Editorial: Green waste proposal calls for fresh thinking
When it comes to reinventing the Central Coast’s economy around renewable energy technologies, new rules need to be written — and some adjustments will be inevitable. That’s part of the reason it’s important for the Ventura County Board of Supervisors to carefully look over a proposal to change the text of the county’s coastal zone Read More →
Read More →Ventura County supervisor race heats up around economic issues
Elections do have consequences. And in the case of the First District Supervisor race in Ventura County, the consequences for business and economic development could be very large indeed. This race did not look too complex just a few months ago when incumbent Steve Bennett was widely seen as a shoe-in to win another term. Read More →
Read More →The battle begins: Growers gear up to fight citrus disease
Farmers all over the Tri-Counties are on high alert after a disease that could be devastating to the state’s citrus industry was discovered in L.A. County.
Read More →Editorial: Ventura County forecasts need to follow the numbers
Harry Truman famously asked for a one-handed economist who would not equivocate when making forecasts.
Read More →Watkins warns of shrinking Ventura County work force
Bill Watkins’ usually dour outlook for California and the local economy is only getting gloomier. The chief economist at California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting said March 29 that his outlook a year ago — already pessimistic compared to that of his fellow forecasters — was “wrong, way wrong.” Ventura County lost Read More →
Read More →Powers: Ventura County keeping close watch on portfolio
Ventura County will closely monitor returns on its investment portfolio to make sure an 8 percent gain is reasonable, county CEO Mike Powers said in a March 15 talk. Speaking in Ventura at the quarterly California Lutheran University Corporate Leaders Breakfast, Powers said that while 8 percent has been a historically accurate return, constant monitoring Read More →
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