It's always good to start the New Year with a firm grasp of last year's economic facts for the state of California.
Unemployment and Labor statistics, for example. How bad or how good is the jobless rate? What's the change since last year? The US Bureau of Labor provides a handy reference in their website. The data is fresh from their October, 2008 tabulations.
Here's the info for the Central Coast. To make easier for you, I've set the following three links:
