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PPIC STATEWIDE SURVEY · SEPTEMBER 2023

Almost 9 in 10 Californians Say There Is a Mental Health Crisis in the US

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Report · September 2023

Are Younger Generations Committing Less Crime?

Among Californians born in 1993 and later, criminal offending has fallen 20 to 25 percent compared to previous generations. This shift in longstanding trends is a driving factor behind the overall decline in crime over the last decades and has several broader implications for the criminal justice system.

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Are Younger Generations Committing Less Crime?

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Report · September 2023

Managing Water and Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley

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Report · September 2023

Are Younger Generations Committing Less Crime?

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Report · September 2023

Managing Water and Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley

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Statewide Survey · September 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Are Younger Generations Committing Less Crime?

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Policy Brief: Are Younger Generations Committing Less Crime?

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Managing Water and Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley

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Policy Brief · July 2023

Policy Brief: Tracking CalFresh Participation among Young Children

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California’s Health Care Safety Net

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Fact Sheet · May 2023

California’s Cash-Based Safety Net

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Report · September 2023

Examining the Reach of Targeted School Funding

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Policy Brief · September 2023

Policy Brief: Examining the Reach of Targeted School Funding

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Report · August 2023

Improving College Access and Success through Dual Enrollment

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Statewide Survey · September 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Fact Sheet · August 2023

California’s Likely Voters

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Fact Sheet · August 2023

California Voter and Party Profiles

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Statewide Survey · July 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment

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California’s Digital Divide

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Statewide Survey · June 2023

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Report · September 2023

Examining the Reach of Targeted School Funding

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Policy Brief · September 2023

Policy Brief: Examining the Reach of Targeted School Funding

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Strengthening California’s Transfer Pathway

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Statewide Survey · September 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Managing Water and Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley

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Water Use in California

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Fact Sheet · April 2023

Water Use in California’s Agriculture

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September 28, 2023

Tuition at CSU and UC Is Growing—but So Is Aid

Jacob Jackson

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The Weird Weather of 2023: Better Get Used to It

Jeffrey Mount, Gokce Sencan, Michael Dettinger

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September 26, 2023

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September 26, 2023

Commentary: Water-use Challenges Affecting Farmers Means Reinventing the San Joaquin Valley

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September 25, 2023

Gun Incidents Drive a Climb in Violent Crime Rates

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Income Inequality in California

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Featured Fact Sheet · January 2023

California’s Population

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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 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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