Lazy is in the Eye of the Beholder
Last week, at the annual Milken Institute State of the State conference, California Lieutenant Governor had this to say about California’s job climate: “We cleaned everyone’s clock, we left everyone in the dust between 1950 and 1980 in California. The last 30 years, we put up our legs, we sat back. We’re like the aging […]
Fiction and the UC Berkeley Labor Center Recommendations
Meet Bernard. He is a lucky person because I am assigning to him a retirement choice none of us have but should. He was born in 1949. Like many, his parents applied for a Social Security number for him early in his life. Bernard’s first job was a part time position in high school. He […]
2011 to 2012: Just give CA manufacturing a fighting chance
California experienced just under one percent manufacturing employment growth in 2011 with the addition of 11,500 jobs. But the state still suffers from the loss of more than a third of its manufacturing base since 2001, leaving us with 1.2 million manufacturing jobs down from almost 2 million. In 2012 and beyond, California manufacturing workers […]
Is Congress on the Right Track?
Earlier this month, sixty business leaders from California participated in a three-day whirlwind tour of our nation’s capital meeting with Members of Congress, U.S. Senators, pundits, and think tankers. In all, 22 Members of Congress met with a delegation largely comprised of members of the Lincoln Clubs of Northern California, Orange County, and San Diego. […]