Interesting stuff, sdr. I think all this open space is Preserve. With all the butterfly laws in CA, it would be hard to build anything, anywhere.
As far as the jobs data, I am on the auto-email list from the San Diego Department of Labor, courtesy of Cheryl Mason. She’s an amazing person. She told me that there is no new job growth in SD, and mostly it’s been in real estate stuff and retail. No promise of new jobs coming down the pike. When I spoke to her in May, there was still hope of Homeland Security funding, but that didn’t materialize. She said there could be some jobs related to new port construction, or maybe biotech would take off again. So don’t believe all those government projections, they are BS.
Anyway, the Excel file has all the jobs data by industry back to 1992. I can look up any industry that far back. That is the payroll survey, i.e. they get the data by asking large employers about the payroll. So they miss start-ups and private contractors, which is where the realtors and many loan officers and contractors are found. This data is hard to interpret, because it is grouped by industry. If you are a janitor for a law firm, your job is under “Legal”. Back to the point: high tech industry.
Professional and Business Services has 211,000 employees. In this group, is Scientific Research and Development (includes biotech?) of 25,100; Telecom has 15,400 but this category includes carriers, resellers, and Other, so I’m not sure if the engineers are here or in PBS.
Real Estate and Leasing has 30,700.
Retail has 145,500
This is most recent press release that Cheryl Mason e-mailed me.
State of California June 16, 2006
EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Labor Market Information Division Contact: Cheryl Mason
8977 Activity Rd., Suite A (858) 689-6544
San Diego, CA 92126
SAN DIEGO-CARLSBAD-SAN MARCOS METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
(SAN DIEGO COUNTY)
San Diego adds 5,300 jobs over the month; 17,500 jobs over the year
The unemployment rate in San Diego County remained stable at 3.7 percent in April and May 2006, and below the year-ago estimate of 4.1 percent. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 4.6 percent for California and 4.4 percent for the nation during the same period.
Between April 2006 and May 2006, nonfarm wage and salary employment in San Diego County rose by 5,300 jobs to reach 1,302,500 jobs.
• Construction recorded the largest increase (up 1,800 jobs), with growth occurring mostly in specialty trade contractor services where many electricians, carpenters and other trades are classified.
• Leisure and hospitality added 1,300 as employers continued to ramp up staffing for the summer tourist season. Accommodation and food services expanded by 800 jobs and arts, entertainment and recreation expanded by 500 jobs.
• Trade, transportation and utilities grew by 1,000 jobs, with 60 percent of the gain in retail trade.
Between May 2005 and May 2006, total nonfarm employment was up by 17,500 jobs, an increase of 1.4 percent.
• Leisure and hospitality recorded the largest increase (up 5,100 jobs). The job gains were concentrated in accommodation and food services.
• Construction grew by 4,300 jobs, with most of the increase occurring in the specialty trade contractors sector.
• Educational and health services added 2,800 jobs since May of last year. Approximately 85 percent of the job growth occurred in health services, primarily in offices of doctors and other health practitioners.
