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"content": "\u003cp>Nance Parry says she’s sent out more than 1,000 r\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>sum\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>s since she got laid off in September 2019. She’s gotten one interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just five weeks into what Parry thought would be a six-month contract, she was laid off from a job as a document specialist for an engineering firm. She says she’s sent out two to three r\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>sum\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>s per weekday since but that’s netted a grand total of one interview, leaving her to live off a monthly $1,200 Social Security check, $1,030 of which is used to pay rent for her apartment in Duarte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve tried to survive, you know, paid bills and food and everything on $200 a month after the rent is paid,” Parry said. “I need to work.” She needs new glasses and electrical work done on her car, but won’t be able to pay for either of those things until she gets a new job. Her landlord has tried to evict her three times, she says, and she’s worried about what will happen when LA County’s \u003ca href=\"https://dcba.lacounty.gov/noevictions/\">eviction protections end\u003c/a> in January 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if I’m going to end up living in my car or what because without a job you can’t get an apartment,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parry is one of roughly 1.4 million Californians who are out of work and looking for jobs. In October, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the state recorded a \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm\">7.3% unemployment rate\u003c/a>, the highest in the country, a distinction California shares with Nevada. October’s national unemployment rate is several points lower, at 4.6%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11898731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11898731\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman stares at a computer screen in a dark room.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07.jpeg 1568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nance Parry spends hours each day at home in front of her computer searching and applying for jobs. \u003ccite>(Raquel Natalicchio/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One contributing factor to the state’s lagging employment situation is that California’s large leisure and hospitality sector — made up of hotels, restaurants and more — hasn’t rebounded as quickly as the rest of the country’s. But other data suggest the news isn’t all bad: There are lots of job openings, and workers are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/mixed-signals-in-californias-labor-market-recovery/\">quitting their jobs in droves\u003c/a>, which is often a sign that people are optimistic they can find a better job.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why is California's jobless rate bouncing back more slowly?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even pre-pandemic, California’s overall unemployment rate was usually slightly above the national rate. But the fact that so many Californians work in the leisure and hospitality industries — which saw massive layoffs at the beginning of the pandemic — contributes to the state’s lagging employment recovery now. Leila Bengali, an economist at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, pointed out that California’s leisure and hospitality sectors employed almost 18% fewer people in September 2021 than pre-pandemic, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationwide, the industry was just 9% smaller in September than it was pre-pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One explanation for the gap between the rate at which California’s leisure and hospitality industry has recovered jobs and the rate at which the industry has recovered jobs nationally, Bengali said, is that international tourism, a large part of the state’s economy, was particularly hard hit during the pandemic. Visitors buy lunches at caf\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>s and stay in hotels; when travel dried up, those businesses bore the brunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11898732\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11898732 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03.jpeg\" alt='A phone on a shelf with a note that says \"YOU ARE NOT YOU CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU ARE YOUR POSSIBILITIES!!' width=\"1568\" height=\"1044\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03.jpeg 1568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03-1020x679.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A note with words of encouragement at Nance Parry’s home in Duarte on Dec. 6, 2021. Parry is currently unemployed and searching for work. \u003ccite>(Raquel Natalicchio/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a coincidence that two states [California and Nevada] that are heavily reliant on tourism and entertainment have not done as well, given the demise of tourism and entertainment under COVID,” said Manuel Pastor, a professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New York, which also has a large tourism industry, has an overall unemployment rate of 6.9%. Florida, another high-tourism state, stands apart among high-tourism states with a 4.6% unemployment rate overall. The leisure and hospitality sectors in California, Nevada, New York and Florida all have added jobs back more slowly than the sectors have nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another potential explanation comes from research by Harvard economics professor Raj Chetty and several other economists, who found that lower-wage workers who worked at small businesses in high-rent ZIP codes — of which California has many — \u003ca href=\"https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/tracker/\">lost their jobs at higher rates\u003c/a> early in the pandemic than lower-wage workers who worked in small businesses in lower-rent areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you lived in East LA, but you got on your bike and a bus to get over to Beverly Hills to work in a restaurant, or to clean a house or to take care of kids, a lot of that demand disappeared,” said Pastor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/2f6d013b-cc7b-42e2-b6ca-a29e6f319710?src=embed\" title=\"Updated: CA v natl unemployment\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>But aren't employers struggling to fill jobs?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. Walk down any commercial strip in a California city and there’s a decent chance you’ll see a \"Now Hiring\" sign in a restaurant or shop window. Employers have been offering \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2021/08/labor-shortage-hiring-incentives-yoga-therapy-401k/\">cash bonuses and beefed-up benefits\u003c/a> to fill empty positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s unemployment situation “certainly isn’t a question of a lack of job opportunity. That’s not what’s going on,” said Chris Thornberg, founding partner of Beacon Economics, an economic research and consulting firm. “There are an insane number of job opportunities in our state and in the nation overall.” People may just be taking their time to find a good job, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/e15ccbc8-b527-4e43-a612-840d5c238a94?src=embed\" title=\"2 unemployed to openings\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also some indications that lower-income families aren’t experiencing economic stress, said Thornberg. For example, the share of Californian consumers with new bankruptcies is \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc/background.html\">lower than it was pre-pandemic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of the job openings also require in-person, physical work with unpredictable hours — like serving in a restaurant, or packing goods in a warehouse. Some people aren’t willing or able to do that work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parry is worried about working in person while the pandemic is ongoing. “I keep seeing signs in restaurants and stuff like that. It really makes me feel bad because I need work,” she said. She worked at Cost Plus over the holidays once in the past, and it made her legs hurt. “I am 71 years old,” she said. “I mean, the last thing I want is a job where I stand all day because it kills the legs and the back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11898733\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11898733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08.jpeg 1568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08-800x545.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08-1020x695.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08-160x109.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08-1536x1046.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nance Parry spends hours each day in front of her computer searching and applying for jobs. She describes the over-a-year-long job hunt as frustrating and tiring. Dec. 6, 2021. \u003ccite>(Raquel Natalicchio/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think right now we’re seeing a lot of people move out of retail, leisure and hospitality and start looking for other employment,” said Somjita Mitra, chief economist at the California Department of Finance. Unpredictable schedules make it hard for workers in those industries to find child care and use public transit to get to work. “There’s going to be some structural changes in those industries long-term,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>It's not all bad\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Compared to California’s jobs recovery after the Great Recession — when unemployment peaked around 12.6% and took more than four years to get down to the state’s current 7.3% unemployment rate — the state’s post-pandemic recovery has been a roaring success. During the pandemic, unemployment in the state crested at 16%, but just a year and a half later, that number had fallen by more than half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If workers are holding out for jobs that better match their needs and goals, that can prompt employers to increase wages for the lowest-wage workers, for example, or offer them more stable schedules — concessions that are good for the economy, said Irena Asmundson, managing director of the California Policy Research Initiative at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and former chief economist for the California Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our economy really does work better when we have more of a balance of power between employers and employees,” Asmundson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-when-will-the-unemployment-rate-come-down\">\u003cstrong>When will the unemployment rate come down?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2021-22/pdf/Revised/BudgetSummary/EconomicOutlook.pdf\">May 2021 report\u003c/a> from the Department of Finance projected that California’s unemployment rate would return to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/anderson-forecast-december-pandemic-influence\">report\u003c/a> from UCLA Anderson Forecast predicts that California’s unemployment rate will fall to an average of 5.6% in 2022, and will drop further to an average of 4.4% in 2023. Authors Jerry Nickelsburg and Leila Bengali also expect job growth to slow in industries with a lot of personal contact, and in sectors that cater to tourists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear whether California’s pre-pandemic jobless rate of about 4% was sustainable, said Asmundson. There’s a sweet spot, she said, and while economists disagree on exactly what that sweet spot is, she puts it at 5% for California. She predicts we will get to that rate in mid 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other economists think we shouldn’t worry about the unemployment rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who cares?” asked Chris Thornberg. “People shouldn’t care,” he said. The more important question, he said, is whether there are job opportunities for people: “The answer is, yeah, more than ever before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Nance Parry says she’s sent out more than 1,000 r\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>sum\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>s since she got laid off in September 2019. She’s gotten one interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just five weeks into what Parry thought would be a six-month contract, she was laid off from a job as a document specialist for an engineering firm. She says she’s sent out two to three r\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>sum\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>s per weekday since but that’s netted a grand total of one interview, leaving her to live off a monthly $1,200 Social Security check, $1,030 of which is used to pay rent for her apartment in Duarte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve tried to survive, you know, paid bills and food and everything on $200 a month after the rent is paid,” Parry said. “I need to work.” She needs new glasses and electrical work done on her car, but won’t be able to pay for either of those things until she gets a new job. Her landlord has tried to evict her three times, she says, and she’s worried about what will happen when LA County’s \u003ca href=\"https://dcba.lacounty.gov/noevictions/\">eviction protections end\u003c/a> in January 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if I’m going to end up living in my car or what because without a job you can’t get an apartment,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parry is one of roughly 1.4 million Californians who are out of work and looking for jobs. In October, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the state recorded a \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm\">7.3% unemployment rate\u003c/a>, the highest in the country, a distinction California shares with Nevada. October’s national unemployment rate is several points lower, at 4.6%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11898731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11898731\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman stares at a computer screen in a dark room.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07.jpeg 1568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-07-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nance Parry spends hours each day at home in front of her computer searching and applying for jobs. \u003ccite>(Raquel Natalicchio/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One contributing factor to the state’s lagging employment situation is that California’s large leisure and hospitality sector — made up of hotels, restaurants and more — hasn’t rebounded as quickly as the rest of the country’s. But other data suggest the news isn’t all bad: There are lots of job openings, and workers are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/mixed-signals-in-californias-labor-market-recovery/\">quitting their jobs in droves\u003c/a>, which is often a sign that people are optimistic they can find a better job.