> California’s job expansion has continued into its 51st month, with Governor Gavin Newsom announcing that the state created 21,100 new jobs in July. Fast food jobs also continued to rise, exceeding 750,000 jobs for the first time in California history.
> “Our steady, consistent job growth in recent months highlights the strength of California’s economy – still the 5th largest in the entire world. Just this year, the state has created 126,500 jobs – solid growth by any measure.”
This is slightly out of date; California is now the world’s fourth largest economy as of April 2025, passing Japan. I assert the data shows the state does not have a job creation issue.
These 18,000 are most likely employed somewhere else at 20-25% wage increase. Note that a different study didn't see a rise in unemployment: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/california-minimum... which means that these people affected actually got a better living standard.
This group is well known for bias, over and over through the years. Nothing they report should be taken at face value.
"A considerable amount of financial support for the Center comes from labor unions: According to federal reports, over the last 15 years it has received nearly $1.2 million in labor funding."
"The IRLE’s highest-profile researcher is Michael Reich, who co-chairs its Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics. Reich made a name for himself at a young age co-founding the Union for Radical Political Economics, with the stated goal of supporting “public ownership of production and a government-planned economy.”"
