@jonlan

Business Columnist for O.C. Register/Southern California News Group.

 Orange County, CA
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Joined April 2008
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California layoffs drop as job growth outperforms US ocregister.com/2026/09/28/ca…

California layoffs drop as job growth outperforms US

Announced layoffs in California are running 8% below 2025’s pace. Workers in those layoffs fell by 11%.

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Retail apocalypse? California has more shopping spots than ever ocregister.com/2026/09/15/re…

Retail apocalypse? California has more shopping spots than ever

Between 2020 and 2025 – pandemic lockdowns and all – California built 8 million more square feet of retail space than it tore down, CoStar stats show.

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Is a wrecking ball in Angel Stadium’s future? ocregister.com/2026/09/14/is…

Is a wrecking ball in Angel Stadium’s future?

Change has been a common theme throughout the city-owned baseball facility’s six decades in Anaheim.

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Irvine Co. pivots to lower prices in plan to convert golf course to housing ocregister.com/2026/09/03/ir…

Irvine Co. pivots to lower-priced homes in plan to convert golf course to housing

A new plan for the Oak Creek Gold Club site contains 2,400 homes vs. 3,100 previously.

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How California’s economy is outpacing the nation in 2026 ocregister.com/2026/08/31/ho…

How California’s economy is outpacing the nation in 2026

This year has been an against-the-grain result as California’s business climate has historically suffered when the national picture is dreary.

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OC has 62 million-dollar ZIPs. Is yours on the list? ocregister.com/2026/08/29/oc…

OC has 62 million-dollar ZIPs. Is yours on the list?

Seven-figure ZIPs accounted for 80% of countywide sales.

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Are malls dead? No, they’re a top investment ocregister.com/2026/08/20/ar…

Are malls dead? No, they’re a top investment

Green Street says mall values rose 12% in the past year – the top result among the 12 niches tracked.

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Apartments are real estate’s worst investment in past year ocregister.com/2026/08/16/ap…

Apartments are real estate’s worst investment in past year

Apartment values were flat in the year ending in July, Green Street’s only commercial real estate niche that saw no value gain.

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Southern California inflation has cooled, but not enough ocregister.com/2026/08/14/so…

Southern California inflation has cooled, but not enough

Local prices are up 28% over the past five and a half years. Wages? Up 31%.

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California ranks as nation’s 15th best business climate. Who’s No. 1? ocregister.com/2026/07/22/ca…

California ranks as nation’s 15th best business climate. Who’s No. 1?

Even with all the grumbling about its economic environment, the state’s economy keeps outperforming the critics.

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Mapped: Southern California’s best cities for 1st-time homebuyers ocregister.com/2026/07/20/ma…

Map: Southern California’s best cities for first-time homebuyers

Southern California has 37 cities with the worst odds in the U.S. of joining the ownership crowd.

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California remains world’s No. 4 economy – barely ocregister.com/2026/07/18/ca…

California remains world’s No. 4 economy – barely

Just $250 billion of business output – a 6% gap – separates California and Japan, Great Britain and India for the No. 4 spot.

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Southern California job creation 56% below average: 11 trends to watch ocregister.com/2026/07/18/so…

Southern California job creation 56% below average: 11 trends to watch

Local bosses added 37,100 over 12 months, just, 0.4% growth, to a record-high 9.93 million.

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California home prices must fall for sales crash to end ocregister.com/2026/07/13/ca…

California home prices must fall for sales crash to end

California homebuying has been below average since November 2022.

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US home sales pace nears an 11-year low ocregister.com/2026/07/11/us…

US home sales pace nears an 11-year low

U.S. homebuying has slumped to its slowest pace since June 2015, with annual sales at a 4.1 million rate, 6% below the 22‑year average.

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Rents drop in 60% of Southern California. Where are the big discounts? ocregister.com/2026/07/11/re…

Rents drop in 60% of Southern California. Where are the big discounts?

Landlords trimmed rents in 32 out of 53 cities, or 60%. Rents rose in 20 cities and were unchanged in one.

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SCNG is honored to be recognized as a finalist for the @PulitzerPrizes in Breaking News Reporting for our coverage of the Eaton and Palisades fires. Congratulations to the entire news staff for this well-deserved recognition. Read more: pasadenastarnews.com/2026/05…
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Our @jonlan reports on another victim of the green-vehicle slump, as a Jurupa Valley bus factory responsible for providing low- and zero-emission vehicles for various communities shuts down, taking 425 jobs with it. pressenterprise.com/2024/02/…

Jurupa Valley bus factory shuts, 425 jobs lost, latest victim of green-vehicle slump

The ENC bus business and its plant in Jurupa Valley will close by year’s end.

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Wow! "Arizona attorney general sues RealPage, landlords; accuses them of conspiring to illegally raise rents" azfamily.com/2024/02/28/ariz…

Arizona attorney general sues RealPage, landlords; accuses them of conspiring to illegally raise...

The suit alleges that landlords conspired with RealPage and used that information to conduct a price-fixing conspiracy.

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A terrific player, teammate and person from the moment he arrived in Anaheim. Thank you for everything, JD. Best of luck to you in Philly.
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