California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley | 2017

2017

 
October 20, 2017

Work underway on shop building for new Career Technical Education Charter in Fresno

By Lewis Griswold, lgriswold@fresnobee.com The Fresno County Board of Education broke ground Friday on $6.5 million, 10,000 square-foot shop building for the new Career Technical Education …

 
October 20, 2017

New affordable housing laws passed in California

By Mike Allen Last week Governor Jerry Brown signed a package of 15 housing legislation aimed at addressing California’s affordability crisis. We covered severl of them, …

 
October 19, 2017

Rising Rents are Stressing Out Tenants and Heightening America’s Housing Crisis

By Joel Kotkin The home-buying struggles of Americans, particularly millennials, have been well documented. Yet a recent study by Hunt.com found that the often-proposed “solution” of …

 
October 19, 2017

Valley communities getting nearly $29M for affordable housing

By David Castellon, david@thebusinessjournal.com Agencies in Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern counties will divide more than $28.7 million to support construction of more affordable housing. The …

 
October 18, 2017

Valley is last, best hope for citrus industry

By Reggie Ellis TULARE COUNTY – If you like oranges, lemons and limes and are skeptical of genetically modified food then the Central Valley is your …

 
October 18, 2017

Fresno Drives toward a Strong and Sustainable Community-Based Economy

By Steve Dubb Fresno, California’s fifth-most-populous city, defies many stereotypes we may have of the Golden State. Be honest: When you think of California, do you …

 
October 17, 2017

Center to address teacher shortage

By The Recorder, recorder@portervillerecorder.com The State of California recently launched the California Center on Teaching Careers to address the teacher shortage crisis facing the state, and …

 
October 10, 2017

High Housing Costs, Scarcity of Skilled Workers Slow Economic Growth

By Steve Milne California’s economic growth will continue to expand at a steady rate over the next couple of years. That’s according to the latest forecast …

 
October 9, 2017

Digital Divide Narrowing Between Rural & Urban Areas

By Chuck Abbott The so-called digital divide between rural and urban areas is narrowing, with the result that farmers are nearly as likely as their city …

 
October 9, 2017

E-commerce driving Kern distribution center growth

By Dianne Hardisty While e-commerce still accounts for only a fraction of the nation’s sales, it is the fastest growing sector of the retail industry. According …