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why is California's jobless rate bouncing back more slowly?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even pre-pandemic, California’s overall unemployment rate was usually slightly above the national rate. But the fact that so many Californians work in the leisure and hospitality industries — which saw massive layoffs at the beginning of the pandemic — contributes to the state’s lagging employment recovery now. Leila Bengali, an economist at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, pointed out that California’s leisure and hospitality sectors employed almost 18% fewer people in September 2021 than pre-pandemic, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationwide, the industry was just 9% smaller in September than it was pre-pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One explanation for the gap between the rate at which California’s leisure and hospitality industry has recovered jobs and the rate at which the industry has recovered jobs nationally, Bengali said, is that international tourism, a large part of the state’s economy, was particularly hard hit during the pandemic. Visitors buy lunches at caf\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span>s and stay in hotels; when travel dried up, those businesses bore the brunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11898732\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11898732 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03.jpeg\" alt='A phone on a shelf with a note that says \"YOU ARE NOT YOU CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU ARE YOUR POSSIBILITIES!!' width=\"1568\" height=\"1044\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03.jpeg 1568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03-1020x679.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-03-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A note with words of encouragement at Nance Parry’s home in Duarte on Dec. 6, 2021. Parry is currently unemployed and searching for work. \u003ccite>(Raquel Natalicchio/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a coincidence that two states [California and Nevada] that are heavily reliant on tourism and entertainment have not done as well, given the demise of tourism and entertainment under COVID,” said Manuel Pastor, a professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New York, which also has a large tourism industry, has an overall unemployment rate of 6.9%. Florida, another high-tourism state, stands apart among high-tourism states with a 4.6% unemployment rate overall. The leisure and hospitality sectors in California, Nevada, New York and Florida all have added jobs back more slowly than the sectors have nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another potential explanation comes from research by Harvard economics professor Raj Chetty and several other economists, who found that lower-wage workers who worked at small businesses in high-rent ZIP codes — of which California has many — \u003ca href=\"https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/tracker/\">lost their jobs at higher rates\u003c/a> early in the pandemic than lower-wage workers who worked in small businesses in lower-rent areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you lived in East LA, but you got on your bike and a bus to get over to Beverly Hills to work in a restaurant, or to clean a house or to take care of kids, a lot of that demand disappeared,” said Pastor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/2f6d013b-cc7b-42e2-b6ca-a29e6f319710?src=embed\" title=\"Updated: CA v natl unemployment\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>But aren't employers struggling to fill jobs?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. Walk down any commercial strip in a California city and there’s a decent chance you’ll see a \"Now Hiring\" sign in a restaurant or shop window. Employers have been offering \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2021/08/labor-shortage-hiring-incentives-yoga-therapy-401k/\">cash bonuses and beefed-up benefits\u003c/a> to fill empty positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s unemployment situation “certainly isn’t a question of a lack of job opportunity. That’s not what’s going on,” said Chris Thornberg, founding partner of Beacon Economics, an economic research and consulting firm. “There are an insane number of job opportunities in our state and in the nation overall.” People may just be taking their time to find a good job, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/e15ccbc8-b527-4e43-a612-840d5c238a94?src=embed\" title=\"2 unemployed to openings\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also some indications that lower-income families aren’t experiencing economic stress, said Thornberg. For example, the share of Californian consumers with new bankruptcies is \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc/background.html\">lower than it was pre-pandemic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of the job openings also require in-person, physical work with unpredictable hours — like serving in a restaurant, or packing goods in a warehouse. Some people aren’t willing or able to do that work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parry is worried about working in person while the pandemic is ongoing. “I keep seeing signs in restaurants and stuff like that. It really makes me feel bad because I need work,” she said. She worked at Cost Plus over the holidays once in the past, and it made her legs hurt. “I am 71 years old,” she said. “I mean, the last thing I want is a job where I stand all day because it kills the legs and the back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11898733\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11898733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08.jpeg 1568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08-800x545.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08-1020x695.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08-160x109.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/120621-Unemployment-RN-CM-08-1536x1046.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nance Parry spends hours each day in front of her computer searching and applying for jobs. She describes the over-a-year-long job hunt as frustrating and tiring. Dec. 6, 2021. \u003ccite>(Raquel Natalicchio/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think right now we’re seeing a lot of people move out of retail, leisure and hospitality and start looking for other employment,” said Somjita Mitra, chief economist at the California Department of Finance. Unpredictable schedules make it hard for workers in those industries to find child care and use public transit to get to work. “There’s going to be some structural changes in those industries long-term,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>It's not all bad\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Compared to California’s jobs recovery after the Great Recession — when unemployment peaked around 12.6% and took more than four years to get down to the state’s current 7.3% unemployment rate — the state’s post-pandemic recovery has been a roaring success. During the pandemic, unemployment in the state crested at 16%, but just a year and a half later, that number had fallen by more than half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If workers are holding out for jobs that better match their needs and goals, that can prompt employers to increase wages for the lowest-wage workers, for example, or offer them more stable schedules — concessions that are good for the economy, said Irena Asmundson, managing director of the California Policy Research Initiative at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and former chief economist for the California Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our economy really does work better when we have more of a balance of power between employers and employees,” Asmundson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-when-will-the-unemployment-rate-come-down\">\u003cstrong>When will the unemployment rate come down?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2021-22/pdf/Revised/BudgetSummary/EconomicOutlook.pdf\">May 2021 report\u003c/a> from the Department of Finance projected that California’s unemployment rate would return to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/anderson-forecast-december-pandemic-influence\">report\u003c/a> from UCLA Anderson Forecast predicts that California’s unemployment rate will fall to an average of 5.6% in 2022, and will drop further to an average of 4.4% in 2023. Authors Jerry Nickelsburg and Leila Bengali also expect job growth to slow in industries with a lot of personal contact, and in sectors that cater to tourists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear whether California’s pre-pandemic jobless rate of about 4% was sustainable, said Asmundson. There’s a sweet spot, she said, and while economists disagree on exactly what that sweet spot is, she puts it at 5% for California. She predicts we will get to that rate in mid 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other economists think we shouldn’t worry about the unemployment rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who cares?” asked Chris Thornberg. “People shouldn’t care,” he said. The more important question, he said, is whether there are job opportunities for people: “The answer is, yeah, more than ever before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Californians may be split on many political and social issues, but a solid majority agree that the gap between the rich and poor is growing wider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) finds that \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-economic-well-being-november-2021/\">nearly 70% of adults across California think income disparities are increasing in the region\u003c/a> where they live. And more than 60% believe that kids growing up in the state today will be worse off than they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1537px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/double.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11895759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/double.png\" alt=\"Two horizontal bar charts showing opinions on wealth disparities.\" width=\"1537\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/double.png 1537w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/double-800x342.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/double-1020x437.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/double-160x68.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1537px) 100vw, 1537px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From findings of the November 2021 Public Policy Institute of California statewide survey. \u003ccite>(Courtesy PPIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But PPIC President Mark Baldassare, who directed the survey, said the results show that even in this highly partisan period, there’s strong consensus among Californians about how to fix the problem, ” … whether it comes to creating more affordable child care for lower-income workers, improving job training [or] finding ways to provide housing close to work in regions that are more affordable for people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"income-inequality\"]Not surprisingly, housing is one of the top concerns among adults in California, a quarter of whom say they worry constantly about the cost of it, according to the poll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a lot of people,” Baldassare said. “And this is in the context of people saying that the lack of well-paying jobs in their regions is a big problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, he noted, about 20% of those surveyed say they’re seriously considering moving out of state because of a dearth of the kind of well-paying jobs they would need to afford to live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly one in five Californians say that they or someone in their household over the last year has cut back on food (21%), put off seeing a doctor or purchasing medicine to save money (18%), been unable to pay a monthly bill (17%) or had difficulty paying the rent or mortgage (17%), the poll finds. Interestingly, the results are similar to those from last November’s survey, which was conducted when many statewide COVID-19 restrictions were still in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll also finds significant differences across racial and ethnic groups, with Latinos and African Americans most likely to report any of these issue. Meanwhile the share of people experiencing these difficulties declines as age increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1216px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11895757 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1.png\" alt=\"A series of horizontal bar charts showing financial difficulties across racial/ethnic and income groups.\" width=\"1216\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1.png 1216w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1-800x531.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1-1020x677.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1-160x106.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From findings of the November 2021 Public Policy Institute of California statewide survey. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of PPIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In light of affordability concerns, most Californians are also strongly supportive of more government assistance, the poll finds, with more than 75% of adult residents saying the government should help lower-income families pay for child care. The share of people who say they support increased funding for job-training programs is even higher — at 81%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people in California will be looking [with] great interest now in terms of what the federal government is going to be able to provide, as well as what the state government might be able to provide, in terms of support for expanding child care for lower-income workers and expanding job training so that more people can find their way to good-paying jobs in California,” Baldassare said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1213px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11895758 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs.png\" alt=\"Horizontal bar charts showing overwhelming support for expansive of safety net programs. \" width=\"1213\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs.png 1213w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs-800x532.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs-1020x679.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs-160x106.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1213px) 100vw, 1213px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From findings of the November 2021 Public Policy Institute of California statewide survey. