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EXPLAINER · MARCH 2023

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Fact Sheet · March 2023

Income Inequality in California

Top incomes in California have soared over recent decades while bottom incomes have faltered, contributing to one of the largest income gaps in the nation. Without tax and safety net programs, income inequality would be greater.

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The Impact of Health Insurance on Poverty in California

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Report · February 2023

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Policy Brief · February 2023

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

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Statewide Survey · February 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Arrests in California

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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Arrests in California

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Explainer · March 2023

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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Income Inequality in California

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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Arrests in California

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Policy Brief · February 2023

Policy Brief: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Arrests in California

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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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Fact Sheet · March 2023

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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Explainer · March 2023

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 · November 2022

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

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Statewide Survey · February 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Statewide Survey · November 2022

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being

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Statewide Survey · October 2022

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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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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Report · November 2022

Priorities for California’s Water

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March 20, 2023

Sites Reservoir’s Novel Approach to Storing Water for the Environment

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March 17, 2023

Video: Women in California’s Legislature

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March 16, 2023

California’s Leading Role in Providing Criminal Defense to the Poor

Heather Harris

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March 15, 2023

Testimony: Assessing the Pandemic’s Effects on Student Learning, Absenteeism, and Graduation

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Californians Fear Being a Victim of Crime, and Some Have Been Victims of Racial Profiling

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March 2023

Income Inequality in California

Tess Thorman, Daniel Payares-Montoya, Joseph Herrera

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February 2023

Arrests in California

Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes, Brandon Martin, Andrew Skelton

January 2023

California’s Population

Hans Johnson, Eric McGhee, Marisol Cuellar Mejia

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January 2023

Immigrants in California

Cesar Alesi Perez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Hans Johnson

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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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