Unemployment has gone up on the Central and South Coasts for the first time in months.
In Ventura County, the jobless rate went from 2.7% in May to 3.2% last month. Santa Barbara County went from 2.4% to 2.8%. And, San Luis Obispo County has also seen a month-to-month unemployment hike, moving from 2.1% of May to 2.6% in June.
The numbers had been dropping steadily for months to pre-pandemic levels.
Statewide, unemployment continued its downward trend, dropping down a percentage point from 4.3% to 4.2%.
