Yes, so long as the liberal legislature keeps passing their environmental snake oil laws, the joblessness and poverty will continue.
I just heard yesterday that one of the Air Resources Boards is being fined millions of dollars by the feds for failing draconian pollution standards for (I think) two days. There is a Proposition of the ballot that would postpone implementation of more draconian measures. I expect it will go down to defeat. You can follow this link to learn more about it.
http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/jk2010.html