Solano County has the lowest wages and highest unemployment of any Bay Area county, according to a new study released by California Forever and authored by Michael Genest, former California Directo…
Cars drive over hills on Highway 12 between Suisun City and Rio Vista. California Forever released a survey this week with economic data regarding Solano County. Solano County has the lowest wages and highest unemployment of any Bay Area county, according to a new study released by California Forever and authored by Michael Genest, former California Director of Finance.
“Solano County has the fewest percentage of ‘high-wage” jobs in the entire Bay Area,” the report reads. “Only seven percent of jobs in Solano County pay in the range of the top 10 percent of jobs in California – and another seven percent fall into the top 20 percent of wages. This compares to 20 percent and 14 percent in the San Jose area.”
But opponents to the project remain skeptical, including Sadie Wilson of the Greenbelt Alliance, a member of the organization Solano Together. Wilson said she didn’t understand why California Forever would host a press conference and conduct a study to announce publicly available economic information, and she said she was
Current county officials, including those who participate in Solano Together understand the importance of bringing high-paying jobs and economic opportunity to the county, she said, but those jobs need to be balanced with housing and placed within existing cities to avoid commute concerns. Job efforts should be directed to previous areas of focus for development, she argued, such as Mare Island and Vacaville.
Asked if any companies had made firm commitments thus far California Forever Spokesperson Brian Brokaw asked reporters to “stay tuned.”
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