Which Way, L.A.?
Creating Jobs in California
Two million people are out of work and the official unemployment rate is 12%. Republican Meg Whitman has issued a 48-page economic policy plan . Democrat Jerry Brown has proposed policies on green jobs and pensions. But despite their different approaches both deal with economic renewal, public spending, taxation and, most important of all, jobs.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readTwo million people are out of work and the official unemployment rate is 12%. Republican Meg Whitman has issued a 48-page economic policy plan. Democrat Jerry Brown has proposed policies on green jobs and pensions. But despite their different approaches both deal with economic renewal, public spending, taxation and, most important of all, jobs. Whitman says she'll create 500,000 jobs a year in her first term. She also says she'd suspend Governor Schwarzenegger's environmental law, enacted as AB 32. But Jerry Brown says AB 32 us essential to creating jobs by promoting the green economy.
