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PPIC STATEWIDE SURVEY · FEBRUARY 2023

The Economy and Homelessness Are the Top Issues for Californians This Year

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Blog Post · February 2, 2023

Police Use of Force and Racial Disparities during Traffic Stops

PPIC research has found notable racial disparities in traffic stops—in both the likelihood of being stopped and the likelihood of a search, enforcement, intrusiveness, and/or use of force during that stop.

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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Arrests in California

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California’s Plunging Birth Rates

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Statewide Survey · February 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Report · November 2022

COVID-19 Emergency Funding and California’s Higher Education Systems

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Report · November 2022

Priorities for California’s Water

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Report · October 2022

Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops

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Policy Brief · October 2022

Policy Brief: Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops

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Fact Sheet · October 2022

Crime Trends in California

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Report · November 2022

Priorities for California’s Water

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Statewide Survey · October 2022

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Priorities for California’s Water

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Statewide Survey · October 2022

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Fact Sheet · September 2022

Financing California’s Public Schools

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Report · June 2022

The Impact of COVID-19 on Science Education

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Policy Brief · June 2022

Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Science Education

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Statewide Survey · February 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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California’s Population

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Statewide Survey · November 2022

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California’s Population

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Fact Sheet · January 2023

Immigrants in California

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Fact Sheet · October 2022

Poverty in California

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Report · November 2022

English as a Second Language at California’s Community Colleges

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Policy Brief · November 2022

Policy Brief: English as a Second Language at California’s Community Colleges

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Report · November 2022

COVID-19 Emergency Funding and California’s Higher Education Systems

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Statewide Survey · February 2023

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Statewide Survey · October 2022

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Water and Energy in California

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Report · November 2022

Priorities for California’s Water

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Report · October 2022

Solar Energy and Groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley

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February 2, 2023

Police Use of Force and Racial Disparities during Traffic Stops

Deepak Premkumar, Magnus Lofstrom, Andrew Skelton

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February 1, 2023

Redistricting and the Changing Demographics of the California Legislature

Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch

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January 30, 2023

California’s Highly Educated Immigrants

Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Cesar Alesi Perez, Hans Johnson

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January 27, 2023

COVID-19’s Sobering Effect on Life Expectancy

Hans Johnson, Eric McGhee

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January 26, 2023

California’s Plunging Birth Rates

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California’s Population

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January 2023

Immigrants in California

Cesar Alesi Perez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Hans Johnson

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December 2022

Water and Energy in California

Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan, Andrew Ayres

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Crime Trends in California

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Poverty in California

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What’s Next for Higher Education in 2023?

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Fact Cards

2 in 3 Californians support the state making its own policies to address climate change.
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California added more than 10 million people since 1990, yet urban water use changed little.
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Gun deaths drove California’s largest-ever rise in homicides.
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89% Most Californians say housing affordability is a problem in their part of the state.
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Democrats are the largest block of registered voters by party.
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66% Most California adults favor providing health care to undocumented immigrants.
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Schools were a key source of food for low-income families despite closures during the pandemic.
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A majority of the 6 million students in California’s public schools are “high need”—low-income, English Learner (EL), or foster youth.
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Safety net programs kept more than 12% of children out of poverty in 2018.
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In 2021, California lost population for the first time in state history.
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