The California economy is on the mend, and the state’s economic outlook is positive. But we still have a long way to go to ensure that recovery takes hold in every community throughout the state.
This is especially true in rural and urban low-income neighborhoods, often communities of color, which continually struggle with double
With California continuing to face one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, citizen energy users were disappointed to read Susan Frank’s column in which she failed to offer any real solutions but focused almost exclusively on attacking California’s oil and gas industry.
Instead of demonizing people, why not have a more constructive
Recently California’s clean energy and pollution law, AB 32, observed its first auction of pollution permits. Much has been said about the impact of this auction on California’s economy, with competing interests making differing claims.
As economists and academics, we believe the auction and AB 32’s carbon market will help California meet its environmental