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of PPIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The poll results come as Democrats in Washington, D.C., continue to negotiate the terms of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-05/after-decades-of-focus-on-elderly-washington-turns-to-families\">$1.75 trillion social spending package\u003c/a> that could include subsidized child care and universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Findings in the survey are based on interviews with 2,292 adult residents throughout California, conducted from Oct. 12–31, 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll’s sampling error is ±3.2%, at the 95% confidence level, meaning that 95 times out of 100, the results will be within 3.2 percentage points of what they would be if all adults in California were interviewed.[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Not surprisingly, housing is one of the top concerns among adults in California, a quarter of whom say they worry constantly about the cost of it, according to the poll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a lot of people,” Baldassare said. “And this is in the context of people saying that the lack of well-paying jobs in their regions is a big problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, he noted, about 20% of those surveyed say they’re seriously considering moving out of state because of a dearth of the kind of well-paying jobs they would need to afford to live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly one in five Californians say that they or someone in their household over the last year has cut back on food (21%), put off seeing a doctor or purchasing medicine to save money (18%), been unable to pay a monthly bill (17%) or had difficulty paying the rent or mortgage (17%), the poll finds. Interestingly, the results are similar to those from last November’s survey, which was conducted when many statewide COVID-19 restrictions were still in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll also finds significant differences across racial and ethnic groups, with Latinos and African Americans most likely to report any of these issue. Meanwhile the share of people experiencing these difficulties declines as age increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1216px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11895757 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1.png\" alt=\"A series of horizontal bar charts showing financial difficulties across racial/ethnic and income groups.\" width=\"1216\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1.png 1216w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1-800x531.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1-1020x677.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/the-share-of-californians-experiencing-financial-difficulties-varies-across-racial-ethnic-and-income-groups-nbsp-1-1-160x106.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From findings of the November 2021 Public Policy Institute of California statewide survey. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of PPIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In light of affordability concerns, most Californians are also strongly supportive of more government assistance, the poll finds, with more than 75% of adult residents saying the government should help lower-income families pay for child care. The share of people who say they support increased funding for job-training programs is even higher — at 81%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people in California will be looking [with] great interest now in terms of what the federal government is going to be able to provide, as well as what the state government might be able to provide, in terms of support for expanding child care for lower-income workers and expanding job training so that more people can find their way to good-paying jobs in California,” Baldassare said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1213px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11895758 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs.png\" alt=\"Horizontal bar charts showing overwhelming support for expansive of safety net programs. \" width=\"1213\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs.png 1213w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs-800x532.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs-1020x679.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/overwhelming-majorities-support-expansion-of-safety-net-programs-160x106.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1213px) 100vw, 1213px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From findings of the November 2021 Public Policy Institute of California statewide survey. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of PPIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The poll results come as Democrats in Washington, D.C., continue to negotiate the terms of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-05/after-decades-of-focus-on-elderly-washington-turns-to-families\">$1.75 trillion social spending package\u003c/a> that could include subsidized child care and universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Findings in the survey are based on interviews with 2,292 adult residents throughout California, conducted from Oct. 12–31, 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll’s sampling error is ±3.2%, at the 95% confidence level, meaning that 95 times out of 100, the results will be within 3.2 percentage points of what they would be if all adults in California were interviewed.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2021/10/cual-es-el-impacto-real-de-los-incendios-forestales-en-la-economia-de-california/\">\u003cem>Leer en español.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not a single structure burned down \u003ca href=\"https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=366d1a3e25ce4a11a4c0846c3a337ce9&extent=-13464888.411%2C4646560.0626%2C-13348704.128%2C4707786.1223%2C102100https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=366d1a3e25ce4a11a4c0846c3a337ce9&extent=-13464888.411%2C4646560.0626%2C-13348704.128%2C4707786.1223%2C102100\">in the city of South Lake Tahoe\u003c/a>. And yet, the threat of the fast-approaching Caldor Fire cost surrounding El Dorado County tens of millions of dollars, if not more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In South Lake Tahoe, Domi Chavarria, co-owner of Verde Mexican Rotisserie, felt the devastation of the Caldor Fire even before the city was evacuated in August. Smoke had blanketed the city, and the tourists had mostly left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When authorities ordered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886947/thousands-more-evacuated-as-caldor-fire-moves-closer-to-south-lake-tahoe\">the evacuation of South Lake Tahoe\u003c/a>, Verde was stocked with food, almost all of which went bad during the more than two weeks the restaurant ultimately remained closed. Produce wilted; proteins went bad; prepared sauces couldn’t be used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All that stuff, none of that’s made to last weeks — it’s all made to last days,” says Chavarria. He estimates the lost inventory was worth between $10,000 and $13,000. None of it was covered by his insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11892015 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a hooded sweatshirt and a baseball hat on backward stands behind a restaurant counter looking evenly at the camera.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domi Chavarria at his restaurant, Verde Mexican Rotisserie, in South Lake Tahoe on Oct. 6, 2021. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Losses like Chavarria’s add up — to at least $50.3 million in lost economic activity for El Dorado County, according to an initial estimate shared with CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knowing the true cost of wildfires could spur more ambitious action from both government and the private sector, experts say. For instance, tracking the costs systematically over several years could help policymakers figure out which fire prevention and mitigation strategies are most cost effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But right now, California has an incomplete understanding of how much wildfires cost the state each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs of business disruption, the cost of damage to uninsured homes, the cost of ecosystem damage, and the cost of secondary health impacts — such as those caused by wildfire smoke — aren’t being tracked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t have a comprehensive picture of the economic harm wildfires cause each year, explains Teresa Feo, senior science officer at the California Council on Science and Technology and lead author of \u003ca href=\"https://ccst.us/reports/the-costs-of-wildfire-in-california/\">a 2020 report from the council\u003c/a> on the cost of wildfires in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There isn’t a statewide systematic tracking effort to figure out these costs,” said Feo. She said it took only about a month of digging into the question to realize: “‘Oh no, you can’t come up with a number. This is actually impossible with the existing data.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state does not track or estimate the cost of wildfires in a way that accounts for public health costs or ecological damage on a regular basis, confirmed Heather Williams, communications director for the California Natural Resources Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those would always be a moving target since health impacts can occur years later,” Williams wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But with more research being funded, this may be more feasible to help the state better understand the economic and ecological impacts so we can continue to make science-based informed policy decisions,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892013\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11892013 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with her hair back and wearing gloves chops tomatoes in a restaurant kitchen.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Garcia preps food in the kitchen at Verde Mexican Rotisserie in South Lake Tahoe on Oct. 6, 2021. Owner Domi Chavarria lost about $10,000 worth of inventory when they shut down for two weeks due to the Caldor Fire evacuation. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The different costs of wildfires\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The initial analysis of the Caldor Fire’s economic impact was prepared by Tom Harris, an economist at the University of Nevada, Reno, for the Tahoe Prosperity Center, an economic development organization for the Lake Tahoe Basin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892030\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11892030 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00.jpg\" alt='A bright green garbage dumpster painted with the words \"Food Only\" full of raw chicken.' width=\"1000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food inventory from the Verde Mexican Rotisserie restaurant had to be discarded after a two-week evacuation order due to the Caldor Fire in South Lake Tahoe. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Domi Chavarria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The study estimates the combined losses of El Dorado and Nevada’s Douglas County at $93 million. And, says Harris, that preliminary estimate is low: It doesn’t include the losses in sectors like rental homes or recreation businesses. Nor does it include the lost economic activity caused by residents evacuating, and it doesn’t take into account the health care costs associated with wildfire smoke exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some costs are more immediate — the cost of Chavarria’s rotted food, for instance, and the fact that the fire took place over Labor Day weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not a slow weekend in Tahoe,” said Chavarria. Tourism is about 63% of the Tahoe basin’s economy, \u003ca href=\"https://tahoeprosperity.org/wp-content/uploads/measuring-for-prosperity-community-and-economic-indicators-for-the-lake-tahoe-basin-2018.pdf\">according to a 2018 report from the Tahoe Prosperity Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between the slowdown in business due to smoke and the evacuation, Verde lost several weeks of revenue. Chavarria says that a month of sales for the restaurant is more than $100,000. Verde’s employees also went without paychecks for the two weeks the restaurant was shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicole Smith, co-founder and taproom manager of South Lake Brewing Company, said her business fared better than many, partially because none of the beer went bad. But between the loss of sales in the company’s own taproom and the beer it sells to other local businesses, the brewery lost somewhere between $30,000 and $50,000 of revenue during the evacuation, estimates Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to lost business, some figures are easier to pin down, like the amount Cal Fire spends on fire suppression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the state, for example, does not systematically track deaths and health conditions linked to wildfire smoke exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs associated with smoke may be the largest costs we’re missing, says Feo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11890211\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Leadphoto-800x533.png\"]One study \u003ca href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002601\">produced by public health department researchers and academics\u003c/a> tracked the use of Medi-Cal services during San Diego’s 2007 fall fire season. It found that during the peak fire period, emergency room visits for respiratory conditions increased by 34% and visits for asthma increased by 113%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially concerning was a 136% increase in ER visits for children age 4 and younger for asthma. That finding, the authors wrote, “is cause for particular concern because of the potential for long-term harm to children’s lung development.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A systematic effort to track wildfire smoke effects would be especially profound, says Feo, because it reaches so far beyond the location of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, for example, smoke from the Camp Fire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1969409/no-you-didnt-wake-up-to-the-apocalypse-wildfire-smoke-turns-bay-area-sky-orange-and-dark\">clogged San Francisco\u003c/a>, a city more than 100 miles away. If you can put figures on the impact of smoke across the whole state, “who’s impacted by the fire suddenly changes very dramatically, and therefore who benefits from the prevention and mitigation changes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892020\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11892020 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A red and white sign on a tall pole along a two-lane road, surrounded by tall fir trees, with smoke haze in the distance.