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Fact Sheet · November 2023

Financing California’s Public Schools

K–12 funding has been at record-high levels in recent years, and California’s per student spending is now slightly above the national average. Spending is higher for low-income students, English Learners, and foster youth. However, enrollment declines, rising costs, and the expiration of pandemic funding pose fiscal challenges for school districts.

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Event · December 14, 2023

Factors and Future Projections for K–12 Declining Enrollment

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College Access in California

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Statewide Survey · December 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Report · November 2023

Priorities for California’s Water

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Report · November 2023

Understanding the Reach of the California Earned Income Tax Credit

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Fact Sheet · October 2023

Crime Trends in California

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Report · September 2023

Are Younger Generations Committing Less Crime?

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Policy Brief · September 2023

Policy Brief: Are Younger Generations Committing Less Crime?

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Statewide Survey · December 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being

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Priorities for California’s Water

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Understanding the Reach of the California Earned Income Tax Credit

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Policy Brief: Understanding the Reach of the California Earned Income Tax Credit

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Statewide Survey · November 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being

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Fact Sheet · November 2023

Financing California’s Public Schools

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Report · October 2023

Tracking Progress in Community College Access and Success

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Policy Brief · October 2023

Policy Brief: Tracking Progress in Community College Access and Success

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Statewide Survey · December 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Statewide Survey · November 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being

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Statewide Survey · September 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Statewide Survey · November 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being

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Fact Sheet · October 2023

Poverty in California

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Fact Sheet · October 2023

The Working Poor in California

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Fact Sheet · December 2023

College Access in California

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Fact Sheet · December 2023

College Readiness in California

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Report · October 2023

Tracking Progress in Community College Access and Success

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Statewide Survey · December 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being

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Priorities for California’s Water

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Report · September 2023

Managing Water and Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley

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Water Use in California

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New Progress in California Water Rights Reform

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College Access in California

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Financing California’s Public Schools

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Fact Cards

About 2 in 3 Californians support the state making its own policies to address climate change.
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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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94% Most Californians say housing affordability is a problem in their part of the state.
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Party registration sept 2023 Democrats are the largest block of registered voters by party.
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55% 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 14% of children out of poverty in early 2023.
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In 2020, California lost population for the first time in state history.
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