Unemployment adds to California’s long list of failures

Published March 25, 2024 4:47pm ET



Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) went on a whole media and countrywide tour touting California’s “successes,” yet California remains the worst-governed state in the country.

California now has the highest unemployment rate in the country, losing 3,400 nonfarming jobs to jump past Nevada for the top spot with an unemployment rate of 5.3%. Furthermore, California’s job growth estimate of 58,100 jobs in January was revised down to 25,600, less than half the original estimate.

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