Entries from April 2009
O.C. March jobless rate hits record 8.5%
April 17th, 2009, 11:19 am · 1 Comment · posted by Mary Ann Milbourn
Unemployment in Orange County rocketed to a record 8.5% in March from a revised 8.0% in February as local employers continued to dump jobs, state Employment Development Department officials reported today.
From March 2008 to last month, 71,900 local payroll positions disappeared, a March 4.8% annual pace for job losses. Orange County now has just under 1.43 million workers on local payrolls, wiping out all the job gains in the last five years. Nearly 140,000 are now unemployed.
“The extent and speed of the job losses are unprecedented,” said Esmael Adibi, an economist at Chapman University. “I think the CEOs are panicking.”
OC Jobless rate at 8.5%
Categories: Food Banks · Food Shortage · Interesting news · Low Income · agriculture · economy · homeless · poverty
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A fading American Dream
Hit hard by job losses and foreclosures, the city has seen food pantry traffic quadruple, and there’s even talk of building a shelter.
By David Kelly
April 13, 2009
At this point in life, Linda Juarez expected to have five years of equity in her house, a secure future for her family and a viable stake in the American dream.
Categories: Food Banks · Food Shortage · Interesting news · Low Income · agriculture · children · economy · homeless · poverty
Tagged: children, culture, economy, Food Banks, Food Shortage, homeless, Interesting news, Low Income
Orange County Register
Jennifer Gish April 3, 2009
E
very week, hundreds of people take more away than spirituality from Covenant Life Christian Church. They take food for their hungry families.
As jobs vanish, Michelle Hensley, pastor Eric Hensley’s wife and leader of the You Are Special food rescue and giveaway ministry, has noticed longer lines and more repeat visitors.
“The social workers who used to tell people about us are in line themselves after losing their jobs,” Hensley said.
Categories: Food Banks · Food Shortage · Interesting news · Low Income · agriculture · children · economy · homeless · poverty
Tagged: economy, food bank, Food Shortage, Interesting news, Low Income, You Are Special
Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
Tent City residents gather as the city of Ontario starts the process of sorting out who may stay and who must leave. The city issued wristbands – blue for Ontario residents, who may stay, orange for people who need to provide more documentation, and white for those who must leave. The aim is to reduce the number of people living there from over 400 to 170.
Ontario Tents City Residents only
Officials begin thinning out the encampment, saying the city can provide space only for those who once lived there and can prove it.
By David Kelly, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
March 18, 2008
Categories: Food Banks · Food Shortage · Interesting news · Low Income · agriculture · children · economy · homeless · poverty
Tagged: California, children, culture, economy, homeless, Interesting news, low inome, poverty, tent cities, You Are Special