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign for the town of Kyburz says, “Welcome to Kyburz/Happy New Year 2021,” while the Caldor Fire burns nearby on Aug. 31, 2021. The residents of Kyburz were ordered to evacuate for several days during the Caldor Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Different approaches to wildfire data\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The current approach to assessing the aftermath of wildfires is a hodgepodge of research looking into different aspects that is not led by any one agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A smattering of data collection efforts includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The California Air Resources Board funding a study of the health impact of wildfire smoke statewide for 2017, 2018 and 2020, which will be ready in three or four years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The board also funding a study of lost work days due to wildfire smoke, which will be ready in a couple of years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cal Fire also increasing funding for \u003ca href=\"https://frap.fire.ca.gov/research-monitoring/forest-health-research-program-overview-grant-solicitation/\">research into forest health\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(the Department of Insurance tabulates \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/california-wildfires/2020/12/homeowners-insurers-fire-science/\">the damage to insured homes\u003c/a> for some major wildfires, but does not track damage from all wildfires each year).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A variety of academic studies.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Academic research on the cost of wildfires tends to come out several years later, and different studies focus on different fires using different methodologies. That makes it difficult to compare the findings, or track the costs over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These studies also are conducted based on the interests of the particular researcher, says Louise Comfort, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh and a faculty affiliate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society Policy Lab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That doesn’t give us a comprehensive view,” Comfort said. She credits a UC-system-wide effort \u003ca href=\"https://uckeepresearching.org/2021-uc-resilience-symposium-series/\">to study the impacts of wildfires\u003c/a> as a step in the right direction, but says the results are still not arriving in a standardized way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state may be in the best position to lead the effort on tracking the economic impact of wildfires. “The only thing that would give us a comprehensive view is if the state really said, ‘We want this kind of information,'” said Comfort. But the state agencies shouldn’t go it alone, she says: They should engage experts in the university system.\u003cbr>\n[pullquote size='large' align='right']In 2020, for example, a team of researchers studied the nationwide impact of California’s 2018 wildfire season, and estimated that its economic damage totaled $148.5 billion.[/pullquote]\u003cbr>\nWithout statewide, systematically published numbers, it’s more difficult to compare how different regions are suffering from wildfires, or to assess the cost effectiveness of different wildfire prevention strategies. And it may be more challenging to justify spending on expensive, but nonetheless cost-effective, mitigation or prevention programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a question that comes up when talking about spending taxpayer dollars, Feo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While wildfire costs aren’t tracked, there are some academic studies that attempt to estimate those costs and produce mind-boggling figures. In 2020, for example, a team of researchers studied the nationwide impact of California’s 2018 wildfire season, and estimated that its economic damage totaled $148.5 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00646-7\">published in Nature Sustainability\u003c/a>, captured direct capital costs, such as buildings burning down; health costs, including those related to air pollution exposure; and indirect losses such as the economic disruption of lost hours of work, as well as disruption to regional and national supply chains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs identified in that study exceed that of any disaster in the U.S. between the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, other than Hurricane Katrina, says Adam Rose, a research professor at the University of Southern California and an expert in energy and environmental economics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said that a standardized methodology for assessing the total cost of wildfires should be established and applied on a regular basis — and it needs to be one that can be implemented relatively rapidly, as opposed to several years after a fire. That would allow a whole field of researchers to help track these costs, and would make their findings comparable. In addition to helping make the political case for government-led fire-prevention efforts, those numbers might spur private sector action on fire prevention efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1976952\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/09/Grapes-2048x1536.jpg\"]But not all experts said that measuring the costs associated with each wildfire season is important. William Siembieda, a professor emeritus at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and senior member of a Cal Poly team that prepared several of the state’s hazard mitigation plans, says he doesn’t know how policymakers would make use of those numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What would be useful, Siembieda says, is for cities to model the economic impact of different levels of fire damage. What would be the cost if 5% of the city burned? What if 10% or 20% burned?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With those estimates, local officials could decide whether they’re prepared to absorb that loss, insure against the risk or pursue other strategies.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What’s next for survivors?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For a couple weeks now, South Lake Tahoe residents and business owners have been reopening their restaurants, shops and adventure outfits, taking stock of what happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Lisa Schafer, co-owner of Wildwood Makers Market, returned to the city and drove to her shop for the first time, she felt waves of different emotions. There was the fear she’d been holding on to — that her hometown, her house and her business would all burn to a crisp. There was the gratitude she felt for the fact that they had all been spared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I cried the whole drive,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her shop, which sells jewelry, wall decor, embroidery kits and other gifts, smelled smoky for her first few days back. It wasn’t a pleasant campfire smell. “It smelled like beef jerky,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='wildfires']Business didn’t return to normal immediately; tourists didn’t rush back to the area. All told, Shafer lost about 60% of sales in September. Her insurance won’t cover that loss of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s clear, she says, that these fires are not going away. She said she wishes there were some sort of automatic aid for businesses and individuals affected by the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, Wildwood Makers Market will bounce back from loss of business, Schafer said. But if something happens in the winter that disrupts the holiday shopping season, that could be “catastrophic,” she says. “One more hit would not be good for us.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2021/10/cual-es-el-impacto-real-de-los-incendios-forestales-en-la-economia-de-california/\">\u003cem>Leer en español.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not a single structure burned down \u003ca href=\"https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=366d1a3e25ce4a11a4c0846c3a337ce9&extent=-13464888.411%2C4646560.0626%2C-13348704.128%2C4707786.1223%2C102100https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=366d1a3e25ce4a11a4c0846c3a337ce9&extent=-13464888.411%2C4646560.0626%2C-13348704.128%2C4707786.1223%2C102100\">in the city of South Lake Tahoe\u003c/a>. And yet, the threat of the fast-approaching Caldor Fire cost surrounding El Dorado County tens of millions of dollars, if not more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In South Lake Tahoe, Domi Chavarria, co-owner of Verde Mexican Rotisserie, felt the devastation of the Caldor Fire even before the city was evacuated in August. Smoke had blanketed the city, and the tourists had mostly left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When authorities ordered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886947/thousands-more-evacuated-as-caldor-fire-moves-closer-to-south-lake-tahoe\">the evacuation of South Lake Tahoe\u003c/a>, Verde was stocked with food, almost all of which went bad during the more than two weeks the restaurant ultimately remained closed. Produce wilted; proteins went bad; prepared sauces couldn’t be used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All that stuff, none of that’s made to last weeks — it’s all made to last days,” says Chavarria. He estimates the lost inventory was worth between $10,000 and $13,000. None of it was covered by his insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11892015 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a hooded sweatshirt and a baseball hat on backward stands behind a restaurant counter looking evenly at the camera.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domi Chavarria at his restaurant, Verde Mexican Rotisserie, in South Lake Tahoe on Oct. 6, 2021. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Losses like Chavarria’s add up — to at least $50.3 million in lost economic activity for El Dorado County, according to an initial estimate shared with CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knowing the true cost of wildfires could spur more ambitious action from both government and the private sector, experts say. For instance, tracking the costs systematically over several years could help policymakers figure out which fire prevention and mitigation strategies are most cost effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But right now, California has an incomplete understanding of how much wildfires cost the state each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs of business disruption, the cost of damage to uninsured homes, the cost of ecosystem damage, and the cost of secondary health impacts — such as those caused by wildfire smoke — aren’t being tracked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t have a comprehensive picture of the economic harm wildfires cause each year, explains Teresa Feo, senior science officer at the California Council on Science and Technology and lead author of \u003ca href=\"https://ccst.us/reports/the-costs-of-wildfire-in-california/\">a 2020 report from the council\u003c/a> on the cost of wildfires in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There isn’t a statewide systematic tracking effort to figure out these costs,” said Feo. She said it took only about a month of digging into the question to realize: “‘Oh no, you can’t come up with a number. This is actually impossible with the existing data.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state does not track or estimate the cost of wildfires in a way that accounts for public health costs or ecological damage on a regular basis, confirmed Heather Williams, communications director for the California Natural Resources Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those would always be a moving target since health impacts can occur years later,” Williams wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But with more research being funded, this may be more feasible to help the state better understand the economic and ecological impacts so we can continue to make science-based informed policy decisions,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892013\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11892013 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with her hair back and wearing gloves chops tomatoes in a restaurant kitchen.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Garcia preps food in the kitchen at Verde Mexican Rotisserie in South Lake Tahoe on Oct. 6, 2021. Owner Domi Chavarria lost about $10,000 worth of inventory when they shut down for two weeks due to the Caldor Fire evacuation. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The different costs of wildfires\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The initial analysis of the Caldor Fire’s economic impact was prepared by Tom Harris, an economist at the University of Nevada, Reno, for the Tahoe Prosperity Center, an economic development organization for the Lake Tahoe Basin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892030\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11892030 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00.jpg\" alt='A bright green garbage dumpster painted with the words \"Food Only\" full of raw chicken.' width=\"1000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food inventory from the Verde Mexican Rotisserie restaurant had to be discarded after a two-week evacuation order due to the Caldor Fire in South Lake Tahoe. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Domi Chavarria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The study estimates the combined losses of El Dorado and Nevada’s Douglas County at $93 million. And, says Harris, that preliminary estimate is low: It doesn’t include the losses in sectors like rental homes or recreation businesses. Nor does it include the lost economic activity caused by residents evacuating, and it doesn’t take into account the health care costs associated with wildfire smoke exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some costs are more immediate — the cost of Chavarria’s rotted food, for instance, and the fact that the fire took place over Labor Day weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not a slow weekend in Tahoe,” said Chavarria. Tourism is about 63% of the Tahoe basin’s economy, \u003ca href=\"https://tahoeprosperity.org/wp-content/uploads/measuring-for-prosperity-community-and-economic-indicators-for-the-lake-tahoe-basin-2018.pdf\">according to a 2018 report from the Tahoe Prosperity Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between the slowdown in business due to smoke and the evacuation, Verde lost several weeks of revenue. Chavarria says that a month of sales for the restaurant is more than $100,000. Verde’s employees also went without paychecks for the two weeks the restaurant was shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicole Smith, co-founder and taproom manager of South Lake Brewing Company, said her business fared better than many, partially because none of the beer went bad. But between the loss of sales in the company’s own taproom and the beer it sells to other local businesses, the brewery lost somewhere between $30,000 and $50,000 of revenue during the evacuation, estimates Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to lost business, some figures are easier to pin down, like the amount Cal Fire spends on fire suppression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the state, for example, does not systematically track deaths and health conditions linked to wildfire smoke exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs associated with smoke may be the largest costs we’re missing, says Feo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>One study \u003ca href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002601\">produced by public health department researchers and academics\u003c/a> tracked the use of Medi-Cal services during San Diego’s 2007 fall fire season. It found that during the peak fire period, emergency room visits for respiratory conditions increased by 34% and visits for asthma increased by 113%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially concerning was a 136% increase in ER visits for children age 4 and younger for asthma. That finding, the authors wrote, “is cause for particular concern because of the potential for long-term harm to children’s lung development.