From UCI
Its job growth occurs more at the low rather than the high end, with one in five of its workers older than 16 earning less than $25,000 annually. Its median incomes remain flat compared with the rest of the nation. It has a remarkably diverse population but also disturbingly race-segregated neighborhoods. For an Anaheim native and associate professor of criminology, society and law, something's really gone awry in the Big Orange. He says short-sighted economic policies keep too many who now live in the county from the American dream of good jobs with good wages and security and prosperity. In a spot noteworthy for its tradition of political conservatism or Libertarian bent, he's calling on business, labor and government to work together to: seek more jobs with higher wages that better reflect costs of living; offer more job training and education, especially in better-paying fields like construction and technology; and provide improved health care to unburden the public sector.
Photo: Prof. John Hipp sees woes in Orange County / Daniel A. Anderson, University Communications
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