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But Petek also warned of
boom and bust. The state is
on course to spend $17.5 bil-
lion more than it takes in by
mid-2025, he cautioned.
Petek advised the Legis-
lature to begin in January to
fix the projected deficit
spending. That may be
wishful thinking.
“This could mean, for
example, identifying ways to
reduce spending or increase
revenues in future years,”
the analyst wrote in his
fiscal outlook report.
“We strongly encourage
the Legislature to engage in
long-term planning and
consider what needs to be
done today to address the
budget problem over the
multiyear period.”
But long-range planning
goes against the nature of
term-limited legislators.
They’re short-timers, lim-
ited to 12 years total as state
lawmakers. Many won’t be
around to face the conse-
quences of deficit spending.
That’s a problem with term
limits.
Legislators tend to think
about today, not tomorrow.
And as for deficit solu-
tions, remember that
Democrats hold super-
majorities in both legislative
houses. They allow legisla-
tors to pass virtually any bill
imaginable — including a
tax increase — if they’re
united.
For a tax hike, Demo-
cratic unity would be hard
to achieve among moder-
ates who perpetually face
reelection competition from
Republicans. But if Demo-
cratic leaders face the
dreaded prospect of cutting
spending, it’s a good bet
they’ll also try to balance
this displeasure by raising
taxes.
Petek told me he “won’t
harp too much” on the Leg-
islature about finding a
solution next year to long-
range deficit spending.
“We’re in the middle of a
pandemic,” he said.
“There’s high unemploy-
ment. I don’t expect them to
allocate a lot of political
capital to solve a future
problem, but it would be
prudent to start making
plans.”
How did the $26-billion
windfall develop?
The state’s economy
“experienced a quicker
rebound than expected,”
Petek’s report reads. “While
negative economic conse-
quences of the pandemic
have been severe, they do
not appear to have been as
catastrophic from a fiscal
standpoint as the budget
anticipated.
“But the recovery has
been uneven. Many low-
income Californians remain
out of work while most
high-income workers have
been spared.”
“This was an atypical
downturn,” the analyst told
me.
Basically, technology
saved the jobs of many
people. Employees who

work online and can do their jobs at home kept getting paychecks. That wouldn’t have happened before Wi- Fi, smartphones, the inter- net and Zoom. These people tended to be college-educated, higher- income workers who are the main targets of California’s very progressive personal income tax system. In 2018, the last year for which data are available, the top 10% of income earners — those making at least $173,000 annually — sup- plied 78% of the personal income tax revenue. The top 20% — making at least $108,000 — paid 90% of the tax. Their money kept flow- ing into state coffers. In October, income tax revenue was 40% higher than what had been projected in June, according to the state Department of Finance. All state taxes are up 22% over projections for the fiscal year that began July 1. The stock market unex- pectedly became robust, recently hitting record levels, Petek notes. That provides the state with hefty taxes on capital gains — unlike in a normal recession when that revenue stream slows to a trickle. And the federal govern- ment kicked in $15 billion for the state, cities, counties and the unemployed, the Finance Department says. That was a big boost. “Workers on the lower end bore the disproportion- ate brunt of the pandemic,” Petek said. “They tended to be the front-line workers, the service workers who interact with the public.” Many of their restau- rants, shops and offices closed temporarily or went out of business. “Workers earning less than $20 per hour make up the vast majority of job losses,” the analyst’s report reads. “In contrast, employ- ment among workers earning over $60 an hour re- mains at pre-pandemic levels.” California’s unemploy- ment rate in October dipped to 9.3% from 11% i n September. Finance Department spokesman H.D. Palmer pointed to the high unem- ployment rate as proof that California’s economy isn’t doing as well as the state banking account. But Petek forecasts state tax revenues growing roughly 1% a year while general fund spending increases by 4.4%. The Newsom adminis- tration basically “agrees with that trajectory,” Pal- mer said. Newsom and the Legisla- ture should make New Year’s resolutions to resist any new permanent spending for the indefinite future. Unfortunately, that resolution is almost certain to quickly be broken.