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A systematic effort to track wildfire smoke effects would be especially profound, says Feo, because it reaches so far beyond the location of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, for example, smoke from the Camp Fire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1969409/no-you-didnt-wake-up-to-the-apocalypse-wildfire-smoke-turns-bay-area-sky-orange-and-dark\">clogged San Francisco\u003c/a>, a city more than 100 miles away. If you can put figures on the impact of smoke across the whole state, “who’s impacted by the fire suddenly changes very dramatically, and therefore who benefits from the prevention and mitigation changes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892020\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11892020 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A red and white sign on a tall pole along a two-lane road, surrounded by tall fir trees, with smoke haze in the distance.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign for the town of Kyburz says, “Welcome to Kyburz/Happy New Year 2021,” while the Caldor Fire burns nearby on Aug. 31, 2021. The residents of Kyburz were ordered to evacuate for several days during the Caldor Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Different approaches to wildfire data\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The current approach to assessing the aftermath of wildfires is a hodgepodge of research looking into different aspects that is not led by any one agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A smattering of data collection efforts includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The California Air Resources Board funding a study of the health impact of wildfire smoke statewide for 2017, 2018 and 2020, which will be ready in three or four years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The board also funding a study of lost work days due to wildfire smoke, which will be ready in a couple of years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cal Fire also increasing funding for \u003ca href=\"https://frap.fire.ca.gov/research-monitoring/forest-health-research-program-overview-grant-solicitation/\">research into forest health\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(the Department of Insurance tabulates \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/california-wildfires/2020/12/homeowners-insurers-fire-science/\">the damage to insured homes\u003c/a> for some major wildfires, but does not track damage from all wildfires each year).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A variety of academic studies.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Academic research on the cost of wildfires tends to come out several years later, and different studies focus on different fires using different methodologies. That makes it difficult to compare the findings, or track the costs over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These studies also are conducted based on the interests of the particular researcher, says Louise Comfort, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh and a faculty affiliate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society Policy Lab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That doesn’t give us a comprehensive view,” Comfort said. She credits a UC-system-wide effort \u003ca href=\"https://uckeepresearching.org/2021-uc-resilience-symposium-series/\">to study the impacts of wildfires\u003c/a> as a step in the right direction, but says the results are still not arriving in a standardized way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state may be in the best position to lead the effort on tracking the economic impact of wildfires. “The only thing that would give us a comprehensive view is if the state really said, ‘We want this kind of information,'” said Comfort. But the state agencies shouldn’t go it alone, she says: They should engage experts in the university system.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nWithout statewide, systematically published numbers, it’s more difficult to compare how different regions are suffering from wildfires, or to assess the cost effectiveness of different wildfire prevention strategies. And it may be more challenging to justify spending on expensive, but nonetheless cost-effective, mitigation or prevention programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a question that comes up when talking about spending taxpayer dollars, Feo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While wildfire costs aren’t tracked, there are some academic studies that attempt to estimate those costs and produce mind-boggling figures. In 2020, for example, a team of researchers studied the nationwide impact of California’s 2018 wildfire season, and estimated that its economic damage totaled $148.5 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00646-7\">published in Nature Sustainability\u003c/a>, captured direct capital costs, such as buildings burning down; health costs, including those related to air pollution exposure; and indirect losses such as the economic disruption of lost hours of work, as well as disruption to regional and national supply chains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs identified in that study exceed that of any disaster in the U.S. between the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, other than Hurricane Katrina, says Adam Rose, a research professor at the University of Southern California and an expert in energy and environmental economics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said that a standardized methodology for assessing the total cost of wildfires should be established and applied on a regular basis — and it needs to be one that can be implemented relatively rapidly, as opposed to several years after a fire. That would allow a whole field of researchers to help track these costs, and would make their findings comparable. In addition to helping make the political case for government-led fire-prevention efforts, those numbers might spur private sector action on fire prevention efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The contours of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on California’s state budget are coming into sharper focus: An updated projection estimates state general fund revenues will plunge by more than $41 billion from what was expected in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Department of Finance released the updated fiscal forecast Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the projected budget deficit is even deeper after accounting for recent pandemic-related expenditures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $41.2 billion shortfall, combined with $7.1 billion in additional caseloads for health and safety programs and unanticipated expenditures of $6 billion mostly related to the COVID-19 response, signal an overall budget deficit of $54.3 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are dealing with the economic and revenue fallout of an unprecedented shutdown of the state’s economy that’s been caused by this pandemic,” Department of Finance spokesman H.D. Palmer told KQED. He cited the dramatic drop in state revenues resulting from lost personal income taxes associated with business closures and record unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of those things are rippling through the economy. They’re going to be rippling through our state revenues,” Palmer said. “And they’re creating a substantial budget gap that we have to close between now and mid-June of more than $54 billion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State finance officials project roughly a quarter of that shortfall will occur in the current fiscal year, with the rest falling on Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature to deal with in upcoming negotiations over next year’s budget, which starts July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California won’t know the full extent of its revenue shortfall until August, after the July 15 deadline for paying income taxes, which account for two-thirds of the state’s general fund revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, officials anticipate personal income tax revenue will fall by 25.5% below January projections, with sales and use taxes down 27%, and corporate tax revenue down 22.7%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means required funding for education will be down $18.3 billion, a massive hit at a time when schools are struggling to deal with distance learning during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “good news” — if you can call it that — is that California had a once-anticipated surplus of $5.6 billion in the 2020/21 budget, the result of nearly a decade of strong economic growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, combined with the state’s “rainy day fund” will soften the blow somewhat. The fund, created by voters in 2014, and prudently managed by former Gov. Jerry Brown, is now estimated to hold roughly $16 billion, which can be tapped within limits once the governor declares a fiscal emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, those reserves will be cold comfort to those hardest hit by the downturn, who are disproportionately low- and middle-income Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]In his news briefing Wednesday, Newsom hinted at the magnitude of the problem, calling the numbers “jaw dropping.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timing of the fiscal forecast is likely to prompt inquiries; it comes just hours after Newsom’s administration\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-06/california-coronavirus-mask-price-byd-coronavirus\"> finally released details of a $1 billion contract\u003c/a> to buy safety masks from a Chinese electric car maker, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2020/05/california-mask-deal-blue-flame-collapsed-republican-vendor-maryland-porter-gula-thomas/\">raising serious questions\u003c/a> about the state’s COVID-19 expenditures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previously, Newsom said any details of his so-called “May Revise” of the state budget wouldn’t be released until next Thursday. Instead, the deficit forecast was released at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday night, just a few hours after releasing details of the contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The imploding budget situation means Newsom will have to manage simultaneous crises, testing his ability to govern at a time when his popularity at home and national political stock had been rising as he and other governors filled a void left by the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the bad news, in the way of rising unemployment and plunging revenues, is hardly over. Since shelter-in-place orders were issued in mid-March, shuttering much of the state’s economy, more than 4.2 million Californians have applied for unemployment benefits. Finance Department officials estimate unemployment levels will reach 18% statewide, up from just 3.9% earlier this year. By contrast, unemployment in California reached 12.2% at the height of the Great Recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In light of such daunting numbers, Palmer said, California is waiting with bated breath for major federal financial assistance in the next round of relief legislation to continue providing core essential public services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That said, there are clearly going to have to be difficult proposals and difficult decisions that are going to go on the table,” Palmer said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The field of economics has a problem. At a time when more women than men are graduating from college and earning doctorates, \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.30.4.221\">just a third\u003c/a> of Ph.D.s in economics go to women. That statistic has hardly budged in decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of gender diversity has trickled its way into one of the field’s biggest employers of economists: the Federal Reserve, which crafts U.S. monetary policy. For most of its existence the Fed has been dominated by men. That’s why it was such a big deal when Janet Yellen became \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2014/01/31/269496733/after-overcoming-early-obstacles-yellen-assumes-feds-top-job\">the first woman to run the Fed\u003c/a> in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lael Brainard, a Federal Reserve governor, says the central bank “has a lot of work to do to have a truly diverse set of leaders.” Brainard, an economist, has spent much of her career as one of the few women in the room when major policy decisions are made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re sitting around a decision-making table, you look around and you say to yourself: ‘Hmm, this table doesn’t look like a typical classroom in America.’ And until it does we’re not going to be getting the best possible outcomes that this country deserves,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717433/find-yourself-in-the-california-legislature-or-not\">Find Yourself in the California Legislature — or Not\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717433/find-yourself-in-the-california-legislature-or-not\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Legislators-like-you-PHOTO-1-e1547161083527.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Brainard says a growing body of research suggests that diversity leads to better decision-making. Top voices at the Fed are raising the red flag at a time when the Fed’s integrity is under intense scrutiny, with President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/08/20/640332224/trump-not-thrilled-with-fed-chairman-over-interest-rate-hikes\">routinely blasting the central bank\u003c/a> for raising interest rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The institution has been a political punching bag before, most notably in recent times for its handling of the financial crisis. The seminal legislation that came out of that era, the Dodd-Frank Act, called for the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine governance at the Federal Reserve Banks. The GAO’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.gao.gov/assets/590/585807.pdf\">2011 report\u003c/a> found that more diversity would strengthen the Fed’s legitimacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers have taken notice. Last Tuesday, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, \u003ca href=\"https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/beatty-rule-introduced-in-house-and-senate\">introduced legislation\u003c/a> aimed at boosting diversity among Federal Reserve Bank presidents. It would require that at least one gender-diverse candidate and racially or ethnically diverse candidate gets interviewed when there’s an opening. