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California’s Safety Net in Recession and Recovery June 2021 Caroline Danielson

As California emerges from the COVID-19 shutdown, the social safety net can play a key role in facilitating an equitable recovery. Evidence from the last…

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California’s Housing Construction Picks Up Pace June 17 2021Hans Johnson, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune

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Economy Chart: Unemployment is at a Long-Term Low in California

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Recent recessions have hit California hard, but job losses in 2020 were unprecedented

The California economy generally moves with the US economy, but tends to swing more widely in recessions. For example, unemployment rose more dramatically in California than in all but two other states during 2020.