimed at slowing climate change and improving water safety and air quality, while eliminating thousands of jobs, according to a draft of the Environmental Protection Agency budget proposal obtained by The Associated Press. Under the tentative plan from the Office of Management and Budget, the agency’s Read More…
Economist says job creation ‘miserable’ as Orange County market slows
[Source: The Orange County Register] Orange County’s job growth has slowed dramatically as the county has neared what economists consider full employment and the cost of housing continues to rise. Payrolls grew by 1.1 percent to 1,572,300 from January 2016 to January this year, state employment officials said Friday. Last March the year-over-year job growth Read More…