{"id":3115,"date":"2020-05-18T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2020-05-18T10:46:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T17:46:53","slug":"san-diegos-rising-unemployment-shows-need-to-reopen-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3115","title":{"rendered":"San Diego&#8217;s Rising Unemployment Shows Need to Reopen Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Nicholas Vetrisek<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unemployment is at an all time high in San Diego County. In some areas of the county, it has reached over 30% and the county\u2019s overall unemployment rate is 28.7%, according to a recent SANDAG report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SANDAG also mentioned that even though unemployment numbers will rise again in coming weeks, they expect the easing of regulations on businesses to begin allowing more people to return to work. &#8220;For the local economy to take a turn for the better, the region must move through phase 2, and into phase 3 of the Governor\u2019s roadmap,&#8221; SANDAG&#8217;s report stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego now has nearly half a million unemployed residents. If 30% sounds awful, it should be known that in central and south San Diego, the unemployment rate is 35.4%. Zip codes with unemployment rates exceeding 30% include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92054 (Oceanside S): 32.5%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92096 (CSUSM): 32.0%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92081 (Vista S): 31.4%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92025 (Escondido S): 31.1%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92083 (Vista W): 30.7%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92056 (Oceanside E): 30.3%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92069 (San Marcos N): 30.3%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92010 (Carlsbad NE): 30.0%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stay at home order needs to be lifted and people have to be able to work again. Bureaucrats need to realize that banning people who disagree with the lockdown and creating an endless stream of &#8220;#ThankYouFirstResponders&#8221; slogans aren\u2019t going to do anything when people can\u2019t even put food on their table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s no end in sight for the crisis, so what happens when unemployment reaches 40%? 50%? Prolonging the order is only going to make matters worse because if the city does reopen in a few months, it won\u2019t matter if there are people willing to work. Anyone that could have given them jobs will have already gone out of business.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Nicholas Vetrisek Unemployment is at an all time high in San Diego County. In some areas of the county, it has reached over 30% and the county\u2019s overall unemployment rate is 28.7%, according to a recent SANDAG report. 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