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POLICY BRIEF · MAY 2022

Tracking Where Water Goes in a Changing Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

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Report · May 2022

Setting the Stage for Universal Preschool

As the state expands its Transitional Kindergarten program, one key issue is whether access will be equitable. While the current program serves many Dual Language Learners and Latino children, some other student groups appear underenrolled. Ensuring that all elementary schools and districts offer the program is critical to improve access going forward.

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A Broad Range of Californians Oppose Overturning Roe v. Wade

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Setting the Stage for Universal Preschool

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Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers

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Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers

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Equity in Voter Turnout after Pandemic Election Policy Changes

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Setting the Stage for Universal Preschool

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Community College Math in California’s New Era of Student Access

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Fact Cards

29% Share of K–12 students who lack reliable internet service at home.
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2 in 3 Californians support the state making its own policies to address global warming.
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90% Most Californians say housing affordability is a problem in their part of the state.
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66% Most California adults favor providing health care to undocumented immigrants.
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81% of registered California voters cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential election.
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Nearly 40% of California’s schoolchildren are either current or former English Learners.
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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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California’s prison population fell by 27,500 prisoners during the pandemic, or 7,500 more than any other state.
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