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FACT SHEET · MAY 2023

California’s Health Care Safety Net

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Blog Post · May 23, 2023

College Gender Gap Starts Early and Extends across Races

Along every step of the educational pathway from 9th grade to college completion, women fare better than men. The college gender gap has far-reaching consequences for young men’s economic prospects, especially for those from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.

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Report · April 2023

Pandemic Policymaking and Changed Outcomes in Criminal Courts

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Report · March 2023

Achieving Universal Broadband in California

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Is College Worth It?

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Pandemic Policymaking and Changed Outcomes in Criminal Courts

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Policy Brief: Pandemic Policymaking and Changed Outcomes in Criminal Courts

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Arrests in California

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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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Fact Sheet · May 2023

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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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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Financing California’s Public Schools

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Fact Sheet · March 2023

Income Inequality in California

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Statewide Survey · February 2023

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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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Fact Sheet · January 2023

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

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Statewide Survey · October 2022

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Fact Sheet · April 2023

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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Restoring Rivers, Restoring Community

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May 31, 2023

Video: A Conversation with California Attorney General Rob Bonta

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A Conversation about Flood Risk with Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara

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May 2023

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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Water Use in California

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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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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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