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Achieving Universal Broadband in California

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Blog Post · March 1, 2023

As a Pandemic Medi-Cal Policy Ends, Some Californians Will Fall through the Cracks

On April 1, officials will restart regular Medi-Cal eligibility reviews that had been paused during the pandemic. While this change will reduce state General Fund spending on Medi-Cal, it will also result in some still-eligible individuals being disenrolled from the program.

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Report · March 2023

The Impact of Health Insurance on Poverty in California

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Explainer · March 2023

Is College Worth It?

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Policy Brief · March 2023

Policy Brief: Pandemic Changes to Medi-Cal and Implications for California’s Immigrant Farmworkers

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Policy Brief · February 2023

Policy Brief: The Future of Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley

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Fact Sheet · February 2023

Arrests in California

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Law Enforcement Staffing in California

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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Arrests in California

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Is College Worth It?

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Income Inequality in California

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Priorities for California’s Water

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Report · March 2023

The Impact of Health Insurance on Poverty in California

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Policy Brief · March 2023

Policy Brief: The Impact of Health Insurance on Poverty in California

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Policy Brief · March 2023

Policy Brief: Pandemic Changes to Medi-Cal and Implications for California’s Immigrant Farmworkers

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Report · March 2023

Achieving Universal Broadband in California

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Policy Brief · March 2023

Policy Brief: Achieving Universal Broadband in California

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Fact Sheet · September 2022

Financing California’s Public Schools

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Income Inequality in California

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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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Fact Sheet · March 2023

Income Inequality in California

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California’s Population

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Immigrants in California

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Is College Worth It?

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Report · November 2022

English as a Second Language at California’s Community Colleges

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

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Statewide Survey · February 2023

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being

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Statewide Survey · October 2022

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Policy Brief · February 2023

Policy Brief: The Future of Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley

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Water and Energy in California

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Priorities for California’s Water

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March 31, 2023

Declining Higher Education Enrollment Could Widen Inequality in California

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March 30, 2023

A Regional Look at California’s Latest Employment Trends

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March 29, 2023

Exploring the Spike in Chronic Absenteeism among K–12 Students

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March 28, 2023

Saving Precious Water in the Colorado River’s Upper Basin

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Income Inequality in California

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Arrests in California

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January 2023

California’s Population

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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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94% 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 nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools are “high need”—low-income, English Learner (EL), homeless, or foster youth.
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Safety net programs kept more than 19.7% of children out of poverty in fall 2021.
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In 2020, California lost population for the first time in state history.
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