Business · Jul 30, 2026
California's $350 Billion Budget: Where the Money Comes From
The 2026-27 budget closed a small deficit and claimed to end the structural one. The mechanics matter more than the headline.
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Business · Jul 7, 2026
Five Years After Prop 22, What a Gig Driver Actually Gets Paid
California's app-based driver law survived court challenge. Here is how its earnings guarantee works, and where it falls short.
Business · Jun 14, 2026
Milk Moves West to the World: The Economics of California Dairy
America's largest dairy state runs on fewer, bigger farms — and on export markets from Tijuana to Jakarta.
Business · May 23, 2026
One Billion Square Feet: How Warehouses Took Over the Inland Empire
The two-county region built America's largest logistics market. E-commerce, quota laws and air rules are now rewriting its next chapter.
Business · Apr 30, 2026
The Two-Speed Tech Labor Market: Bay Area Cuts, AI Hiring Spikes
Payroll data shows California tech employment flat since 2022 while artificial intelligence job postings concentrate in San Francisco.
Business · Apr 7, 2026
What the Minimum Wage Machine Looks Like From a Small Business
Statewide at $16.90 and indexed every year, California's wage floor now moves automatically. Employers have learned to plan around it.
Business · Mar 16, 2026
Hollywood's Production Slide and the $750 Million Bid to Reverse It
California doubled its film and TV tax credit as on-location shooting hit record lows. Here is how the economics actually work.
Business · Feb 21, 2026
Almonds Built the Central Valley Economy. Water Is Redrawing It
California grows most of the world's almonds, but groundwater rules and export markets are reshaping the orchards.
Business · Jan 29, 2026
The San Pedro Bay Ports Move a Third of the Country's Containers
How the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach turn container counts into California paychecks.
Business · Jan 7, 2026
How California's Unemployment Insurance System Actually Works
Claims, base periods, and the long-stuck $450 maximum: a plain guide to the EDD's unemployment insurance mechanics.