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has introduced companion legislation in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Fed chiefs are also concerned and are weighing in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/01/08/683177953/econ-too\">annual gathering\u003c/a> of the American Economic Association in Atlanta last week, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and the association’s new president, acknowledged that a reputation for hostility has kept women — and minorities — away.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘As we try to develop knowledge for the use of policymakers and as we try to develop specific policies, we’re hindered by the lack of diversity in our ranks.’\u003ccite>Amanda Bayer, professor at Swarthmore College\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s very important for economics that we change equilibrium, that we change the perception of economics as being unfriendly to any group of people,” he said during a panel discussion that also included Yellen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said it “should be the highest priority for us over the next couple of years.” And Yellen said the association, which she will lead starting next year, has formed a committee that will focus on ways to improve “the environment for women and minorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, the Fed has taken deliberate steps to address not just the gender disparity, but also racial and ethnic diversity. A few years ago, it brought on professor Amanda Bayer of Swarthmore College as an adviser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we try to develop knowledge for the use of policymakers and as we try to develop specific policies, we’re hindered by the lack of diversity in our ranks,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bayer organized the Fed’s first national summit on diversity in 2014. That summit is now an annual event. And last month, she partnered with the central bank on \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorkfed.org/data-and-statistics/data-visualization/diversity-in-economics#interactive/overview\">a new website\u003c/a> that gives U.S. universities a visual scorecard on diversity at the undergraduate level, where she says the problem often begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11713470/for-transgender-and-non-binary-protections-california-came-first\">For Transgender and Nonbinary Protections, California Came First\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11713470/for-transgender-and-non-binary-protections-california-came-first\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0043-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Before very recently, fingers were pointed at women themselves looking to factors like women’s tastes or math preparation as explainers of why they didn’t choose us and join us as economists,” Bayer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But increasingly, the field is looking within to understand why so few women decide to pursue it. Step one of finding a solution is admitting there’s a problem, says Bayer, and it’s clear that economics has one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6q7gfcbv9feef5/Wu_EJMR_paper.pdf?dl=0\"> A thesis\u003c/a> penned by UC Berkeley student Alice Wu helped shine a light on the problem. She used machine learning to analyze posts on an anonymous online jobs forum popular with economics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She came up with a very convincing case that there was a lot of sexism and a lot of homophobia in the postings on this forum,” says Berkeley professor Martha Olney. “Her research simply codified what lots of people could have told you. But the people who could have told you that were women, people of color, and queer students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the story was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/upshot/evidence-of-a-toxic-environment-for-women-in-economics.html\">picked up\u003c/a> in \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>, Wu’s paper made the rounds among some of the most prestigious names in the field, and perhaps more significantly, those just starting out in it. It was a wake-up call.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘When you show up, you are female and bringing that to the table is just as important as bringing your skill set to the table.’\u003ccite>Mary Daly, president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It made me reflect a little bit about — ‘Are the people I’m surrounding with thinking those things and just not saying them out loud?’ ” says third-year Ph.D. student Nina Roussille.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roussille says an aggressive seminar culture alienates some women. One researcher has said that “trying to \u003ca href=\"https://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications/the-region/interview-with-anne-case\">nail the speaker to the blackboard\u003c/a>” isn’t the goal in other disciplines as it often seems to be in economics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Daly is championing the cause of bringing more women into the Fed by stopping leaks earlier in the pipeline. In October, she took over as president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. That gave her a vote in the most recent Fed policy meetings this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the few other women at the top, Daly routinely offers encouragement through speeches, as she did at a Fed-sponsored \u003ca href=\"https://www.stlouisfed.org/education/women-in-economics/symposium-daly-presentation\">symposium for women in economics\u003c/a> last year in St. Louis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you show up, you are female and bringing that to the table is just as important as bringing your skill set to the table,” Daly told the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A labor economist, Daly has looked at \u003ca href=\"https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2018/november/why-are-us-workers-not-participating/\">why more women aren’t in the U.S. workforce\u003c/a>. Rising through the ranks over two decades, she grew interested in why there were hardly any women at the Fed itself, even in entry-level roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/perspectives/201601138106/male-privilege\">Perspectives: Male Privilege\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/perspectives/201601138106/male-privilege\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/01/LarryLee.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I called over 250 colleges myself — placement directors, chairs of departments — and said, ‘What do you think of the Fed?’ And they said it’s an old boys’ club where women wouldn’t be welcome. And I said, ‘Let me talk to you more about the Fed.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her approach worked. 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A few years ago, it brought on professor Amanda Bayer of Swarthmore College as an adviser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we try to develop knowledge for the use of policymakers and as we try to develop specific policies, we’re hindered by the lack of diversity in our ranks,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bayer organized the Fed’s first national summit on diversity in 2014. That summit is now an annual event. And last month, she partnered with the central bank on \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorkfed.org/data-and-statistics/data-visualization/diversity-in-economics#interactive/overview\">a new website\u003c/a> that gives U.S. universities a visual scorecard on diversity at the undergraduate level, where she says the problem often begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11713470/for-transgender-and-non-binary-protections-california-came-first\">For Transgender and Nonbinary Protections, California Came First\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11713470/for-transgender-and-non-binary-protections-california-came-first\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0043-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Before very recently, fingers were pointed at women themselves looking to factors like women’s tastes or math preparation as explainers of why they didn’t choose us and join us as economists,” Bayer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But increasingly, the field is looking within to understand why so few women decide to pursue it. Step one of finding a solution is admitting there’s a problem, says Bayer, and it’s clear that economics has one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6q7gfcbv9feef5/Wu_EJMR_paper.pdf?dl=0\"> A thesis\u003c/a> penned by UC Berkeley student Alice Wu helped shine a light on the problem. She used machine learning to analyze posts on an anonymous online jobs forum popular with economics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She came up with a very convincing case that there was a lot of sexism and a lot of homophobia in the postings on this forum,” says Berkeley professor Martha Olney. “Her research simply codified what lots of people could have told you. But the people who could have told you that were women, people of color, and queer students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the story was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/upshot/evidence-of-a-toxic-environment-for-women-in-economics.html\">picked up\u003c/a> in \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>, Wu’s paper made the rounds among some of the most prestigious names in the field, and perhaps more significantly, those just starting out in it. It was a wake-up call.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘When you show up, you are female and bringing that to the table is just as important as bringing your skill set to the table.’\u003ccite>Mary Daly, president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It made me reflect a little bit about — ‘Are the people I’m surrounding with thinking those things and just not saying them out loud?’ ” says third-year Ph.D. student Nina Roussille.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roussille says an aggressive seminar culture alienates some women. One researcher has said that “trying to \u003ca href=\"https://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications/the-region/interview-with-anne-case\">nail the speaker to the blackboard\u003c/a>” isn’t the goal in other disciplines as it often seems to be in economics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Daly is championing the cause of bringing more women into the Fed by stopping leaks earlier in the pipeline. In October, she took over as president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. That gave her a vote in the most recent Fed policy meetings this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the few other women at the top, Daly routinely offers encouragement through speeches, as she did at a Fed-sponsored \u003ca href=\"https://www.stlouisfed.org/education/women-in-economics/symposium-daly-presentation\">symposium for women in economics\u003c/a> last year in St. Louis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you show up, you are female and bringing that to the table is just as important as bringing your skill set to the table,” Daly told the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A labor economist, Daly has looked at \u003ca href=\"https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2018/november/why-are-us-workers-not-participating/\">why more women aren’t in the U.S. workforce\u003c/a>. Rising through the ranks over two decades, she grew interested in why there were hardly any women at the Fed itself, even in entry-level roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/perspectives/201601138106/male-privilege\">Perspectives: Male Privilege\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/perspectives/201601138106/male-privilege\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/01/LarryLee.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I called over 250 colleges myself — placement directors, chairs of departments — and said, ‘What do you think of the Fed?’ And they said it’s an old boys’ club where women wouldn’t be welcome. And I said, ‘Let me talk to you more about the Fed.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her approach worked. 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"content": "\u003cp>Six years ago, as California strained to emerge from the Great Recession, Gov. Jerry Brown worked a minor political miracle — a rebalancing of the massive state pension systems for public employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shuttling between unions and the strapped governments on the hook for public sector benefits and paychecks, Brown scaled back some of the rules and perks that have made public sector workers more secure, arguing that the pain would be worth it. Results were mixed: The largest benefit rollback in state history yielded some savings, but not enough to entirely fix a pension commitment that taxpayers are increasingly finding hard to manage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, as Brown prepares to leave office — his own pension at hand, after five decades in public service — even that hard-won modicum of fiscal change could be loosened. In a case that went to oral arguments this week, the California Supreme Court is weighing a key legal precedent that could restore the generous pension formulas Brown worked so hard to tighten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11710843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11710843\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1628\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577-160x136.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577-800x678.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577-1020x865.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577-1200x1018.