Still, most economic trends are going agriculture's way in California.

So the trend goes on and students continue to suffer.

Yet this trend has been going on for two decades.

"We think this trend is only going to increase," he said.

"The trend is still going in the right direction," she said.

"The trend is going to be toward keeping them in their homes."

Some specialists are not sure how far that trend goes.

People meters are new and we know which way the trend is going.

"We are not sure if this trend is going to last forever."

But on the ground the trend has gone the other way.