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The new initiative will seek ways to help build a more equitable economy after the COVID-19 pandemic. Ariel Okamoto |
February 18, 2021
The UCLA Labor Center has received a $1.3 million grant from the James Irvine Foundation to establish the California Workforce Development Worker Equity Initiative with the National Skills Coalition.
Leading the effort for UCLA are Betty Hung, project director at the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, and Ana Luz Gonzalez-Vasquez, a project manager at the Labor Center. The National Skills Coalition is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that advocates for policies and skills training to benefit workers and businesses.
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A limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine combined with language and technology barriers are keeping many San Diegans of color waiting for their shot at immunity.
Most White San Diegans eligible for the vaccine have gotten a shot, with roughly 551 vaccinated per 1,000 eligible residents, compared to 527 for Latinos, 520 for Asians and 349 for Black San Diegans, according to data on current vaccinations from the county’s vaccine dashboard and eligibility estimates from the San Diego Workforce Partnership.
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Some of the county’s demographic data, posted on its online dashboard, is poorly defined. Roughly 15 percent of those vaccinated are listed as “other race,” and 12 percent did not disclose their race or ethnicity. Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said on Thursday that the county is still looking into the matter, noting that the dashboard combines data reported from various sources.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The unemployment rate in San Diego County area rose to 8% in December, up from 6.6% in November and well above the year-ago unemployment rate of 2.8%, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.
The statewide unadjusted unemployment rate was 8.8%, up from 7.9% in November. The rate is 6.5% for the nation, up from 6.4% in November.
According to the EDD, total non-farm employment in San Diego County decreased by 5,300 jobs month-over-month from 1,424,900 to 1,419,600 while farm employment dropped from 9,200 to 8,600.
According to the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, the loss of jobs over the holiday season is atypical, and last year was particularly hard on those making less than $41,000 a year.
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When longtime Mount Hope resident Demetrius Gonzales describes the neighborhood he has called home for more than 40 years, he uses few words.
“Lost, forgotten and left behind,” he says of the southeastern San Diego neighborhood of mostly single-family homes.
Little has changed there to improve the lives of residents over the decades, he says.
“Things are the same . Where are the jobs in the community? Education? There’s nothing,” Gonzales said.
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Community activist Charles Alexander says the neighborhood has long been ignored by the city. There are few jobs in the area and an obvious lack of resources, he said.