Valley Economy

A discussion of economic, business, and environmental issues of importance in the Central Valley.

Monday, August 24, 2020

New $15.9 bil. Delta tunnel cost estimate: Revisiting DWR's 2018 single-tunnel economic analysis with updated costs shows it is a bad investment for water agencies.

As reported in the Sacramento Bee , the cost of a single-tunnel Delta conveyance is now estimated at $15.9 billion. In a previous 2018 anal...

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Water Blueprint proposes a valley wide sales tax to fund their irrigation water plan. Is it equitable? Is it feasible?

Earlier this month, CSU-Fresno hosted the event "Funding Water Infrastructure in the San Joaquin Valley." The vast majority of t...

Monday, July 6, 2020

Reaction to CalMatters essay, "A social justice perspective of the Delta tunnel project"

Gary Kremen, vice chair of the Delta Conveyance Finance Authority, argues that building the Delta conveyance tunnel promotes social justice....

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic Causes Historic Drop In Farm Employment

The latest employment data released by the California EDD on June 19 shows a massive decline in farm jobs since the Covid pandemic hit. The...

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About Me

Jeff: I am currently Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) at the University of Montana. As I am in Montana now, I am no longer actively maintaining this blog, although I will post on rare occasions as I am still following some of these issues from out-of-state. This blog was created in 2008 after I moved to California to run a research and outreach Center at the University of the Pacific Eberhardt School of Business. Over 16 years at Pacific, I progressed through various positions, ultimately relocating to the Sacramento campus and a joint appointment as a Professor of Public Policy at McGeorge School of Law. This blog is a personal journal grounded in my professional expertise in regional economic growth and development and environmental economics. As a personal journal, it reflects my thoughts at a particular time.

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