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Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the L.A. Times Business Section.
I’m Business columnist David Lazarus, and here’s a rundown of upcoming stories this week and the highlights of last week.
Investors today will be continuing to digest Friday’s jobs numbers — the usual mixed bag of good news and wish-it-were-better news The unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9%, and wages are firming. However, only 151,000 new jobs were added in January, well below more robust numbers in December and November.
LOOKING AHEAD
Coastal protections: The future of the California Coastal Commission, the powerful land-use agency that oversees development along the state’s 1,000-mile shore, could be decided in a public meeting Wednesday at Morro Bay. Members of the commission have moved to fire its executive director, Charles Lester, touching off concerns that pro-development forces are trying to undermine coastal protections. Lester declined to resign, as some panel members urged, opting to have his record debated at Wednesday’s hearing.
Read more: www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-newsletter-california-inc-20160208-story.html
Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the L.A. Times Business Section.
I’m Business columnist David Lazarus, and here’s a rundown of upcoming stories this week and the highlights of last week.
Investors today will be continuing to digest Friday’s jobs numbers — the usual mixed bag of good news and wish-it-were-better news The unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9%, and wages are firming. However, only 151,000 new jobs were added in January, well below more robust numbers in December and November.
LOOKING AHEAD
Coastal protections: The future of the California Coastal Commission, the powerful land-use agency that oversees development along the state’s 1,000-mile shore, could be decided in a public meeting Wednesday at Morro Bay. Members of the commission have moved to fire its executive director, Charles Lester, touching off concerns that pro-development forces are trying to undermine coastal protections. Lester declined to resign, as some panel members urged, opting to have his record debated at Wednesday’s hearing.
Read more: www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-newsletter-california-inc-20160208-story.html