LA & CA Economic Forecast: Upbeat but Cloudy
California is shockingly business unfriendly but it hasn’t stopped economic growth or a positive assessment of the Los Angeles and California economy Beacon Economics co-founder Chris Thornberg said at the third annual Forecast LA. Loyola Marymount University’s Fernando Guerra presented an upbeat assessment of local residents on the LA economy, results from a poll of […]
UC Needs to Stop Fighting for Katehi
If UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi had decent judgment, she would have quit by now. So it’s well past time for UC regents to push her out the door. UC is in the middle of a multi-year battle with the state government over funding. The state legislature has succeeded in having things both ways: locking […]
Why The Police Don’t Care That Thieves Broke Into Your Home
Something strange is going on with crime in Los Angeles. The Public Policy Institute of California says property crimes were up sharply in L.A. County last year, but arrests and bookings for property crimes fell 31 percent. Why? In 2014, voters passed Proposition 47, which reduced some felony theft and drug offenses to misdemeanors. Police […]
America’s Software And Tech Hotspots
Where is America’s tech and software industry thriving? In a new study conducted for the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp., researchers took an interesting stab at that question, assessing which metro areas have the strongest concentrations of software developers, spread across a broad array of industries, as well as the best compensation and job growth, and access to […]