blog post Most California Voters Say “We Know Best” By Mark Baldassare May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 ... A solid majority of likely voters think passing Prop 13 (property tax reform) turned out to be mostly a good thing for Californians. Mostly. a ...
Report Understanding the Effects of School Funding By Julien Lafortune May 18, 2022 A Brief History of School Funding in California. For most of California's history, public schools were locally funded—primarily through property taxes—with some ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Understanding the Effects of School Funding By Julien Lafortune, Stephanie Barton May 18, 2022 May 22, 2022 ... For decades, California funded public schools primarily through property taxes, with some state and federal aid—until the California Supreme ...
Report Setting the Stage for Universal Preschool By Laura Hill, Emmanuel Prunty May 9, 2022 May 22, 2022 ... ... the same is true for basic-aid districts, which are funded primarily through property taxes rather than the state funding formula.
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Setting the Stage for Universal Preschool By Laura Hill, Emmanuel Prunty, Vicki Hsieh May 9, 2022 May 22, 2022 ... The same is true for “basic aid” districts, which are funded primarily through property taxes rather than the state funding formula.
blog post Californians Sour on State and Local Tax System By Dean Bonner Apr 15, 2022 Apr 15, 2022 ... Record-high shares of Californians think that they pay more in taxes than they should—and that the state and local tax system is not fair.
blog post High Prices Causing Financial Hardships for Many Californians By Rachel Lawler Mar 29, 2022 Mar 29, 2022 ... The shares reporting serious hardship decline as education and income levels rise. The expanded federal child tax credit—a pandemic program that ...
Statewide Survey PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas Mar 23, 2022 Mar 11, 2022 ... If the 2022 election for the US House of Representatives were held today, 51 percent of ... Californians Sour on State and Local Tax System.
Report Equitable State Funding for School Facilities By Julien Lafortune, Niu Gao Mar 14, 2022 Most funding for California's K–12 facilities comes from local tax revenues, which depend on property wealth. State funding could potentially address wealth ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Equitable State Funding for School Facilities By Julien Lafortune, Niu Gao, Mary Severance Mar 14, 2022 ... comes mostly from local sources and depends on local property wealth. ... with smaller local tax bases and/or less ability to fund facility projects.