blog post What Does the Federal Infrastructure Bill Mean for California Workers? By Sarah Bohn, Shannon McConville, Daniel Payares-Montoya Nov 9, 2021 Federal infrastructure dollars are likely to spur economic activity across the state, and some of the newly created jobs could promote economic mobility among workers with lower levels of education.
blog post Tourism and Logistics Shape Southern California’s Pandemic Economy By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Apr 28, 2021 The labor market weakened in major Southern California metros when leisure and hospitality businesses closed. But these job losses have been offset by growth in transportation and warehousing, especially in the Inland Empire.
Fact Sheet Race and Voting in California By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Alyssa Dykman, Rachel Lawler Sep 2, 2020 Latinos, Asian Americans, and African Americans are less likely to vote than whites.
blog post The Virus Detectives: Tracking COVID-19 in Bay Area Wastewater By Lori Pottinger Aug 3, 2020 Public health officials are struggling to keep up with testing and monitoring of COVID-19. Wastewater can provide a window into outbreaks. We talked to Eileen White of EBMUD about the agency’s role in tracking the spread of the virus.
blog post How Will the Coronavirus Affect California’s Economy? By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Mar 20, 2020 As Californians limit their daily activities to slow the spread of COVID-19, the state's economy is poised to take a major hit. The effects are expected to be particularly large among certain occupations and regions.
page COVID-19 Mar 1, 2020 The coronavirus outbreak poses a tremendous challenge to California, the nation, and the global community. PPIC’s analyses examine the impacts of COVID-19 and how policy choices and other actions can help address them.
blog post 2020 Census: Counting the Central Coast By Tess Thorman, Vicki Hsieh, Sarah Bohn Oct 31, 2018 California's Central Coast is home to more than 2 million people, and Monterey, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties will have some of the hardest areas to count in the 2020 Census.
press release Economic Recovery Task Force Calls on State’s Leaders To Act with Unity, Urgency on a Plan For Federal Dollars Jan 6, 2009
Report Protecting the Nation’s Seaports: Balancing Security and Cost By Ernesto Vilchis, Jon D. Haveman, Howard J. Shatz, Stephen S. Cohen ... Jun 27, 2006 Protecting the Nation’s Seaports: Balancing Security and Cost examines in detail the full dimensions of the task of port security, including the effectiveness of measures undertaken so far, and the costs to the nation—both of implementing adequate port security, and of failing to do so. Jon D. Haveman and Howard J. Shatz, research fellows at PPIC, teamed with an array of experts on maritime security for this broad overview of port security issues that includes projections of the effects on the national economy of a successful port attack, the private sector implications of improving port security, a first-hand account of the considerable bureaucratic challenges that still must be overcome to strengthen individual ports, and guidelines for financing future port security efforts.
