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California’s current unemployment rate is 11.3%. That’s still a far higher level than the state has seen in decades – and it has been sustained at around that level for at least two years. California faces nothing less than a severe jobs crisis. That doesn’t mean any old job is a good job. But when [...]
In the 1930s, California legislators of both parties came together to work to end the Depression by putting people back to work building infrastructure that provided lasting value. They weren’t cowed into submission by costs or financial concerns. They did what was necessary and what was right to solve the crisis and build a better [...]
High speed rail critics have been trying to use the latest project cost estimates, which total $98 billion in estimated 2035 dollars, to undermine public support for the project. In this effort, austerity politics is their ally. Critics are hoping that Californians are in a mood where they believe the best response to the current [...]
Today the LA Times opinion page asked the public whether they should continue to endorse the project or not: What do you think? Should we come out in favor of this in Friday’s pages, or opposed to this? Make your best argument, pro or con. The flippant answer would be to tell them to read [...]
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