Fact Sheet Health Care Reform in California By Shannon McConville May 12, 2021 Coverage expansions under the Affordable Care Act likely kept many Californians insured in 2020.
Fact Sheet Immigrants and Education in California By Hans Johnson, Cesar Alesi Perez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia Mar 24, 2021 Educational attainment among California’s recent immigrants has risen markedly. Immigrants now make up 31% of California workers with at least a bachelor’s degree. However, immigrants also comprise an outsized share of workers with little formal education.
Report Employment Patterns for CalFresh Adults By Tess Thorman, Caroline Danielson Jul 13, 2022 CalFresh provides food assistance to about 4.5 million low-income Californians. While many adults who access CalFresh are working, their jobs may be temporary or unstable. Understanding changes in employment before, during, and after adults enroll in CalFresh can help policymakers and administrators better align the program with workers’ needs.
Report Improving College Pathways in California By Niu Gao, Hans Johnson Nov 27, 2017 Far too many California students are falling off the pathway to and through college. At current rates of high school and college completion, only about 30 percent of California 9th graders will earn a bachelor’s degree, a rate that is insufficient for an economy that increasingly demands more highly educated workers.
Report Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops By Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes, Brandon Martin, Deepak Premkumar Oct 10, 2022 Traffic stops have emerged as a key driver of racial disparities in law enforcement and an area of potential reform. Our new report examines whether certain types of traffic stops could be enforced in alternative ways that reduce racial disparities and risks to officers and civilians without jeopardizing public safety.
Occasional Paper, Report Welfare and Poverty Trends in California Apr 12, 2002 Prepared for a briefing on welfare reauthorization on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., April 12, 2002.
California Counts, Report Latinos and Racial Identification in California By Sonya Tafoya May 20, 2003 Explores how Latinos respond to the racial categories used by the U.S. Census. Maintains that these responses have fashioned the "some other race" residual category into a de facto Latino racial category.
California Counts, Report Trends in Family and Household Poverty By Sonya Tafoya, Hans Johnson May 1, 2000 Examines differences between California's and the nation's poverty rates. Attributes higher rates in California to the growing proportion of households headed by less-educated, often immigrant, adults.
