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PPIC STATEWIDE SURVEY JUNE 2023

Economic Conditions Are the Top Issue for Californians

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Fact Sheet · May 2023

California’s Health Care Safety Net

Millions of low-income Californians rely on the health care safety net. More than 15 million are enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program; about 3 million are uninsured. Core providers—including county hospitals, health clinics, and emergency departments—treat patients regardless of their ability to pay or their immigration status.

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Blog Post · June 6, 2023

Californians Want Referendum Reforms

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Report · April 2023

Pandemic Policymaking and Changed Outcomes in Criminal Courts

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Explainer · March 2023

Is College Worth It?

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Report · April 2023

Pandemic Policymaking and Changed Outcomes in Criminal Courts

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Policy Brief · April 2023

Policy Brief: Pandemic Policymaking and Changed Outcomes in Criminal Courts

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Explainer · March 2023

Is College Worth It?

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Fact Sheet · March 2023

Income Inequality in California

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Fact Sheet · May 2023

California’s Health Care Safety Net

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Fact Sheet · May 2023

California’s Cash-Based Safety Net

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Fact Sheet · April 2023

California’s Nutrition Safety Net

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Report · March 2023

Achieving Universal Broadband in California

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Policy Brief · March 2023

Policy Brief: Achieving Universal Broadband in California

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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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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Statewide Survey · June 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Fact Sheet · March 2023

Income Inequality in California

Fact Sheet · January 2023

California’s Population

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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 · June 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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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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Fact Sheet · April 2023

Water Use in California

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Fact Sheet · April 2023

Water Use in California’s Agriculture

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Fact Sheet · April 2023

Water Use in California’s Communities

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June 5, 2023

Californians’ Racial Attitudes and the Reparations Task Force

Mark Baldassare

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June 5, 2023

Restoring Rivers, Restoring Community

Sarah Bardeen, Gokce Sencan

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May 31, 2023

Video: A Conversation with California Attorney General Rob Bonta

Stephanie Barton

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May 30, 2023

A Conversation about Flood Risk with Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara

Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen

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Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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May 2023

California’s Health Care Safety Net

Shannon McConville, Shalini Mustala

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May 2023

California’s Cash-Based Safety Net

Caroline Danielson

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April 2023

California’s Nutrition Safety Net

Tess Thorman, Patricia Malagon

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April 2023

Water Use in California

Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Caitlin Peterson

Featured Fact Sheet · January 2023

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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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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