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Center. Supervisor Jill Thomsen tells me that 300 meals have been delivered to its members weekly, along with flowers, plants and books donated by local sponsors. Local Girl Scouts and Rotary Club members have sponsored food drives, and this week, the Lions Club donated 200 holiday pies. These may be small gestures in a vast region, but this is a day to celebrate simple acts of kindness that have made it just a little easier, for the most vulnera- ble among us, to get through one of the most trying times in decades. Seniors, in particular, have been hard hit by the virus, and cut off from family and friends because of it. Which is why I’d like to tell you now about a student at Glendora High School, also a senior, but of the fourth year in high school sort. Serena Lin, 17, already had plenty to do, what with school and the college appli- cation process, but she wanted to perform some kind of public service during the pandemic, as well. Lin offered back in April to do whatever she could at the Pasadena Senior Cen- ter, which has been deliv- ering thousands of meals to needy members and calling them regularly to make sure they’re doing OK. Lin was directed to events director Annie Laskey, who runs a weekly social hour by Zoom and leads seniors in discussions about everything under the sun. When Laskey learned that Lin likes to write and make videos, and had already volunteered with seniors at an assisted living center, she put the high

school student to work right away. “Since she’s a poet, we decided to do one of our social hours on poetry, and she was our special guest,” said Laskey. “She wrote some poems and we talked about writing ... and she was so delightful and has an affinity for working with seniors.” Lin has been dropping in on social hour periodically since then, and she said she enjoys being part of wide- ranging discussions on exercise routines, favorite recipes and advice on deal- ing with normal aches and pains. “I think it’s important during COVID to help seniors, and it’s given me something to focus on and helped keep me upright,” said Lin, who told me her public service commitment was instilled in her by her par- ents, who are both doctors. “Many of them really miss being with their grandchildren or other family members and having to be very isolated, and they’re having to cope with that loneliness and with the days blurring into each other. It’s something they’ve strug- gled with,” said Lin. When Laskey was off one day, she asked Lin to fill in as guest host of the social hour. After she did, Lin wrote a note to my col- league, photographer Francine Orr, who had directed her to the Pasa- dena Senior Center. “On September 1st, I was a guest host of the social hour, and spent the time facilitating an amazing dialogue regarding the advice that Seniors would give the youth,” Lin wrote to Orr. “I have made many quality friends and learned a lot about life and myself in

this process, and I am so grateful that you shared this community with me.” She said the wisdom shared with her by seniors hasn’t always been earth- shattering, but it has been grounding in these unusual times. Enjoy the present in- stead of worrying about the future. Go for a walk and find solace and meaning in nature. Be of service, and be guided more by positive thoughts than doubts. Find silver linings even in difficult times. When the pace of life slows, as it has now, it’s possible to appreciate the things you often take for granted. “One of them mentioned that people in our day and age, and in my age group, can be kind of scared to try new things because they think they’re going to fail,” said Lin. “She said failure is not a bad thing because even if it doesn’t work out, you’re going to be trained to be more resilient and you’re going to gain new skills.” Some of Lin’s poetry has been inspired by her ses- sions with the seniors. In April, she wrote:

When the present Feels downcast It’s ok To visit the past Rediscovering Buried memories With the dust of hurriedness Settling Recentering Ourselves

Lin took notes on all the advice she got and shared it with dozens of students, then began cataloging their responses and creating video clips in which she added inspirational music

over the narratives. On Tuesday this week, at social hour, she shared some of the videos during the Zoom session. Laskey was reduced to tears. Irene Wong, one of the Zoom participants, said there’s a lot of talk about generation gaps, but Lin’s videos can connect people of all ages. “The calmness of that really struck me,” said Cy Estabrook, another partici- pant, who said he was grateful that young people who are subjected to “bombard- ment ... from social media” shared their reflections on the advice of seniors. The rest of the social hour zigged and zagged, with the seniors offering one another advice on good books to read, how to han- dle bouts of dizziness, and how to find motivation to exercise. Another of the participa- ting seniors said she imagi- nes herself 30 years from now, scolding her current self for not staying active. Wong ran the group through a demonstration on how to avoid neck strain by doing tongue exercises, and how to exercise even your eye- balls by moving them up, down, in a clockwise circle and then counterclockwise. Lin piped in now and then, and reminded every- one she will be guest host of social hour again in early December. They went past the one- hour mark and it seemed they could have gone on forever, but finally it was time to say goodbye for another week, and for each of them to offer a wish to one and all. Happy Thanksgiving.

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SERENA LIN sees her volunteer work with Pasadena seniors as especially valuable in this time of COVID isolation. “Many of them really miss being with their grandchildren or other family members,” she said.

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