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Supreme Court justices in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Judicial Council of California)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Brown, who at 80 has already surpassed the average retirement age of state workers by 22 years, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-retirement-pension-debt-explainer/#What-do-the-courts-say\">predicts\u003c/a> that he’ll win. But Wednesday’s proceedings made it clear that workers’ arguments are also compelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the ruling, Brown’s successor, Gavin Newsom, will have to cope with the outcome. And — though the state’s unfunded liabilities persist, and economists warn another recession could be just around the corner — Newsom will face a very different political landscape. Should California land in another downturn, Brown’s pension reform miracle could be difficult, if not impossible, to repeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case heard by the high court this week involves the California Rule, a legal precedent that requires the state to compensate public employees if their retirement benefits are lessened. In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/1-s239958-apps-pet-rev-020817.pdf\">challenge\u003c/a> brought by Cal Fire Local 2881, the firefighters union argues that the ability to purchase additional years of service credit toward retirement, known as “airtime,” is a pension benefit that employees rely on as part of their decision to go into public service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/_/eIcXwSdoRKljMPslJeSG?src=embed\" title=\"Social: Retirement Debt\" width=\"800\" height=\"790\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s attorneys \u003ca href=\"http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/6-s239958-intervener-resp-state-ca-answer-brief-merits-110717.pdf\">counter\u003c/a> that airtime was never intended by the Legislature to be a vested right and never negotiated through collective bargaining. Therefore, the state can take it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone agrees that workers are entitled to the pensions they earn for work that’s already been done. And the argument might seem to be over a procedural technicality on the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the court sides with Brown, it could open the possibility of future governors and legislatures modifying current employees’ pensions for prospective work, and perhaps setting a new precedent in which already negotiated benefits are fair game. If the court sides with the union, it would bind the state’s finances and commit taxpayers to paying already expensive retirement benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703925/high-expectations-on-the-left-for-governor-elect-gavin-newsom\">High Expectations on the Left for Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703925/high-expectations-on-the-left-for-governor-elect-gavin-newsom\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NewsomElex-1180x785.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On a larger scale, the case also could mark the end of a Brown-led era of fiscal reform in Sacramento. A blue-state Democrat with a lifelong tendency against the spending his party was known for, the frugal Brown had the experience and political capital to challenge public employee unions who typically hold sway over Democratic politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is newer and younger, and won his office in part with strong union backing. In campaign statements, he pledged to unions that he will protect their pensions; in fact, state firefighters \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpf.org/go/cpf/political-action/firefighters-for-gavin/\">cited\u003c/a> Newsom’s commitment as one reason for giving the governor-elect their endorsement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Democrats, who have been a majority for some time, also with strong backing overall from organized labor, only gained ground in the November election. As the Legislature convened on Monday, they had not just a supermajority but a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/a-deep-blue-sea-of-california-lawmakers-take-oath-of-office-today/\">“mega-majority”\u003c/a> in both chambers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of those developments favor the priorities of public employee unions, as does the seemingly flush economy of the moment. California is projecting a $15 billion surplus this year, compared to a $27 billion deficit when Brown returned for his second stint in the governor’s office. The unemployment rate stood at 4.1 percent in October, compared to 12.1 percent when Brown was sworn in in January 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11710837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11710837 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Governor Jerry Brown announces his public employee pension reform plan October 27, 2011 at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Max Whittaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the Great Recession cratered state finances and the public gained awareness of generous retirement benefits, Brown was able to leverage those issues to successfully champion a package of changes from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2012/09/12/news17720/\">Public Employee Pension Reform Act of 2012\u003c/a> with tacit approval from labor leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Brown did not get \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-crisis-brown/\">key changes\u003c/a> needed to slow down the growth in retirement costs, the Legislature did agree to what the governor called the “biggest rollback to public pension benefits in the history of California.” Among other money-saving measures, Brown was able to raise the retirement age for new employees, ban retroactive pension increases, stop practices such as hoarding vacation and sick time to inflate calculations for retirement benefits, and ban the purchase of additional years of service, known as “airtime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple labor unions sued, arguing that Brown’s 2012 changes infringed on their employer’s contractual obligation to provide retirement benefits at the level that was promised on their first day of work. That premise—the California Rule—left state and local governments with little room for savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to Wednesday’s high court hearing, lower courts weighed in on the precedent with mixed messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11243683/a-case-study-on-pension-reform-san-joses-grand-compromise\">A Case Study on Pension Reform: San Jose’s Grand Compromise\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11243683/a-case-study-on-pension-reform-san-joses-grand-compromise\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS14834_iStock_000047219414_Large-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In a 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/revpub/A139610.PDF\">ruling\u003c/a> upholding a lower court’s decision, Justice James A. Richman of California’s First District Court of Appeal broke from decades of court decisions in finding the Legislature can alter pension formulas for current employees and reduce their anticipated retirement benefits. He wrote that a public employee has a right to a “reasonable” pension, not “the most optimal formula of calculating the pension.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But another appeals court came to a different conclusion about the “California rule” by deciding in favor of union employees in Alameda, Contra Costa and Merced counties. While the justices agreed there are limits to the California Rule, they said benefit adjustments require “compelling evidence” showing that the changes are necessary to the success of the pension system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Supreme Court agreed to take up the issue and is first hearing the firefighters’ case over whether airtime is a vested right. While Adams, for the firefighters union, said he hopes the court will recognize that airtime is earned through service, Brown’s lawyers argue taking away the optional benefit doesn’t mean the employee gets less in pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s lawyers wrote in a brief that although airtime was thought to be cost neutral, employees could purchase fictional years of credit \u003ca href=\"http://majlabor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PA-20171106-State-Answer-Brief-on-the-Merits-Air-Time-00042485xDC64Ax.pdf#page=10\">“often as much as 40 percent below the actual cost.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System is carrying $111 billion in unfunded liabilities and the California State Teachers Retirement System faces $76 billion in unfunded liabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.courts.ca.gov/41490.htm\">oral argument\u003c/a> in Los Angeles, the justices seemed to be searching for where to draw the line that would protect workers without giving them limitless retirement benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye questioned labor attorney Greg Adam about how airtime is protected by the state Constitution when the employee hasn’t performed the work to earn it. And Justice Goodwin Liu wondered aloud whether pension rights extend to life insurance, health insurance or a sabbatical leave that may be offered during employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681898/california-teacher-pension-debt-swamps-school-budgets\">California Teacher Pension Debt Swamps School Budgets\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681898/california-teacher-pension-debt-swamps-school-budgets\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Teachers-Pension_003-1280x800-1180x738.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Then Liu turned to Brown’s attorney, Rei Onishi, to ask if the state has a right to change benefit formulas midstream in a worker’s career, which strikes at the heart of the California rule. Onishi said yes, if it applies to prospective work. He reasoned that because a worker hasn’t earned the benefit, it’s not an impairment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brought on questions from Justice Leondra Kruger about whether the Legislature could wipe away benefits for a class of existing state employees going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Onishi responded that wouldn’t be likely because “other cases of this court have said you have a right to a substantial and reasonable pension as soon as you begin employment. I think completely terminating the system going forward, prospectively, would certainly raise questions about that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the hearing focused on legalities, the realities of Democratic politics weren’t far from the courtroom. In an unusual move, the governor had his own attorneys argue the case rather than Attorney General Xavier Becerra—a choice that \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/27/editorial-brown-comes-to-taxpayers-defense-on-pensions/\">fueled speculation\u003c/a> that Brown hoped to shield the attorney general, a Democratic elected official, from union pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And prior to the hearing, the court dodged a thorny question about whether Brown’s most recent nominee to the bench could be impartial. Last month, Brown nominated long-time aide Joshua Groban, who would have provided him counsel on many legal matters. While it wasn’t known if Groban was involved in the case brought by the firefighters union, there was an open question about whether he would have to recuse himself—a question successfully sidelined when Groban’s confirmation hearing was set for Dec. 21, after this week’s arguments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11710882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11710882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1291\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939-1200x807.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom speaks during election night event on November 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gov.-elect Newsom has said he would prefer to stay out of the courts to resolve pension disputes. When CALmatters asked him if the state should be allowed to renegotiate the future benefits of current workers, he suggested a legal fight wasn’t necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even with the California rule, we have the tools through collective bargaining to negotiate reforms and commensurate offsets,” \u003ca href=\"https://elections.calmatters.org/2018/statewide-postings/governor-of-california/\">Newsom said then\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The economy might change his mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Economists have been warning of an inevitable downturn; Wall Street losses translate to deficits here because of California’s reliance on capital gains taxes. That vulnerability, even more than politics, says Jack Pitney, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, could force Newsom to confront pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Despite his reputation for being more progressive, the economic reality might end up forcing prudence,” Pitney said. “As he contemplates the governorship, he’s aware of the constraints. He’s a smart guy and he knows how difficult the pension situation is going to be in the years ahead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://calmatters.org\">CALmatters.org\u003c/a> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Six years ago, as California strained to emerge from the Great Recession, Gov. Jerry Brown worked a minor political miracle — a rebalancing of the massive state pension systems for public employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shuttling between unions and the strapped governments on the hook for public sector benefits and paychecks, Brown scaled back some of the rules and perks that have made public sector workers more secure, arguing that the pain would be worth it. Results were mixed: The largest benefit rollback in state history yielded some savings, but not enough to entirely fix a pension commitment that taxpayers are increasingly finding hard to manage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, as Brown prepares to leave office — his own pension at hand, after five decades in public service — even that hard-won modicum of fiscal change could be loosened. In a case that went to oral arguments this week, the California Supreme Court is weighing a key legal precedent that could restore the generous pension formulas Brown worked so hard to tighten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11710843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11710843\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1628\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577-160x136.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577-800x678.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577-1020x865.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/California-Supreme-Court-Justices-e1544215421577-1200x1018.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Supreme Court justices in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Judicial Council of California)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Brown, who at 80 has already surpassed the average retirement age of state workers by 22 years, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-retirement-pension-debt-explainer/#What-do-the-courts-say\">predicts\u003c/a> that he’ll win. But Wednesday’s proceedings made it clear that workers’ arguments are also compelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the ruling, Brown’s successor, Gavin Newsom, will have to cope with the outcome. And — though the state’s unfunded liabilities persist, and economists warn another recession could be just around the corner — Newsom will face a very different political landscape. Should California land in another downturn, Brown’s pension reform miracle could be difficult, if not impossible, to repeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case heard by the high court this week involves the California Rule, a legal precedent that requires the state to compensate public employees if their retirement benefits are lessened. In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/1-s239958-apps-pet-rev-020817.pdf\">challenge\u003c/a> brought by Cal Fire Local 2881, the firefighters union argues that the ability to purchase additional years of service credit toward retirement, known as “airtime,” is a pension benefit that employees rely on as part of their decision to go into public service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/_/eIcXwSdoRKljMPslJeSG?src=embed\" title=\"Social: Retirement Debt\" width=\"800\" height=\"790\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s attorneys \u003ca href=\"http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/6-s239958-intervener-resp-state-ca-answer-brief-merits-110717.pdf\">counter\u003c/a> that airtime was never intended by the Legislature to be a vested right and never negotiated through collective bargaining. Therefore, the state can take it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone agrees that workers are entitled to the pensions they earn for work that’s already been done. And the argument might seem to be over a procedural technicality on the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the court sides with Brown, it could open the possibility of future governors and legislatures modifying current employees’ pensions for prospective work, and perhaps setting a new precedent in which already negotiated benefits are fair game. If the court sides with the union, it would bind the state’s finances and commit taxpayers to paying already expensive retirement benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703925/high-expectations-on-the-left-for-governor-elect-gavin-newsom\">High Expectations on the Left for Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703925/high-expectations-on-the-left-for-governor-elect-gavin-newsom\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NewsomElex-1180x785.