Russ Betts Show -April 19, 2020, Hour 2

Russ Betts Show

19-04-2020 • 8 Min.

A drive off Hwy 111 from Indio to Palm Springs shows very different Covid lock down scenario. Indio at one end is a buzz with retail activity. Palm Springs is a near ghost town with its two main boulevards shuttered and its shopping center parking lots empty. It is have a toll on unemployment. Russ has the early numbers show how much unemployment has jumped in each city. Some cities are already making budget cuts. It won't be pretty. Sacramento, California is taking a $90 million budget hit. Russ covers what cities must do to get ahead of the financial hit coming to all of them due to Covid economic shutdowns.