Valley Economy

Two years ago, on May 1, 2009, the Sacramento Bee published an op-ed I wrote titled "Water Won't Wash Away Valley's Recession....

I was looking for recent MWD cost analysis on a canal, and found  this Powerpoint presentation from a MWD committee meeting that was today ...

Some readers have asked for elaboration on the McClintock/PPIC comparison in the last post.  Tom McClintock wrote this in a recent article i...

It's been over a month since I posted anything significant on water. Time has been short.  There is plenty to blog about so here are a f...

From today's Sac Bee article on folks lining up to work for McDonalds.  McDonald's and other fast-food chains, once a first job f...

The quarterly update to our 5 year state and northern California metro forecast has been released. The short-term forecast for the state and...

Congratulations to Mendota High students for this tremendous achievement. http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/04/04/2337255/mendota-high-students...

Could the employment situation in Sacramento be even worse than we thought?  The 3rd quarter 2010 data from the QCEW (Quarterly Census of Em...

It may be time to finally change the title of this monthly post from "Unemployment Friday" to "Employment Friday"....unl...

Tom Philp, executive strategist for the Metropolitan Water District, compares the Bay Bridge replacement to Delta Conveyance  when discussin...

I don't think I've seen two public calls for cost-benefit analysis of water projects all year.  While browsing Aquafornia tonight, I...

I strongly recommend Philip Martin's book, Importing Poverty: Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural America , (2009, Yale Universit...

Two reporters called me yesterday on the eve of the release of yet another PPIC report on California water. I had not seen the new report, b...

With Forbes adding foreclosure rates to their misery index this year, I have taken a look at this list. There has been plenty of attention t...

I thought the Draft Delta Plan was a snooze until someone pointed me to Joe Grindstaff's cover memo.  I guess Joe thought the plan was a...