After several years in the early 1990s when the region actually lost jobs, the Sacramento area has gained 20,000 jobs net each year for the last three years, Gianini said. California was slower than much of the country in breaking out of the early 1990s recession. Northern California is coming back more strongly than Southern California, Smiley said. Another factor fueling the Sacramento boom, several industry observers said, is the pent-up demand for building of all kinds due to several wet winters in which little construction occurred. Still, Thomas and others urge caution.
People think it is better than perhaps it actually is.
And the area can only support so much development. He was in Texas during that state's boom and bust in the 1970s. I don't want it to be like Dallas. I want it to be something we can sustain. Let us hear from you.