I'd like to say this is all due to Obama giving us money for the electric train, or because of Jerry Brown, but, to be honest, it's prolly due to both.
California added the most new construction jobs in the country in the year ended July, a construction industry report shows.
An analysis of federal data by the Associated General Contractors of America found California’s construction bosses adding 27,300 jobs in the year ended in July — or a 5 percent jump — bringing the workforce to 576,300. California was followed in construction job creation by Texas (22,900, up 4.1 percent) and Indiana (9,300, up 7.8 percent).
lansner.ocregister.com
California Defies Lower-Tax Texas in Creating More Jobs
By James Nash and Darrell Preston - Aug 28, 2012 9:01 PM PT
California, which sent a delegation to Austin last year to find out how the Lone Star State had beat it in employment growth, surged ahead of Texas to lead the nation in job creation for the last two consecutive months.
California added 365,100 nonfarm jobs in the year ending in July, a 2.6 percent increase and the state’s largest 12-month gain since 2000. Texas picked up 222,500, or 2.1 percent, according to U.S. Labor Department statistics. California also outpaced Texas the prior month.
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