California Business Minute™

Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

The Washington D.C. – based Corporation for Enterprise Development released their
Assets and Opportunities Scorecard for 2009-2010.  It is a comprehensive look at
wealth, poverty and the financial security of families in the United States. The
Scorecard assesses the 50 states and the District of Columbia on how well residents
are faring and what states can do to help residents build and protect assets.

The Scorecard examines 5 issue areas in Financial Assets and Incomes; Business and
Jobs; Housing and Homeownership; Healthcare and Education. 

While California received an overall grade of ’C’ it received an ‘A’ for the issue
area of Business and Jobs. The Scorecard’s Businesses & Jobs Issue Area assesses
the level of access American households have to business ownership and quality job
opportunities by state.

California joins an elite group comprised of 9 states that also includes Vermont,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Wyoming, Colorado, Hawaii and Alaska

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.

See http://scorecard.cfed.org/ for further information.