Earlier this year, California received some stark news about its future…its population was not increasing. This was the first time this has happened to California since the era of the Gold Rush; pre-Civil War. The immediate results are that California does not earn another Electoral vote and congressional seat and must deal with the fact its tax-paying population
Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt
Seriously Brad, is this the best you can come up with? Is the alcohol starting to affect the brain cells? Fifteen thousand square miles and you think this is a job plan?
HESPERIA • The county is doing its part to educate and train residents for moderate- to high-paying jobs, according to First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt.
“I think it’s important we keep our workforce efforts up,” Mitzelfelt told members of the Hesperia Chamber of Commerce during the chamber’s monthly luncheon meeting Monday at Courtyard Marriott hotel.
To do that, the county will soon provide a $160,000 grant — through its Workforce Development Department —to put an additional 20 students through the Victor Valley College nursing program. The funding comes from the California Community College Chancellor’s office, he said. Nursing program graduates can often find well-paying positions. The median annual salary for registered nurses in 2008 was more than $60,000, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics.
Mitzelfelt also touted the partnership between the Southern California Logistics Airport and VVC, which will be taking over SCLA’s School of Aviation Technology.
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Job One is Budget Reform
By Bill Hauck
With another campaign season already underway and two million Californians out of work, it’s no surprise that the four-letter word on the lips of most politicians these days is “J-O-B-S.”
Politicians on the left want to step up spending to create jobs. Their counterparts on the right want regulations scrapped in the name of – you guessed it – creating jobs.
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of when the so-called “stimulus” bill was signed into law:
“One year after the Majority’s trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’, it is clear that this bloated spending package has failed to meet the needs of every day Americans,” said Bono Mack. “Fraught with wasteful spending and big government programs, the ‘stimulus’ has left nearly 10 percent of Americans, and over 14 percent in Riverside County, without jobs and facing a record-high national deficit.
***Dutton Report Special***Time to Put California Jobs FirstYesterday several California small business owners and my Republican colleagues joined together to emphasize the importance of private sector job creation and to continue our campaign to revive California’s struggling economy. Our campaign titled “California Jobs First” seeks to:
Since 2000 we’ve lost over 600,000 manufacturing jobs. Adding insult to injury, regulators are now developing global warming regulations that will cost our state 1.1 million more jobs. Regulations are killing jobs in California. To protect private sector jobs, I’ve introduced Senate Bill 960 that will require the non partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office to determine the cost effectiveness and feasibility of regulations imposed by the California Air Resources Board. I’ve also introduced Senate Bill 942 that will require the State Auditor to review existing regulations and point out those that are unnecessary or too costly to implement. The bill will also sunset all regulations after 10 years unless they are determined they are necessary. These measures and others like them will help private business and bring some common sense back to our regulatory climate. It takes 25 private sector jobs to support every state government job. We need to stop killing private sector jobs that help provide the funds necessary to build roads, support our schools and make our communities a safer place to live and work. Over the next several days my Republican colleagues and I will be introducing many more pieces of legislation aimed at lifting the burdens that are hurting job creators. It’s time we put the small businesses of California first instead of making them wait at the end of the line. California will recover from this current recession. It is up to the Legislature to determine how long the recovery will take. -30- |
JOBS CONTINUE FLEEING TO BUSINESS-FRIENDLY STATESLast year when Toyota announced plans to close its manufacturing plant in Fremont, legislators mounted an effort to save the 4,700 jobs that are impacted by the closure. At that time I asked, “If the Democrats were willing to save the Toyota plant by suspending environmental regulations and creating tax incentives, among other things, why are they not willing to pass such measures to save jobs all across our state?” (read my prior comments) Not surprisingly, the last-minute efforts failed to convince Toyota to keep the plant open. It was too late. Its planned closure in March provides further evidence of California’s unfriendly business climate. Here’s the twist: Toyota is now expanding its operation in Texas. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, some of the new Texas jobs are the very same jobs being eliminated in California. (see article) The fact that Toyota is shifting California jobs to Texas is not a coincidence. As I’ve said before, California should do more to emulate the State of Texas in retaining and creating private sector jobs. (read my prior comments) If California’s jobless rate (12.4%) was the same as Texas’ rate (8.3%), nearly 750,000 people who have lost their jobs in this state would still be employed and we wouldn’t have as severe a budget deficit. I again urge my Democrat colleagues to reject every bill that would cost even one private sector job. I challenge them to work together with Republicans to lift the needless regulations and unfunded mandates that make California the most difficult place in America to do business. With all due respect to my Democrat colleagues, if we don’t change our ways, California will continue to watch jobs flee to business friendly states like Texas while our recovery lags the rest of the nation. -30- |
