blog post California Continues to Prioritize Water and Climate Programs Despite Budget Cuts By Gokce Sencan Sep 3, 2024 Historic budget surpluses in 2021 and 2022 allowed the Newsom administration to invest $16.3 billion in water and climate projects. Decreased tax revenues in the last two years have necessitated significant budget cuts, however—check out our detailed look at what’s changed.
blog post Californians Support Universal Preschool, but Take-up of Transitional Kindergarten Is Uneven By Deja Thomas, Laura Hill, Emmanuel Prunty, Maya Lawton Aug 6, 2024 Solid majorities of all Californians and public school parents support state funding of voluntary preschool programs such as transitional kindergarten (TK). Statewide TK enrollment has been increasing, but take-up rates have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.
blog post How Have California’s Water Issues Changed in the Past Thirty Years? By Sarah Bardeen, Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray Aug 5, 2024 PPIC drew its first breath thirty years ago—back when Ace of Base was topping the charts and the White House had launched its very first webpage. What has changed in California’s water in the past three decades? We sat down with our experts to find out.
blog post Video: Californians and the Environment By Stephanie Barton Jul 26, 2024 Researchers Lauren Mora and Deja Thomas discuss key findings from the latest PPIC Statewide Survey, which examines Californians’ views on climate change and its impacts as well as on potential strategies for addressing climate-related risks.
blog post Commentary: California’s Direct Democracy in Action—State Propositions on the November Ballot By Mark Baldassare Jul 24, 2024 Californians will vote on ten state propositions this November, on issues ranging from education to climate change to the definition of marriage. How did we get here? And what's at stake for California?
