Op/ed: Valuing the soft power of Ventura County
While Ventura County’s hard power has taken a hit, the new State Of The Region Report gives plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the future, based on those soft-power indicators.
Op/ed: To protect community assets, Congress needs to level the playing field for small banks
For community banks, these new regulations are as onerous as they are expensive.
Editorial: Immigration reform could open paths to entrepreneurship
California’s access to the Pacific Rim, its universities, its base of tech companies and its access to venture capital are huge pluses when it comes to recruiting and retaining foreign-born entrepreneurs.
Editorial: Bank reform needed to increase small-business access to financing
They don’t need to be shut out of the financial system by rules that make it too difficult for banks to take relatively small risks on customers who have sound plans but no credit history or extremely limited access to personal capital.
Why Fed policy is driving up the cost of farmland in California
Even California, where real estate is otherwise depressed, has not been immune from price spikes.
Ray Deutsch leaves a legacy that extends far beyond Santa Maria
HE was one of those rare people — a man comfortable enough in his own skin and in his values to speak the language of business but also recognize regional values.
