{"id":324,"date":"2011-01-06T00:43:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T00:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/?p=324"},"modified":"2011-01-10T19:56:34","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T19:56:34","slug":"california-county-news-reports-a-bit-of-good-news-for-the-ca-construction-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/california-county-news-reports-a-bit-of-good-news-for-the-ca-construction-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"California County News reports a bit of good news for the CA Construction Industry!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/iStock_000002774936XSmall1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-325\" title=\"Contractors \" src=\"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/iStock_000002774936XSmall1-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Back in Business? <a href=\"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/\">Construction<\/a> Jobs in CA See Largest Increase Among All States for Oct-Nov.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/\">California\u2019s construction <\/a>jobs were particularly hit hard by the recession and the poor economy. But there is good news to be had, as the industry has posted a job gain of 7,800 positions over October and November. In fact, such a job gain has helped to boost the state\u2019s overall employment levels and California has posted a construction increase that topped all other states during the same time period. The Associated General<a href=\"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/\"> Contractors <\/a>of America released the analysis and Ken Simonson, the association\u2019s chief economist, stated that \u201cIt is encouraging that the number of states adding jobs year-over-year was higher in November than at any time since February 2008. However, the data also make clear that these gains are as spotty as they are tenuous.\u201d Notably, while California had positive gains, it also had the largest 12-month drop\u201436,900 jobs, or 6.4 percent. A press released about the association\u2019s analysis states:<br \/>\n\u201cIn all, 36 states lost <a href=\"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/\">construction jobs<\/a> over the past 12 months, while <a href=\"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/\">construction<\/a> employment was unchanged in Massachusetts. Association officials cautioned that <a href=\"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/\">construction employment<\/a> figures were likely to fluctuate and possibly drop over the coming months as many stimulus-funded projects begin to wind down and private-sector demand remains weak. They added that newly passed legislation that prevented steep tax increases, including for many small construction firms, will help boost overall economic activity and could drive new demand for construction later next year. \u2018The tax bill is a step in the right direction because it will revitalize the economy and help boost private-sector construction demand,\u2019 said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association\u2019s chief executive officer. \u2018But Congress still needs to act on long-delayed infrastructure bills and provide businesses with relief from an increasingly costly regulatory burden.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction Jobs in CA See Largest Increase Among All States for Oct-Nov.<br \/>\nCalifornia\u2019s construction jobs were particularly hit hard by the recession and the poor economy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[150,10,152,115,151],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contractor-jobs-2","tag-associated-general-contractors-of-america","tag-construction","tag-construction-employment","tag-construction-jobs","tag-stimulus-funded-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contractorslicensingschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}