Spread the loveCalifornia state experiences a payroll contraction during the first eight months of 2025, marking the largest job decline since COVID. The state’s 5% unemployment rate is above the national average and has remained so for the past 19 consecutive months. Over 173,000 jobs disappeared from California from January to November 2025, a 14% annual increase, with the tech sector alone shedding 75,262 jobs.Fannie Mae is fleeing San Francisco to Birmingham in 2026 as it has become impossible to conduc ...