With nearly 20 years experience working in photography, Jayson’s vision crafts authentic moments with real people. Jayson has won numerous awards, including the Crocker Kensley, and Smithsonian Magazines 6th annual photo contest, which went on to be displayed at the Smithsonian Castle. Jayson’s images have graced the pages of numerous national and local publications including, Oprah Magazine, Dwell, Hour Detroit, Sacramento Magazine, Runners World and Sunset books. Jayson’s true passion is helping others, with extensive experience working with major NGO and Non profits abroad, including The Make a Wish foundation and Oxfam India, The one foundation Thailand, and Peace Boat in Japan.
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![Kevin Carson, Northern California president, The New Home Co. Kevin Carson, Northern California president, The New Home Co.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0510.buyerswanted.jc_.jpg?1577874530)
Buyers Wanted
Land bargains dwindle as builders stock up for recovery
The credit crunch and a wave of foreclosures swept the Capital Region housing market like a wildfire, turning the landscape into a scorched ruin with many familiar features gone, including some well-known names in home building and residential development.
![Interstate 80 through Roseville during rush hour Interstate 80 through Roseville during rush hour](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0510.erhit_.jc_.jpg?1577874530)
Every Road Has Its Thorns
Transportation funding slows Placer projects
When the president announced his federal stimulus plan, jurisdictions across the nation crossed their fingers for funding, and Placer County got in line.
![Morgan Jones, shareholder, McDonough, Holland & Allen PC Morgan Jones, shareholder, McDonough, Holland & Allen PC](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0510.loanranger.jc_.jpg?1577874530)
The Loan Rangers
Attorneys see an upswing in loan workouts
As the economy continues to struggle, finance and banking lawyers across the country are seeing an increase in commercial loan workouts, which range from simple loan modifications to complicated bankruptcies.
![Markus and Liz Bokisch, owners, Bokisch Vineyards in Lodi. Markus and Liz Bokisch, owners, Bokisch Vineyards in Lodi.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/_mg_6314-1.jpg?1577874530)
For Richer, for Poorer
Couples make it work between the boardroom and the bedroom
Markus Bokisch has grown into the kind of man who doesn’t mind having his wife in his business. But it didn’t happen overnight.
![Lobbyist Bill Ceyer Associates Inc. wrote portions of the Williamson Act in the 1960s. Today, he's trying to save it. Lobbyist Bill Ceyer Associates Inc. wrote portions of the Williamson Act in the 1960s. Today, he's trying to save it.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/20100310-_mg_6645.jpg?1577874530)
Farm Aid
Is the Williamson Act the next state budget casualty
At age 45, the Williamson Act may be dying.
Designed to protect agricultural land from development, the
Williamson Act gives tax breaks to landowners to ease some of the
financial pressure to sell out. In an era of multibillion
At age 45, the Williamson Act may be dying.
Designed to protect agricultural land from development, the Williamson Act gives tax breaks to landowners to ease some of the financial pressure to sell out. In an era of multibillion
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Out of Pockets
City leaders urge communities to brace for this year's budget shortfalls
It’s no secret that city leaders have cut jobs, programs and services as quickly and responsibly as possible in response to economic malaise. But the numbers still fall short of filling growing budget gaps in jurisdictions across the region.
![Lonnie Rush is president and chief executive of Rush Capital management and the managing partner of RCM Partners Fund. He keeps costs down by working out of his Folsom home. Lonnie Rush is president and chief executive of Rush Capital management and the managing partner of RCM Partners Fund. He keeps costs down by working out of his Folsom home.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/lonnie-aa.jpg?1577874531)
Ticker Shock
The adviser-client relationship in this economy
Imagine for a moment that financial advisers and wealth managers were paid based on their performance. What if they couldn’t make money unless they made money for their clients?
![Andrew Cook, assistant manager, Utrecht Art Supplies Andrew Cook, assistant manager, Utrecht Art Supplies](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/_mg_4656-2.jpg?1577874530)
Browsers & Shoppers
Retailers check consumers' pulse with social media
As shopkeepers have done for thousands of years, Andrew Cook talks with his customers about what he ought to carry at the Utrecht Art Supplies store on Howe Avenue. The difference is that Cook, Utrecht’s assistant manager, holds the conversations on Facebook. The store had nearly 800 fans as of late November.
![The San Joaquin River at the Mossdale County Park near Manteca. The San Joaquin River at the Mossdale County Park near Manteca.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/27cm0713-2.jpg?1577874530)
What’s to Fallow
After Years of drought, the legislature's historic water deal is just the beginning
This is the final story in a four-part series on water. This month, we’ll wrap up by examining upcoming issues in 2010. Past installments of this series have explored water issues ranging from storage, conservation and desalination, to impacts of a peripheral canal on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
![Elk Slough, near the Delta town of Clarksburg Elk Slough, near the Delta town of Clarksburg](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/27cm0981-2.jpg?1577874530)
Peripheral Vision
Can state and federal officials agree on comprehensive reform before it's too late?
For centuries, the biggest environmental concern for most California water users was how to squeeze every last drop from nature. While a wet year might shift concerns to flood control, grab-as-grab-can gusto came back almost as soon as the waters receded. But that was then. Today, environmental concerns are center stage in the state’s ongoing effort to reform its water system.
![Alfalfa fields near the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Steamboat Slough. Alfalfa fields near the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Steamboat Slough.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/27cm0873.jpg?1577874530)
Spending Water Like Money
When conservation alone can't solve the state's water problems
For many environmentalists and residents of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the solution to California’s water supply sounds brilliant in its simplicity: Use less than we do now, particularly in areas of the state that have precious little of their own to begin with, thereby eliminating the need for spending billions of dollars on new water storage. But don’t try selling that idea to the bulk of California’s most powerful water stakeholders, many of whom contend that all the low-flow toilets and drip irrigation systems in the world won’t mean much without more dams and reservoirs to capture water during wet years and reap the benefits in dry times.
![The Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct (shown here near Westley in Stanislaus County) stretches about 400 miles, carrying water from Northern California to users in the south. The Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct (shown here near Westley in Stanislaus County) stretches about 400 miles, carrying water from Northern California to users in the south.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/27cm0805.jpg?1577874530)
Hydrating the System
The state's water woes and its faltering economy
Most recognized California as “the Golden State” long before lawmakers adopted the official nickname in 1968. But while California’s standing as the land of big ideas and golden opportunities is well-earned, so too is its recent reputation as a state in perpetual crisis. In few places is this more evident than the state’s ongoing debate over its aging and unsustainable water management system.
![Steve Currall, incoming dean of the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis Steve Currall, incoming dean of the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/27cm8290.jpg?1577874530)
Passing the Buck
Are MBA programs a beneficiary of a falling economy?
Many things can claim victim status in the wake of the current economy, but local MBA programs aren’t one of them.
Despite significant tuition costs, ranging from $12,000 to $40,000, MBA programs are at worst holding steady in enrollments, and many are actually enjoying surges — not just in applications but in qualified applications.
![Roseville flood plain manager Garth Gaylord. Roseville flood plain manager Garth Gaylord.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/27cm0816.jpg?1577874530)
High and Dry
A flood of opportunities in Roseville
Roseville, absent of levees and flood-prone rivers, is sitting high and dry — in a good way. With infrastructure spending on hold and flood protection requirements increasing, development in neighboring communities has stalled and the future remains uncertain.
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