California jobless rate falls with help of temporary jobs

Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A raft of temporary government jobs for the U.S. Census boosted California's economy in August as the state added 101,900 jobs as the unemployment rate fell below the high-water mark of the Great Recession for the first time since March.

California, home to nearly 40 million people and the world's fifth largest economy, has now regained nearly a third of those jobs lost, according to statistics released Friday by the Employment Development Department. California has paid more than $86 billion in unemployment benefits since March. The 13 million claims the state has processed over the past six months are more than triple the amount of claims filed in 2010, the worst full year of the Great Recession.

Of the 101,900 jobs added in March, more than 64% were government jobs. Most of those were temporary jobs for the U.S. Census while others can be attributed to local government hires as school reopened, at least virtually. Not counting the government jobs, California's private sector added 35,800 jobs.

The biggest job losses in California continue to come from restaurants and hotels and other hospitality businesses, which lost another 14,600 jobs in August.

Yeah, nationally...

Because god forbid we enact UBI as the FourthIndustrialRevolution rages on, rapidly accelerated by the pandemic. Clearly, paying people to do suicidal-ideation inducing work like rake non-existent leaves is a far better alternative...

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Too bad Trump wants to cut it short.

Gee. Turns out allowing humans to work increases employment 🙄

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