Standing outside a newly-minted junior college campus in the heart of one of the nation’s most impoverished regions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new multi-million-dollar jobs program on Thursday aimed at spurring the economy that just fueled the re-election of Donald Trump in places like Fresno County.
The announcement, made at Fresno City College’s West Fresno Center, in a new clean vehicle mechanic training facility, opened the gates for $120 million in competitive grants to be awarded to job creating projects directed by regional collaboratives under the state’s California Jobs First initiative early next year.
“Some people talk about (how) this economy is booming, inflation is cooling, lowest unemployment in our lifetimes, lowest Black unemployment, Hispanic unemployment, lowest unemployment for women, lowest unemployment for people with disabilities — all of that may be true,” Newsom said…