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On a larger scale, the case also could mark the end of a Brown-led era of fiscal reform in Sacramento. A blue-state Democrat with a lifelong tendency against the spending his party was known for, the frugal Brown had the experience and political capital to challenge public employee unions who typically hold sway over Democratic politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is newer and younger, and won his office in part with strong union backing. In campaign statements, he pledged to unions that he will protect their pensions; in fact, state firefighters \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpf.org/go/cpf/political-action/firefighters-for-gavin/\">cited\u003c/a> Newsom’s commitment as one reason for giving the governor-elect their endorsement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Democrats, who have been a majority for some time, also with strong backing overall from organized labor, only gained ground in the November election. As the Legislature convened on Monday, they had not just a supermajority but a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/a-deep-blue-sea-of-california-lawmakers-take-oath-of-office-today/\">“mega-majority”\u003c/a> in both chambers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of those developments favor the priorities of public employee unions, as does the seemingly flush economy of the moment. California is projecting a $15 billion surplus this year, compared to a $27 billion deficit when Brown returned for his second stint in the governor’s office. The unemployment rate stood at 4.1 percent in October, compared to 12.1 percent when Brown was sworn in in January 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11710837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11710837 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-130631114-e1544218303260-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Governor Jerry Brown announces his public employee pension reform plan October 27, 2011 at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Max Whittaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the Great Recession cratered state finances and the public gained awareness of generous retirement benefits, Brown was able to leverage those issues to successfully champion a package of changes from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2012/09/12/news17720/\">Public Employee Pension Reform Act of 2012\u003c/a> with tacit approval from labor leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Brown did not get \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-crisis-brown/\">key changes\u003c/a> needed to slow down the growth in retirement costs, the Legislature did agree to what the governor called the “biggest rollback to public pension benefits in the history of California.” Among other money-saving measures, Brown was able to raise the retirement age for new employees, ban retroactive pension increases, stop practices such as hoarding vacation and sick time to inflate calculations for retirement benefits, and ban the purchase of additional years of service, known as “airtime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple labor unions sued, arguing that Brown’s 2012 changes infringed on their employer’s contractual obligation to provide retirement benefits at the level that was promised on their first day of work. That premise—the California Rule—left state and local governments with little room for savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to Wednesday’s high court hearing, lower courts weighed in on the precedent with mixed messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11243683/a-case-study-on-pension-reform-san-joses-grand-compromise\">A Case Study on Pension Reform: San Jose’s Grand Compromise\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11243683/a-case-study-on-pension-reform-san-joses-grand-compromise\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS14834_iStock_000047219414_Large-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In a 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/revpub/A139610.PDF\">ruling\u003c/a> upholding a lower court’s decision, Justice James A. Richman of California’s First District Court of Appeal broke from decades of court decisions in finding the Legislature can alter pension formulas for current employees and reduce their anticipated retirement benefits. He wrote that a public employee has a right to a “reasonable” pension, not “the most optimal formula of calculating the pension.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But another appeals court came to a different conclusion about the “California rule” by deciding in favor of union employees in Alameda, Contra Costa and Merced counties. While the justices agreed there are limits to the California Rule, they said benefit adjustments require “compelling evidence” showing that the changes are necessary to the success of the pension system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Supreme Court agreed to take up the issue and is first hearing the firefighters’ case over whether airtime is a vested right. While Adams, for the firefighters union, said he hopes the court will recognize that airtime is earned through service, Brown’s lawyers argue taking away the optional benefit doesn’t mean the employee gets less in pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s lawyers wrote in a brief that although airtime was thought to be cost neutral, employees could purchase fictional years of credit \u003ca href=\"http://majlabor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PA-20171106-State-Answer-Brief-on-the-Merits-Air-Time-00042485xDC64Ax.pdf#page=10\">“often as much as 40 percent below the actual cost.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System is carrying $111 billion in unfunded liabilities and the California State Teachers Retirement System faces $76 billion in unfunded liabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.courts.ca.gov/41490.htm\">oral argument\u003c/a> in Los Angeles, the justices seemed to be searching for where to draw the line that would protect workers without giving them limitless retirement benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye questioned labor attorney Greg Adam about how airtime is protected by the state Constitution when the employee hasn’t performed the work to earn it. And Justice Goodwin Liu wondered aloud whether pension rights extend to life insurance, health insurance or a sabbatical leave that may be offered during employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681898/california-teacher-pension-debt-swamps-school-budgets\">California Teacher Pension Debt Swamps School Budgets\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681898/california-teacher-pension-debt-swamps-school-budgets\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Teachers-Pension_003-1280x800-1180x738.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Then Liu turned to Brown’s attorney, Rei Onishi, to ask if the state has a right to change benefit formulas midstream in a worker’s career, which strikes at the heart of the California rule. Onishi said yes, if it applies to prospective work. He reasoned that because a worker hasn’t earned the benefit, it’s not an impairment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brought on questions from Justice Leondra Kruger about whether the Legislature could wipe away benefits for a class of existing state employees going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Onishi responded that wouldn’t be likely because “other cases of this court have said you have a right to a substantial and reasonable pension as soon as you begin employment. I think completely terminating the system going forward, prospectively, would certainly raise questions about that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the hearing focused on legalities, the realities of Democratic politics weren’t far from the courtroom. In an unusual move, the governor had his own attorneys argue the case rather than Attorney General Xavier Becerra—a choice that \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/27/editorial-brown-comes-to-taxpayers-defense-on-pensions/\">fueled speculation\u003c/a> that Brown hoped to shield the attorney general, a Democratic elected official, from union pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And prior to the hearing, the court dodged a thorny question about whether Brown’s most recent nominee to the bench could be impartial. Last month, Brown nominated long-time aide Joshua Groban, who would have provided him counsel on many legal matters. While it wasn’t known if Groban was involved in the case brought by the firefighters union, there was an open question about whether he would have to recuse himself—a question successfully sidelined when Groban’s confirmation hearing was set for Dec. 21, after this week’s arguments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11710882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11710882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1291\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1058496338-e1544218878939-1200x807.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom speaks during election night event on November 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gov.-elect Newsom has said he would prefer to stay out of the courts to resolve pension disputes. When CALmatters asked him if the state should be allowed to renegotiate the future benefits of current workers, he suggested a legal fight wasn’t necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even with the California rule, we have the tools through collective bargaining to negotiate reforms and commensurate offsets,” \u003ca href=\"https://elections.calmatters.org/2018/statewide-postings/governor-of-california/\">Newsom said then\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The economy might change his mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Economists have been warning of an inevitable downturn; Wall Street losses translate to deficits here because of California’s reliance on capital gains taxes. 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"content": "\u003cp>Maybe it's the weeks and months of headlines chronicling the ever-worsening drought. Or perhaps it's the dichotomy of a shrinking unemployment rate but a growing sense of income inequality. Heck, it could just be the latest Hollywood blockbuster that shows us all \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Bz9e0PGSDeU?t=44s\" target=\"_blank\">tumbling into a chasm cracked open by the Big One\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the reason, when it comes to the hope that Californians may feel about the state turning the corner on years of tough times, a new poll makes it clear: Not so fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The mixed poll ratings for the state's direction and the economic outlook are indicators that the recovery from the Great Recession is still very much a work in progress,\" says Mark Baldassare, pollster and president of the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1153\" target=\"_blank\">PPIC's newest poll\u003c/a> offers a new but familiar glimpse of just how crestfallen Californians seem when it comes to the road ahead. Only 40 percent of likely voters think the state is headed in the right direction, a 9-point decline since March and 4 points lower than all adults who were surveyed this same time in 2014. When the poll is broadened to all adults, it's more of a split decision; but here, too, PPIC finds a decline in optimism about the direction of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scores of news reports have made clear that the official ranks of the jobless are declining -- \u003ca href=\"http://www.edd.ca.gov/About_EDD/pdf/nwsrel15-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">29,500 new jobs in April alone\u003c/a> -- but Californians seem to think the economy is headed for more \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2126355/\" target=\"_blank\">San Andrea\u003c/a>s\"-like shaking. Where 52 percent of adults surveyed by PPIC in March thought good economic times were ahead, it's now down to 48 percent; likely voters are evenly split at 44 percent. Bay Area residents are the most optimistic (57 percent), while those in the Inland Empire (35 percent) and the Central Valley (43 percent) are the least optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the drought has replaced jobs and the economy as the most important issue in the minds of Californians (39 percent of adults say water issues, 20 percent pick the economy), it's possible that there's a nexus between the two. Even then, it's worth noting that there's a relatively narrow gap between the two issues, just 9 points, in the state's population center of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's hard not to view these poll results with at least a limited political lens, given that a statewide election is right around the corner. For starters, PPIC finds a troubling 61 percent of those surveyed who think they can trust state officials in Sacramento to do what's right \"only some of the time,\" a fairly consistent pessimism in surveys dating back more than a decade. \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">PPIC's Baldassare says those findings make it pretty clear that for all of the relative improvement in the state's bottom line, lawmakers aren't viewed as deserving the credit.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whatever government is going to be doing,\" he says, \"Californians are going to approach it with a bit of skepticism.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the political implications of the collective gloom could extend beyond legislative races to some of the issues now being pondered as potential 2016 ballot measures. Extend \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2014/10/28/governor-wont-push-to-extend-prop-30-sale-and.html\" target=\"_blank\">2012's temporary taxes\u003c/a>? 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