In sorting out solutions to get states out of the economic holes they find themselves in, here is good advice to each state: whatever California is doing, DON’T DO IT. Maybe even do the opposite?
Why?
California’s unemployment rate just went UP in July (making it the 2nd worst in the USA behind #1 Nevada.) The stewards of the California economy are killing the state. Time is running out. The numbers are trending failure, not success.
And there is more….
California is such a mess that its court system has hit the skids. The article below describes a couple trying to file papers for a divorce….show up at 9am…stand in line all day….at 4p the court closes and they didn’t get a chance to file and are sent home. (With sarcasm, I guess that is one way to improve our nation’s growing divorce numbers!)
If California’s civil court system has hit the skids, think about its criminal court system! Imagine if you were WRONGFULLY arrested and held in jail pending trial. Do you have any idea how long that can be in California with a failed, clogged, court system?
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ARTICLE 1 – the DISMAL and DISGRACEFUL California court system:
California Courts Face Cash Crunch
BY DAVID FERRY
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The nation’s largest state-court system has clogged up. Gilberto and Jessica Salcedo are experiencing that firsthand.
The couple lined up at 9 a.m. at a family-relations courthouse here earlier this month to file paperwork for their pending divorce. But after waiting all day, the pair hadn’t reached the front of the line by the 4 p.m. closing time, and were told they would have to come back the next day.
“Another day here doing nothing, just waiting,” said Mr. Salcedo, 26 years old.
The Salcedos’ delay underlined the fallout of three years of budget cuts to California’s …
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ARTICLE 2 – THE DISMAL AND DISGRACEFUL UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL IN CALIFORNIA
Calif. jobless rate rises to 12 percent in July
By ADAM WEINTRAUB
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF.
The unemployment rate in California climbed again, hitting 12 percent in July as the state added just 4,500 payroll jobs for the month, officials said Friday.
The report by the state Employment Development Department showed much weaker job growth in July than June, continuing what has been a spotty economic recovery.
The jobless rate rose from 11.8 percent in June and hit 12 percent for the first time since March. Most industries added jobs, but big reductions in government payrolls shrank the net gain.
California still has the second-worst state unemployment rate in the nation, behind Nevada at 12.9 percent. The national rate in July dropped slightly to 9.1 percent.
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