1. John Husing, Ph.D. Economics & Politics, Inc. Chief Economist, IEEP
Economic Issues From CA Policies
John Husing, Ph.D.
Economics & Politics, Inc.
Chief Economist, IEEP

2. Poverty

3. Educational Challenge

4. Ethnicity

5. Economic Challenges
Ensuring Policies Do Not Discriminate Against The Poor
Moving People From Poverty To Middle Class
Creating Jobs Moving Marginally Educate To Middle Class
Ensuring Small Business Job Engine Can Compete

6. Median Pay By Sector
Jobs Available To Marginally Educated

7. What Sectors Have The Jobs

8. Where Are Jobs By Median Income?

9. What Sectors Are Growing

10. Total Jobs vs. Growing Jobs By Median Pay Group

11. Economic Challenge
Policy Clash!
100% Renewables
Costs Kill Jobs

12. Poverty A Public Health Issue
Socio-Economics (Poverty, Lack of Jobs) 40%
Population’s Behaviors Related To Poverty 30%
Access to Medical Care An Issue for the Poor 20%
Environmental %
90%
Source: Different Perspectives For Assigning Weights To Determinants of Health, University of Wisconsin, Public Health Institute, 2010

13. Manufacturing

14. U.S./CA Manufacturing Job Growth

15. Manufacturing Job Growth
Who Needs These Jobs To Grow … Marginally Educated
CA Air Resources Board

16. CA Electrical Cost
+74.6%
+83.5%
+135.4%

17. Natural Gas A Bargain

18. Marijuana?

19. Median LA Manufacturing Pay, 2018
$60,239
Who Needs These Jobs To Grow … Marginally Educated

20. Sophisticated Logistics Operations

21. E-Commerce
1.1%
9.1%
15.5%

22. International Trade

23. Port Container Volumes Record Levels

24. Diesel Prices

25. Logistics Job Growth
AQMD
Indirect Source Rule

26. Median LA Logistics Pay: 2018
$50,537
Who Needs These Jobs To Grow … Marginally Educated

27. Construction

28. Total Home Sales
CEQA

29. Price Competition
Highest Prices & Gaps In History

30. Marginally Educated Forced To Migrate Inland
Affordability Shares
Marginally Educated Forced To Migrate Inland

31. Diesel Prices

32. Construction Job Growth

33. Median LA Construction Pay: 2018
$58,025
Who Needs These Jobs To Grow … Marginally Educated

34. Population Serving & Tourism

35. Population Serving Job Growth

36. Natural Gas A Bargain

37. CA Regular Gas

38. Median LA Pay, 2018
$33,715

39. Inflation Worry
3.6%
2.2%

40. The Poor & Marginally Educated
Who Is Hurt By . . .
Higher Gasoline Prices
Rising Home Prices
Slower Manufacturing Job Growth
Slower Logistics Job Growth
Higher Prices
The Poor & Marginally Educated

41. Those Under Economic Stress
Economic Challenge
Policy Clash!
Wealthy Advocates
Those Under Economic Stress
Sacramento’s Leadership
No Longer Seem To Care

42. Poverty A Public Health Issue
Socio-Economics (Poverty, Lack of Jobs) 40%
Population’s Behaviors Related To Poverty 30%
Access to Medical Care An Issue for the Poor 20%
Environmental %
90%
Source: Different Perspectives For Assigning Weights To Determinants of Health, University of Wisconsin, Public Health Institute, 2010