Alan Auerbach Analyzes Gov Brown’s Jobs Plan

The Sacramento Bee, August 31, 2011 by David Siders
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/31/3873672/jerry-brown-talks-jobs-now-that.html

“To a large extent, jobs in California are hostage to jobs in the United States,” said Alan Auerbach, an economist at UC Berkeley. “You can’t separate the California economy from the U.S. economy. That’s really beyond the governor’s reach.” Still, Auerbach said, through broad policy initiatives a governor “can essentially force an industry to grow.” He cited as an example Brown’s signing in April of legislation requiring California utilities to obtain one-third of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020.