Valley Economy

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...

The latest Sac Bee op-ed promoting a peripheral canal (written by an infrastructure construction firm) contains a remarkable sentence. At ...

Lots of interesting debate on redevelopment agencies.  This website summarizes the arguments of redevelopment agencies and local governmen...

Stockton is back on top of the Forbes' Misery Index , but now it has company.  The Index expanded to 200 metro areas, tweaked the formul...

I heard about the DeltaFusion project about a month ago, and am pleased to see they have received some modest support ($10,000) from the Nat...

Matt Jenkins' reporting on agriculture and water is generally good, but I have to quibble with his recent article that uncritically rep...

I was watching American Idol with the kids last night, and greatly enjoyed the performance of Thia Megia from Mountain House, CA. Why is ...

I am getting tired of Jerry Brown saying he didn't release a budget that doesn't assume voters approve extending the current taxes, ...

I'm getting some complaints about the slowing pace of posts. Finally have a bit of a lull, so I'll try to put up a few posts today b...

The Mortgage Bankers Association just released a report getting lots of press called "A Study of Real Estate Markets in Declining Citie...

A blog reader emailed me this link to the brand new House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee webpage.  This bullet was under ...

Today's Census 2010 results have enormous implications for policy analysis in California.  Most of the news will focus on redistricting ...

A few days ago, the Census Bureau released data on the economic characteristics of small towns for the first time since the 2000 Census.  Th...