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Blog Post · September 9, 2024

California’s Changing Political Landscape and the 2024 Election

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Blog Post · September 10, 2024

Inspiring California’s Youth through Civic Education

PPIC president and CEO Tani Cantil-Sakauye reflects on the key role that civic education plays in helping young people to understand how government works, develop critical thinking skills, and engage in the political process.

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Event · September 13, 2024

Crime after Proposition 47 and the Pandemic

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Fact Sheet · August 2024

California Voter and Party Profiles

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Report · August 2024

Learning from CalFresh Pandemic Boosts

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Report · August 2024

Pathways to College Completion in the San Joaquin Valley

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Statewide Survey · July 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment

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Report · June 2024

California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

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Fact Sheet · January 2024

Arrests in California

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

Income Inequality in California

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Report · April 2024

California’s Care Workforce

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Policy Brief · April 2024

Policy Brief: California’s Care Workforce

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Report · August 2024

Learning from CalFresh Pandemic Boosts

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Policy Brief · August 2024

Policy Brief: Learning from CalFresh Pandemic Boosts

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Fact Sheet · July 2024

Public Health Insurance in California

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Report · June 2024

California School Districts and the Emergency Connectivity Fund

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: California School Districts and the Emergency Connectivity Fund

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

California’s Digital Divide

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Fact Sheet · August 2024

California Voter and Party Profiles

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Fact Sheet · August 2024

California’s Likely Voters

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Statewide Survey · July 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

California’s Digital Divide

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Fact Sheet · March 2024

Rural California

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Report · February 2024

Labor Force Participation in California

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Report · August 2024

Pathways to College Completion in the San Joaquin Valley

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Policy Brief · August 2024

Policy Brief: Pathways to College Completion in the San Joaquin Valley

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Report · June 2024

The Future of Higher Education Enrollment in California

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Fact Sheet · August 2024

California Voter and Party Profiles

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Fact Sheet · August 2024

California’s Likely Voters

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Statewide Survey · July 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: Drought and Groundwater Sustainability in California’s Farming Regions

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Fact Sheet · June 2024

Agricultural Land Use in California

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Report · June 2024

Replenishing Groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley: 2024 Update

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September 10, 2024

Inspiring California’s Youth through Civic Education

Tani Cantil-Sakauye

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September 9, 2024

California’s Changing Political Landscape and the 2024 Election

Mark Baldassare

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September 5, 2024

More Wildfire Smoke, More Concerns for Students

Shalini Mustala, Paulette Cha

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September 4, 2024

Promoting Labor Force Opportunities for California’s Latina Population

Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Sarah Bohn, Julien Lafortune

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Crime after Proposition 47 and the Pandemic

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August 2024

California Voter and Party Profiles

Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Lauren Mora, Deja Thomas

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August 2024

California’s Likely Voters

Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Lauren Mora, Deja Thomas

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July 2024

Public Health Insurance in California

Shalini Mustala, Paulette Cha

Featured Blog Post · July 30, 2024

Job Growth Trends Have Diverged across California’s Regions

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Fact Cards

55% Most California adults favor providing health care to undocumented immigrants.
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About 2 in 3 Californians support the state making its own policies to address climate change.
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Safety net programs kept more than 14% of children out of poverty in early 2023.
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California added more than 5 million people since 1990, yet urban water use changed little.
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Gun incidents drove well over half of the rise in violent crime since 2019.
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77% Most Californians say housing affordability is a problem in their part of the state.
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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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In 2020, California lost population for the first time in state history.
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