REPORT FROM CALIFORNIA: REGIONS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT THE ECONOMIC SUMMIT • (Citiwire - May 3, 2012)

As Mark Twain once said “the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” With unemployment soaring to over 12 percent and a loss of over 1 million jobs during the Great Recession contributing to a 20 billion dollar state budget deficit, many commentators have remarked that California’s better days are over. From the perspective of Sacramento and Washington, it would be fair to say that California has its share of fiscal problems and governance challenges to overcome.. . . (read more)

CALIFORNIA CLEAN TECH INDUSTRY A VC DARLING • (San Francisco Chronicle - April 19, 2012)

Despite Solyndra's spectacular collapse, a report issued Tuesday suggests that California's clean-tech industry continues to thrive, soaking up more venture capital in 2011 than it did before the recession. . . (read more)

SILICON VALLEY RECOVERING FASTER THAN NATION • (Wall Street Journal - February 8, 2012)

Even before Facebook Inc. goes public, Silicon Valley is experiencing a surge in jobs and per-capita income, in contrast to the weak economic situation dogging the rest of the nation. According to a new closely watched report on Silicon Valley that came out Tuesday, the region added a total of 42,000 jobs last year, up 3.8% from 2010 and bringing the area's workforce back to its 2006 and 2007 levels of 1.2 million people. . . . . (read more)

GREEN ECONOMY RESILIENT, GROWING QUICKLY, REPORT SAYS • (U-T San Diego- February 8, 2012)

Since the mid-1990s, green jobs in San Diego County have grown more than twice as fast as the overall average and weathered the past two recessions better than most other industries, according to a report released Tuesday by Next10, a research organization focused on the environmental industry. According to the report, there were 20,500 “green economy” workers in San Diego County at the beginning of 2010 — the most-recent year for comprehensive data — compared to just 12,400 in 1995. . . . . . (read more)