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by toomuchtodo 317 days ago
California created nearly one in five of the nation’s new jobs - https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/08/16/california-created-nearly-... - August 16th, 2024

> California’s job expansion has continued into its 51st month, with Governor Gavin Newsom announcing that the state created 21,100 new jobs in July. Fast food jobs also continued to rise, exceeding 750,000 jobs for the first time in California history.

> “Our steady, consistent job growth in recent months highlights the strength of California’s economy – still the 5th largest in the entire world. Just this year, the state has created 126,500 jobs – solid growth by any measure.”

This is slightly out of date; California is now the world’s fourth largest economy as of April 2025, passing Japan. I assert the data shows the state does not have a job creation issue.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/23/california-is-now-the-4th-...