Valley Economy

First American CoreLogic released its negative equity report today, and for the first time I can remember has published data for more than ...

Today, we released a study of the economic impact of of requiring total nutrient (primarily ammonia) removal from the Sacramento Wastewater ...

The California unemployment rate holds steady at a miserable 12.3%.  That's not a surprise.  We expect it to stay 12% or higher for the ...

I am happy to see Dennis Cardoza being so critical of the Obama administration about foreclosures.  Here is a link to his op-ed in the Fresn...

While I was away, the Democrats finally made a budget proposal.  There is a lot to it, and I haven't been able to analyze it in detail....

I will be on vacation until August 16, so no new posts for a while.  Unfortunately, I am confident there will still be no state budget, co...

Sen. Florez is right , the differential labor laws for agriculture are discrimination, and it is a shame that the Governor turned down this ...

Quiz: Choose the smaller amount of money? A.  $4 billion to $34 billion B.  $0 to $1.6 billion If you answered that A is a smaller numbe...

Is this a joke?  From  a Hanford Sentinel article on Juan Arambula's (now co-sponsored by Fran Pavley) bill regarding the sale of agric...

We released our most recent economic forecast today.  Click here for more information, including how to subscribe! The Highlights of the C...

It will be very interesting to see whether Governor Schwarzenneger signs SB1121, a bill that would apply the same overtime rules to farm wor...

Mike Taugher quoted me in a story in the CC Times/Oakland Tribune about Carly Fiorina trying to put the Delta Smelt and jobs at the forefron...

1. Is anyone happier about this news than the folks at the Environmental Defense Fund and Natural Resource Defense Council? I suspect that h...

The homebuyer tax credit has always been bad policy, but voting to extend the closing deadline is horrible. 409 - 5! Unbelievable. Those ...

I agree with this plan to create more realistic public employee costs, and I commend the City Council for adopting these principles. The do...