Family Owned Farms Continue to Disappear as they Struggle to Remain Open
Small family farms have been slowly disappearing for decades and this will likely be the case with the Minor’s Farm...
Report Claims that Over a Third of California Households have few Money in Savings and are at Risk of Financial Ruin
According to the 2017 Prosperity Now Scorecard, over 37 percent of California households have so little cash saved that they...
Insult to Injury: Renovating an Out of Touch in the Capitol
The State Legislature apparently doesn’t feel the pain of the people. In what can only be described as a tone-deaf...
California Economy is showing signs of Slowing after Losing 1,400 Jobs in June
According to a report released last month by the state’s Employment Development Department, employers reduced their payrolls by 1,400 in...
New Study in Seattle Reveals that work Hours fell after Minimum Wage Increases
In June of this year, researchers at the University of Washington released a study about raising the minimum wage, which...
Rent will probably get Higher in California
According to an economic analysis in the Anderson Forecast from the University of California, Los Angeles released last month, projections...
Will California’s new hourly wage laws hurt low-income workers?
By: Alex Saab Sometimes the best of intentions create unintended consequences. One wonders if that is going to be the...
Even Starter Homes in Bay Area can cost almost $500,000
There is some good news and bad news for first time home buyers in the Bay Area. The good news...
Oakland has a Shortage of Affordable Housing
According to a recent Housing and Community Development Department report on housing construction in Oakland, only two percent of the...
Report Claims that Around 1 Million Affordable Homes are Needed for Southern California’s Poor
According to a nonprofit organization called California Housing Partnership Corporation, there is a shortage of one million affordable homes in...