CLU economists predict downturn worse than Great Recession
California Lutheran University’s economic forecast group is warning that policymakers have limited options to head off a downturn that could be worse than the Great Recession. In an update to recent forecasts, the Center for Economic Research & Forecasting warns that massive stimulus efforts may not help speed a recovery if “countless numbers of small Read More →
SB County response effort to provide $1 million in assistance
The COVID-19 Joint Response Effort for Santa Barbara County announced March 19 that it will provide more than $1 million in assistance to individuals and families as well as organizations actively assisting members of the community affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Santa Barbara Foundation, United Way of Santa Barbara County and the Hutton Parker Read More →
MannKind adapting technology for coronavirus
Westlake Village-based MannKind became the latest company to turn its efforts toward treating the COVID-19 pandemic, with the announcement of a collaboration with a Los Angeles firm that aims to adapt its inhalable drug delivery technology to combat the respiratory infection. The company best known for its inhalable insulin product Afrezza said it would reorient Read More →
Mintz: Personal responsibility and the coronavirus
By Steven Mintz As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to grow and the death toll mounts, we should use our experiences so far to evaluate our personal responsibilities to each other and whether the government has met its burden in handling the crisis. Why does this matter? Our society depends on communal efforts to Read More →
Our view: Communication is key to managing epidemic
A test of digital leadership. That’s how retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal described the challenge of managing an enterprise during the coronavirus pandemic. And that was a comment that struck home as we imagine dozens of business owners, used to holding court or huddling with employees now hunkered down in their home offices trying to navigate Read More →
Dubroff: Assessing the impact on tri-county economy
It might be the understatement of the new decade to say that the economics of coronavirus are not well understood. That doesn’t help the hundreds of hotel and restaurant workers who’ve been laid off during a crisis that Acme Hospitality Group leader Sherry Villanueva described as “unprecedented and still unfolding” in a note explaining why Read More →
Cal Poly SLO might become COVID-19 overflow site
San Luis Obispo County is working with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as a possible overflow site for treatment of coronavirus victims, County Administrative Officer Wade Horton said March 23. SLO County now has 33 confirmed cases of COVID-19, up from 27 on March 22, with two patients hospitalized, county health officials said. Updated at Read More →
