blog post Redistricting Opens New Opportunities for Communities of Color By Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch, Vicki Hsieh Oct 13, 2021 As California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission draws new political districts, how might the state’s increased diversity affect the racial/ethnic composition of the resulting districts?
blog post California’s Multilingual Population Is Driving TK–12 Enrollment Declines By Laura Hill, Julien Lafortune Jun 11, 2024 Amid ongoing overall enrollment declines in California's public school system, the trend for students who speak a language other than English at home is diverging from that for other students. This has significant implications for the funding and programs available to support English Learners.
blog post New Housing Fails to Make Up for Decades of Undersupply By Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch, Vicki Hsieh Dec 3, 2021 Recently released census data show how California’s new housing has fallen short of population growth over the past decade. While housing in coastal areas is the most expensive, the largest price increases have occurred in inland regions.
blog post New Census Data Sheds Light on California’s Changes By Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch, Vicki Hsieh Aug 17, 2021 The 2020 Census shows that California’s population—while increasing only a little—has become both more diverse and less rural in the past decade.
blog post Video: California’s Aging Population By Linda Strean Aug 13, 2015 How is California coping with the challenge of its growing and changing senior population? That was the question posed to a panel of experts at a PPIC event in Sacramento last week.
blog post Communicating to California’s Seniors about Coronavirus By Hans Johnson Mar 18, 2020 In California, protecting seniors from COVID-19 means conveying information in ways that can effectively reach a particularly diverse older population.
blog post Racial/Ethnic Differences in Who’s Leaving California By Eric McGhee Jun 8, 2022 The flow of Californians moving to other states has accelerated in recent years. Even within income groups, there are wide racial gaps in who’s exiting.
blog post Who Lives in California’s Nursing Homes? By Hans Johnson May 7, 2020 Nursing home residents—the overwhelming majority of whom are seniors—are less than 1% of the state’s population, but account for more than one-third of California’s COVID-19 deaths.
blog post Early Evidence of Shifts in Local Homeless Populations during the Pandemic By Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Joseph Herrera, Hans Johnson Jun 7, 2022 Recently released figures from several California counties suggest that some were able to reduce their unsheltered homeless populations by increasing capacity in hotel and motel rooms and other alternatives to large-group settings.
blog post What Lessons Can Be Learned from Project Roomkey? By Shannon McConville Dec 4, 2020 Project Roomkey has provided emergency housing to more than 22,000 people experiencing homelessness amid the pandemic. Examining its impact, including the wide variation across counties, can provide lessons for how California tackles homelessness over the long term.
