Valley Economy

If you focus on the grade from the American Lung Association, you will see that the entire Valley received an F, and there is certainly lots...

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12221166 This story describes a new study that says a peripheral canal will not be able to supply...

Rents are slowly dropping in Stockton. The Sac Bee had a similar story for their area. Most of the focus has been on home prices, but it is...

Home Builers Push for Lower Fees This is a very reasonable request by the home builders. It actually makes more sense than the $10,000 tax c...

In previous posts , I have pointed out how farm payrolls are increasing despite the claims of water exporters who want to relax Delta enviro...

When I talk to people around the Valley about the economy, a common prediction/concern from the audience is a spike in crime. There are cer...

Today, the San Francisco Chronicle published pro/con peripheral canal articles. The PPIC/UC-Davis team of Ellen Hanak and Jay Lund argued pr...

There has been plenty of talk about this plan to start a citizen militia in Stockton. I wonder how he came up with the price of $350 per ho...

I saw a reference in a media report that Timothy Quinn, director of the Association of California Water Contractors (ACWA), said "there...

Just took the California Budget Challenge from Next10 . These kind of exercises are interesting, although the results can be guided by the w...

This g raphic is from Saturday's Sacramento Bee. This is a great example for an Economics professor to use to explain the difference bet...

See the press release for more details. The headline number is the unemployment rate which we forecast will peak at 12.1% statewide. Underl...

A new idea from Tracy's mayor. I think this auto gift card idea is pretty silly. (If he does this, how will neighboring mayors respond ...

Dan Weintraub has a good piece in today's Sacramento Bee. His observation that job losses are about average in CA and have been worse i...

I have been fielding a lot of questions about my opinion of the new (old?) Geithner (Paulson?) plan to remove toxic assets from bank through...