press release Economic Recovery Task Force Calls on State’s Leaders To Act with Unity, Urgency on a Plan For Federal Dollars Jan 6, 2009
press release Public Policy Institute of California Establishes Economic Recovery Task Force Dec 2, 2008
Report Rethinking the California Business Climate By Michael Dardia, Sherman Luk Aug 1, 1999 The recession of the early 1990s was one of the severest in California's history. Employment dropped sharply and did not return to pre-recession levels for nearly five years. California's slow recovery prompted many critics to claim that the state had a bad business climate and that we would continue to lose jobs to neighboring state's more friendly to business. In this study, the authors argue that California is simply too large and diverse to have a single, statewide business climate and that analysts and policymakers would be better served to focus on problems at the industry and regional level.
