Economy

California local government says good governance is the reason the city is seeing black not red
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

The city of Temecula has a budget surplus. Your eyes don’t deceive you. City leaders in Temecula recently announced that the city finished the 2011-2012 fiscal year more than $2.7 million in the black.

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Video: Collaboration between business and higher ed key to jumpstarting California economy
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

The California Community College system is hosting a series of regional forums around the state to forge partnerships with the business community that will help address the state’s high unemployment rate

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California economy: Timber industry getting back on its feet
150 150 Ed Coghlan

California’s beleaguered timber industry has had some good news recently. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation this week enacting a new consumer tax on lumber sales.

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California community colleges facing overcrowding
150 150 Matthew Grant Anson

It’s become something of a time-honored tradition in California’s community colleges: desperately trying to add a course on the first day of a jam-packed class

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California Economy: Community colleges look to close workforce skills gap
150 150 John Guenther

Dubbing the initiative “Critical Conversations,” California’s Community College system is calling on the public to talk up how to better align college training programs with the needs of the state’s varied economic regions

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Video: How can California shimmer as the Golden State once again?
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

California Forward has been talking with people around the state for four years—and 22 percent say they are planning to leave the state because of the economy.

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