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US / The unemployment problem: bigger than NYC and LA combined – Economy
12 million unemployed The job market has been healing for more than three years now, but the jobs crisis is still truly a crisis. The staggering statistics get repeated so often they can become numbingly abstract. About 12 million Americans still remain unemployed, but who can wrap their head around that number? Try wiping both … Continue reading
US Census / Are Big City Growth Coming Back ?
Big cities could be making a growth comeback after a rocky decade. Their growth rates are rising and, for the second year in a row, they are growing faster than their surrounding suburbs. The Census Bureau’s new release of population estimates for cities through July 2012 offer some surprises in light of recent trends. After … Continue reading
Working in the US / The most accessible metropolitan areas in 2010 : Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York
Job accessibility has changed over time. In the past two decades, Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Austin, Orlando and Phoenix have seen the largest percentage gains in job accessibility while Cleveland, Detroit, Honolulu and Los Angeles have seen the largest percentage drops. This study estimates the accessibility to jobs by automobile in the 51 largest metropolitan areas … Continue reading
Las Vegas’s Had the Highest Black metropolitan unemployment in 2011, Followed by Los Angeles
In 2011, the nationwide African American unemployment rate stood at 15.9 percent—and in several of the country’s large metropolitan areas, the black unemployment rate was significantly higher. This issue brief examines African American unemployment rates of the 19 metropolitan areas for which we could derive reliable estimates.1 The key findings of this brief are: In … Continue reading
LA County court: Massive layoffs
Squeezed by state budgets cutbacks, the Los Angeles County court system is launching massive job layoffs, pay cuts and transfers, court officials said.. Cutbacks will affect 431 court employees and 56 courtrooms throughout the nation’s largest superior court system. Presiding Judge Lee Smalley Edmon bemoaned the loss of longtime employees as well as the impact … Continue reading
LA | Mayor calls for 669 job cuts
In his new city budget, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called Friday for the elimination of 669 city jobs -– 231 through layoffs — even as he sought increased staffing levels for police officers and the restoration of some services at the Fire Department. One-third of the jobs targeted by the mayor in his $7.2-billion … Continue reading
School layoffs | Losing teachers in Orange County
Ten districts across Orange County have released the names of hundreds of teachers and other employees facing potential layoffs. Last month, districts announced they could cut more than 1,500 school jobs as part of an effort to slash up to $269 million from budgets, prompted by the state’s ongoing budget crisis. An Orange County education … Continue reading
LA | 350 workers face layoffs after 56 courtrooms closure
A state-ordered cut of $30 million to the Los Angeles Superior Courts budget will prompt the closure of 56 courtrooms countywide, layoffs of 350 workers and the “erosion of access to justice,” an official said Tuesday. The cuts will shutter 24 civil, 24 criminal, three family law, one probate and four juvenile delinquency courtrooms, according … Continue reading
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