http://www.carealestatejournal.com/newswire/index.cfm?sid=&tkn=&eid=902941&evid=1

Watch this video that announces the President’s financial commitment to high-speed transportation projects in the United States.

He specifically mentions California’s plans to connect inland areas with the larger cities with high-speed trains that travel up to 220 MPH.

This would put the commute time from the Antelope Valley to downtown Los Angeles at 22 minutes!

High speed transportation has shown explosive growth to take place along its route.

http://www.theentrustgroup.com/elc/knowledge/article/3/265/

http://bulletin.aarp.org/opinions/fromtheeditor/articles/time_for_a_new_financial_game_plan.html

The Employee Benefit Research Institute found that the percentage of those “very confident” of a financially secure retirement has dropped from 41 percent in 2007 to 13 percent today.

This is no surprise, with the stock market down 45% from October 2007. That’s a $7 billion loss in value, $5 billion of that seen by those age 50 and older.

Relying strictly on the stock market for retirement planning hasn’t proved beneficial — go back to the basics and include some hard assets in your retirement plans.

http://www.scag.ca.gov/census/

How much has Southern California grown since the last census?

Since the 1990 Census, the Southern California region has grown from 14.6 million to 16.5 million. An increase of 12.81%. All of the counties in the SCAG region experienced a growth of at least 12% with the exception of Los Angeles County, which grew by 7.4%. In absolute numbers L.A. County grew by 656,286 which was the highest increase in the state.

Do these numbers indicate that growth rates throughout the state are generally consistent?

The growth rates across the state ranged from a decrease of 2.4 % in Modoc County to an increase of 45.1% in San Benito County. However, the greatest increases continued to be in the Inland Empire and the Central Valley. These areas grew at a higher rate than the remaining portions of the state. The Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) added over 666,000 persons between 1990 and 2000. The increase is comparable to the entire population of Kern County.

Which areas of the region saw the most explosive growth?

The Inland Empire continued to grow at the highest rate both in the SCAG region and statewide. In Imperial County the City of Calipatria grew 171% between 1990 and 2000, with the increase primarily the result of the opening of a prison facility within the city. In Los Angeles County the city with largest percent increase was Lancaster. Orange County’s fastest growing city was Tustin at 33.2%. Riverside County’s fastest growing city was La Quinta with a growth of 111%, which was similar to the growth rate of Adelanto (113%) in San Bernardino County. Ventura County’s fastest growth city was Moorpark at 23.2%

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