Editorial: Ventura has a chance to brand as HQ central
With Affinity downsizing, Ventura needs to rebrand itself as a viable place for corporate headquarters.
Editorial: Task force gets tough on mortgage fraud
In creating a mortgage fraud strike force, Attorney General Kamala Harris has taken a big, if belated, step forward in writing the last chapter of California’s housing meltdown. As we have chronicled in these pages during the past two years, the boom and bust in housing in our region and across the Golden State did Read More →
Editorial: New generation sets challenge for Congress
With graduation season in full swing, it may be instructive to take a look at how the next generation of civic and business leaders views the current state of play in politics. Suffice it to say, that view is dim. A report from the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, a think tank located at the Read More →
Editorial: Never count out an American comeback
Anyone who’s attempted to run a business of any size during the past decade knows just how difficult the role of entrepreneur can be. In addition to the peculiar difficulties of operating in California, there has been a persistent backdrop of bad news — the dot-bomb fiasco, the housing bubble, the housing collapse, the ongoing Read More →
