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Some San Bernardino County residents are regaining confidence in the county’s economy, but their optimism is not where it was before the recession hit and most residents remain pessimistic, a report released Wednesday stated.
Twenty five percent of those surveyed rated the county’s economy’s “excellent” or “good,” according to the 2015 Inland Empire Annual Survey, which was conducted by the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino.
That was above 2008-2009, when only 12 percent of respondents gave the county’s economy high marks, but well below the 40 percent “excellent” or “good” rating recorded in 2007/2008, immediately before the recession hit.
A majority of county residents – 75 percent – rated the local economy as “fair” or “poor.” Still, the report was more positive than not, with 24 percent of those questioned reporting that their finances are “better off” than they were one year ago.
“[That’s] only a slight increase from last year’s 22 percent, but a welcome figure in a hopefully continuing upward trend,” the report stated.
Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed rated San Bernardino County as a “very good” or “fairly good” place to live. The report noted that the quality-of-life question generally goes up or down with the state of the economy, and that air quality has “virtually dropped off the charts” as an issue among county residents.
The telephone survey questions 1,115 county residents, chosen randomly, regarding their opinions on the economy, crime, quality of life, private and public services, commuting and confidence in their elected officials.
Cal State San Bernardino, the Mojave Water Agency, Omnitrans and Rancho Cucamonga sponsored this year’s survey, according to the institute
Some San Bernardino County residents are regaining confidence in the county’s economy, but their optimism is not where it was before the recession hit and most residents remain pessimistic, a report released Wednesday stated.
Twenty five percent of those surveyed rated the county’s economy’s “excellent” or “good,” according to the 2015 Inland Empire Annual Survey, which was conducted by the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino.
That was above 2008-2009, when only 12 percent of respondents gave the county’s economy high marks, but well below the 40 percent “excellent” or “good” rating recorded in 2007/2008, immediately before the recession hit.
A majority of county residents – 75 percent – rated the local economy as “fair” or “poor.” Still, the report was more positive than not, with 24 percent of those questioned reporting that their finances are “better off” than they were one year ago.
“[That’s] only a slight increase from last year’s 22 percent, but a welcome figure in a hopefully continuing upward trend,” the report stated.
Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed rated San Bernardino County as a “very good” or “fairly good” place to live. The report noted that the quality-of-life question generally goes up or down with the state of the economy, and that air quality has “virtually dropped off the charts” as an issue among county residents.
The telephone survey questions 1,115 county residents, chosen randomly, regarding their opinions on the economy, crime, quality of life, private and public services, commuting and confidence in their elected officials.
Cal State San Bernardino, the Mojave Water Agency, Omnitrans and Rancho Cucamonga sponsored this year’s survey, according to the institute.
