California Jobs

1.1 Million Californians Set To Lose Unemployment Benefits

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 12.22.2011

If Republicans and Democrats in Congress don't come to an agreement in the next 10 days, about 1.1 million out-of-work Californians won't get their un...

The Future of the Golden State

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 11.01.2011

Antonio Villaraigosa

Investing in jobs and education are the keys to securing prosperity and opportunity for Californians and for all Americans. Latinos are and will remain a core part of the plan to a brighter future.

Jerry Brown Unveils Brand-New Job Creation Plan For California

AP | Posted 10.25.2011

By JUDY LIN, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday offered a tax plan designed to promote job growth within Cali...

More Bad News For California's Economy

Posted 08.17.2011

California was hit with a dose of bad news on the jobs front this morning. The state's employers shed 29,200 jobs in May even as the state's unempl...

Report: California Added 200,000 Net Jobs Last Year

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — U.S. companies have added jobs for 12 straight months, giving some of the hardest hit states a lift. But the gains have been uneven...

California's Union Jobs Disappearing At Fastest Rate In Nation

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

The recession is taking a toll on union jobs, which are disappearing in California at a faster rate than anywhere else in the country, according to a ...

Laura Bassett

Proposition 23, Anti-Environment 'California Jobs Initiative', Is Funded By Big Polluters In Texas And The Midwest

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Proposition 23, the so-called "California Jobs Initiative" threatening to suspend some of California's unprecedented clean air and renewable energy le...

California Unemployment Holds At 12.6 Percent

AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's unemployment rate held steady last month at 12.6 percent, despite an increase in national unemployment, the st...

California Unemployment Rate Up To 12.4 Percent

latimes.com | Alana Semuels | Posted 05.25.2011

California employers cut more workers from their staffs in December, capping a dismal year in which the state lost more than half a million jobs. ...

Unemployment In California Highest In Nearly 70 Years

New York Times | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

California's unemployment rate in August hit its highest point in nearly 70 years, starkly underscoring how the nation's incipient economic recovery c...

Schwarzenegger Threatens To Impose Third Unpaid Furlough Day

Los Angeles Times | Shane Goldmacher | Posted 05.25.2011

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday he would force state workers to take a third unpaid furlough day every month if lawmakers do not pass a balance...

250,000 Jobs Will Still be Lost Monthly

Neal Rodriguez | Posted 05.25.2011

Neal Rodriguez

Despite President Obama's signing of the $787 Billion recovery plan, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's argued that 250,000 jobs will still be lost monthly.

California Prepares To Eliminate 10,000 Jobs Today

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California legislative leaders on Tuesday made what they hoped would be a last push for one more Republican to support thei...