Posted on 08/21/2014 7:43:11 PM PDT by Pelham
Economists say regional poverty trends are ‘alarming.’
Redlands-based economist John E. Husing issued a dire warning Wednesday, as elected officials from across Southern California pledged to reignite Lyndon Johnson’s war on poverty:
“If we do not solve this problem, we are not going to want to live in Southern California. The communities are going to become unhinged.”
Husing is one of several economists who looked at findings from the 2012 American Community Survey and state Employment Development Department to find out where poverty is concentrated in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Ventura, San Bernardino and Imperial counties.
Some of the results were alarming, said economist Wallace Walrod, who advises the Orange County Business Council.
They found disparities among the percentage of residents in poverty across counties: 19.1 percent in Los Angeles, 12.9 percent in Orange and 20.4 percent in Riverside. But Hussing and other experts said the flow of goods and services is so closely integrated, that poverty is a regional issue, not a local one.
Here’s what else they found:
Poverty is on the rise
Four decades ago, the region boasted poverty levels below California and national averages. It’s now flipped: 17.8 percent of residents are living in poverty compared to 17 percent statewide and 15.9 percent nationwide. Hussing attributed the shift to changing demographics, icnluding an upswing in the Hispanic population,and stringent state environmental regulations hampering manufacturing and construction.
Compared to the 1970s, fewer adults earn high school diplomas
Also in 1970, 70.4 percent of adults in the region had at least a high school diploma, more than 8 percentage points better than the national average. By 2012, 42.3 percent of adults had attained that same level of education, trailing the national average of 41.7 percent.
Economists said this is important because educational “attainment” is considered a root...
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“how are the Reps going to handle what surely will be a press for even more moneyprinting? “
The GOPe will sign onto it and fall all over themselves trying to pander to every ‘minority’ that they can (white Americans are now a minority in CA but we don’t count).
Have you taken a look at the candidate for governor the Cal GOPe has put forward this year? Neel Kashkari, who admits to having voted for Obama. He’s for amnesty, abortion, gay marriage, and laws restricting gun ownership. This is the guy that Hugh Hewitt and Michael Medved insisted that ‘conservatives’ had to vote for in the primary because Tea Party favorite Tim Donnelly was ‘dangerous to the GOP’.
What a dreary article. What's more dreary is this lead by example writer:
Compared to the 1970s, fewer adults earn high school diplomas Also in 1970, 70.4 percent of adults in the region had at least a high school diploma, more than 8 percentage points better than the national average. By 2012, 42.3 percent of adults had attained that same level of education, trailing the national average of 41.7 percent. 42.3% being higher than 41.7%, it is leading not trailing. None the less, 70.4% to 42.3, what went wrong. That's a drop of 39.9% in the percentage of the populace coming away from the education system with at least a high school equivalency.
Why is this? The reason is that there is a certain demographic that is here illegally from other nations, whose parents didn't achieve more than an 8th grade education, if that. Some of them have no formal education or a forth grade level education or less.
The children of these people see no reason to achieve more. Their community leaders are more interested in using them as political pawns. The teachers and school administrators flatter themselves, that they are the masters of the universe, yet they'll listen to nobody with common sense.
The union bosses control this situation. As long as teachers aren't getting fired, and millions more children are being tossed into the education mix so there is desperate need for more teachers and schools, they're perfection happy.
The education and future of our nation is not important. The numbers of union members, and the incomes of those who game this situation is.
There's a reason why it is bad for less than 50% of the Los Angeles adults to be able to function in business in English.
Who knew? What's more, who cares?
A few people here and that's about it.
1. I know of three, perhaps five but three for sure, half billion dollar high schools in downtown Los Angles whose students are mostly the children of illegal immigrants. These are amazing edifices, shrines to the gods of diversity, free rides, and abusing the generosity of citizens.
When I arrived on one of these campuses with my family, some students of the home team were overheard conversing.
One said the race ratio on our team was too "white". The representation that day was about 5% white on the team.
There were duties the home team was supposed to take care of. They did none of it. At the end of the game they were to shake the hands of the visiting team, and help clean up. They did neither. Nothing was said to them.
2. On another campus we noted a coach that had some self-control issues. I believe in stern coaches, so don't think of this as an objection to a guy that coaches with an iron fist. This guy used some pretty vulgar expletive to trash his team members. The sad part was, you could seen clear gaps in his teaching ability.
Further, this guy had young high school girls helping him with stat collection. I have no problem with that, but when they're hanging on his arm and looking into his face from inches away clearly mesmerized, it begins to beg serious questions.
I also observed this coach manipulate an ineligible player into games that counted.
I also observed him coach his players to take people out rather than simply play to win.
This guy wouldn't last ten minutes on a school faculty with decent oversight and a staff that gave a damn.
I do not believe these schools are turning out people who will contribute towards a colorless productive society.
Laughingly, that's exactly what is demanded for them.
Gee, what’s changed in last 40 or so years? Hmmm
The only thing I need to know about poverty in Southern California is that it’s actively encouraged and thus not worthy of my concern.
Interesting how every illegal alien neighborhood is so filthy and filled with trash, yet we’re constantly told what “hard workers” they are.
“Dallas/Ft Worth metro area. We have jobs, too, and low taxes. It’s no coincidence that so many people and companies are moving here.”
You’re one of the few states to be growing economically. I have wondered why Texas cities have such affordable housing. In other states, it seems house prices increase as the city’s size does. In Texas, even Houston’s prices are reasonable.
“Vote for Neel, you get amnesty, abortion, gay marriage, and you lose your guns. Now that’s a Republican!”
Sadly, like a lot of other republicans.
“It doesn’t look quite the same. The Chinese are buying homes to live in. Prime properties for the most part.
My realtor friends aren’t complaining at all. But it is pricing out a whole lot of American buyers, it’s keeping prices higher than what can be justified using traditional lending standards.
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The Chinese aren’t asking for appraisals? or are banks letting appraisals be a free for all again?
I had a realtor tell me he had Chinese investors buying up houses to rent in this area. Last time this happened was the bubble followed by the crash.
They just don’t fad away. They move to purple and red states.
Doughty, you must get with the program. Those schools exhibit the new blood that invigorates a tired America! Out with whitey, in with the new.
‘Family values don’t stop at the Rio Grande’ said that great patriot and political philosopher, Bush the Younger, as he erased the border to the benefit of his successor Pharaoh Barry-O.
Are you joking? They get into a bidding war with other Chinese and pay cash. 15%-20% over ask is a totally routine thing. Appraisals are of no relevance.
“The Chinese aren’t asking for appraisals? or are banks letting appraisals be a free for all again?”
Banks and other lenders aren’t really involved here. These are full cash offers, and this crowd is able to do what they want.
China does like to bargain but they are also bidding against each other for property and in that fashion they generate the comps. Comps end up being higher than what they would be if the market was composed of native Californians borrowing based on their income.
We could well end up with another crash, one that will take prices down to levels commensurate with incomes in SoCal. That certainly is a possibility. If and when that happens depends on how big of a war chest the cash buyers have.
I hope this keeps up until we are ready to see early next year then.
I’d rather see slow steady growth, since bubbles and busts only hurt the middle class, though.
You know... that is the new program!
I doubt I’ll ever get with it though. At some point it will probably get with me, by surrounding me. Other than that, I want no part of it.
IMO, there would be no Barry-O without Bush the Younger.
The Bush family had so much opportunity to be a good force for our nation. Wow what a massive fail.
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