Home prices may be up, but not everywhere. The jobs that have been created are, for the most part, paying a lot less than the ones that were downsized-out earlier in the decade. I observed government up close this past decade and will tell you that it is a rare agency indeed that is proactive and forward-thinking . By the same token, I wonder why it took elected officials and agencies so long to understand that we were really in an economic depression earlier this decade. There is a love-hate relationship between business and government in California.
Government loves the tax revenue, period.
Government doesn't understand business. I haven't had a vacation in years. I live on what is left over. I watched this sleepy little city grow and prosper in the 1990s. Since moving here, my stepson Bryan graduated from high school and went on to college.