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FACT SHEET · JUNE 2023

Student Loan Debt in California

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

Californians name economic conditions, homelessness, and housing as the most important issues facing the state today. A majority of Californians favor changing state environmental regulations as a way to increase housing affordability.

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Pandemic Policymaking and Changed Outcomes in Criminal Courts

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Pandemic Policymaking and Changed Outcomes in Criminal Courts

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Income Inequality in California

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California’s Health Care Safety Net

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California’s Cash-Based Safety Net

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California’s Nutrition Safety Net

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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 · June 2023

Student Loan Debt in California

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

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Income Inequality in California

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

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Income Inequality in California

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Student Loan Debt in California

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English as a Second Language at California’s Community Colleges

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

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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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Water Use in California

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Water Use in California’s Agriculture

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Water Use in California’s Communities

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Immigrants in California

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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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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 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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