By most accounts, Orange County’s economy has recovered from the Great Recession. Jobs are on the rise, and home prices have nearly returned to their prerecession levels. However, as Margot Roosevelt so succinctly stated in the Register’s recent coverage of the 2015 Orange County Community Indicators Report, income inequality, homelessness and overcrowded housing are growing dramatically.
The report was produced jointly by CalOptima, the Children and Families Commission of Orange County, Orange County United Way and the Orange County Community Foundation.
It focuses on three “pivot points” to which the community must redirect its attention to ensure Orange County’s future well-being. Key among them are rising housing costs and a growing gap in skills, available jobs and wages – issues that are inextricably linked.
[For more of this story, written by Mark Gardner, go to http://www.ocregister.com/arti...orange-families.html]
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