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Fact Sheet · October 2024

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Report · October 2024

Implementing California’s Universal Financial Aid Application Policy

Initial results of the new policy suggest that it will help boost college access among low-income, Latino, and other historically underrepresented Californians. School districts can address application barriers by prioritizing system-wide support, partnerships with community organizations, data sharing, and student incentives.

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Event · October 22, 2024

How Are Black and Latino Men Faring after Developmental Education Reform?

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Blog Post · October 10, 2024

Inflation Is Easing but How Are Californians Doing?

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Report · September 2024

Crime after Proposition 47 and the Pandemic

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Statewide Survey · September 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Report · August 2024

Pathways to College Completion in the San Joaquin Valley

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Statewide Survey · September 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Fact Sheet · September 2024

California’s Prison Population

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Report · September 2024

Crime after Proposition 47 and the Pandemic

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Fact Sheet · October 2024

California’s Economy

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

Income Inequality in California

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Report · April 2024

California’s Care Workforce

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Fact Sheet · September 2024

California’s Health Care Safety Net

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Statewide Survey · September 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Report · August 2024

Learning from CalFresh Pandemic Boosts

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Report · June 2024

California School Districts and the Emergency Connectivity Fund

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: California School Districts and the Emergency Connectivity Fund

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

California’s Digital Divide

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Statewide Survey · September 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Fact Sheet · August 2024

California Voter and Party Profiles

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Fact Sheet · August 2024

California’s Likely Voters

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

California’s Digital Divide

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Fact Sheet · March 2024

Rural California

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Report · February 2024

Labor Force Participation in California

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Report · October 2024

Implementing California’s Universal Financial Aid Application Policy

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Policy Brief · October 2024

Policy Brief: Implementing California’s Universal Financial Aid Application Policy

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Fact Sheet · September 2024

College Completion in California

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Statewide Survey · September 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Fact Sheet · August 2024

California Voter and Party Profiles

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Fact Sheet · August 2024

California’s Likely Voters

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: Drought and Groundwater Sustainability in California’s Farming Regions

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Fact Sheet · June 2024

Agricultural Land Use in California

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Report · June 2024

Replenishing Groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley: 2024 Update

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October 15, 2024

Hate Crimes Fell in California Last Year, but Religion-based Incidents Increased Sharply

Joseph Hayes, Andrew Skelton, Magnus Lofstrom

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October 14, 2024

Californians Trust Sacramento More than Washington

Lauren Mora

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October 10, 2024

Inflation Is Easing but How Are Californians Doing?

Sarah Bohn

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October 9, 2024

Who Is Switching Political Parties in California?

Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch

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October 8, 2024

Most Californians Favor Replacing Electoral College with a Popular Vote

Deja Thomas

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October 2024

California’s Economy

Jenny Duan, Sarah Bohn

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September 2024

California’s Health Care Safety Net

Shannon McConville, Shalini Mustala

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September 2024

California’s Prison Population

Heather Harris, Sean Cremin

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September 2024

College Completion in California

Cesar Alesi Perez, Selina Gomez

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August 2024

California Voter and Party Profiles

Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Lauren Mora, Deja Thomas

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August 2024

California’s Likely Voters

Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Lauren Mora, Deja Thomas

Featured Blog Post · September 13, 2024

How Has California’s K–12 Education Landscape Changed over the Past Thirty Years?

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Fact Cards

55% Most California adults favor providing health care to undocumented immigrants.
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About 2 in 3 Californians support the state making its own policies to address climate change.
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Safety net programs kept more than 14% of children out of poverty in early 2023.
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California added more than 5 million people since 1990, yet urban water use changed little.
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Gun incidents drove well over half of the rise in violent crime since 2019.
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77% Most Californians say housing affordability is a problem in their part of the state.
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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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In 2020, California lost population for the first time in state history.
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