Fact Sheet California’s Businesses By Shannon McConville, Jane Sawerengera, Sarah Bohn Jan 26, 2024 Most California businesses are small, and most Californians are employed by small businesses. About 28% of the state’s businesses are family owned. Business ownership does not mirror California’s demographic makeup.
Report California’s Future By Ellen Hanak, Laura Hill, Hans Johnson, Caroline Danielson ... Jan 15, 2021 This multi-topic publication highlights the state’s most pressing long-term policy challenges in several key areas: criminal justice, economy, education, safety net, and water and a changing climate.
California Counts, Report California’s Newest Neighborhoods By Joseph Hayes, Hans Johnson Aug 20, 2003 Examines the characteristics of California's newest residential developments -- those created in the 1990s. Documents number of developments, locations and growth patterns, type of housing, household demographics, traffic and commutes, and regional variations.
Fact Sheet Poverty in California By Sarah Bohn, Caroline Danielson, Sara Kimberlin, Patricia Malagon Oct 18, 2023 With the end of many pandemic relief programs, poverty rates—especially for children—have gone up in the last two years.
Report California’s Care Workforce By Shannon McConville, Daniel Payares-Montoya, Sarah Bohn Apr 3, 2024 State master plans on the aging population and early learning and care have prioritized workforce expansion and career pathways for care workers who provide key services to young children, older residents, and people with disabilities. A new report outlines current realities and highlights challenges and opportunities in growing this critical workforce.
Fact Sheet Income Inequality in California By Tess Thorman, Daniel Payares-Montoya Apr 17, 2024 California’s income gap narrowed in 2022, but the disparity between high and low incomes is wider in California than in most other states. Over the longer term, income inequality has been driven by earnings growth among college-educated workers.
Report Subsidizing Redevelopment in California By Michael Dardia Feb 1, 1998 In California, redevelopment agencies (RDAs) receive about 8 percent of the property taxes collected in the state annually—a percentage that amounted to 1.5 billion in 1993-1994. In a state where local governments are severely constrained by tax limits, this allotment of tax revenues to RDAs has become a matter of intense policy debate. The rationale for the RDAs receiving the property tax revenues is that the agencies’ improvements in the redevelopment area lead to increases in property tax assessments. However, other forces could be contributing to a general rise in local real estate values. The volume explores the purposes of RDAs, their incentives, and how they operate. To illuminate the policy debate, it focuses primarily on the tax revenue issues, estimating for the first time how much of the tax revenue RDAs receive is actually the result of their effect on property values.
