blog post COVID-19’s Toll on Mental Health By Daniel Tan Sep 11, 2020 The ongoing pandemic poses a number of mental health challenges, with more Californians reporting anxiety, worry, and other symptoms in recent months.
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 Shorter Timeline Threatens Census Count By Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch Aug 11, 2020 As the in-person follow-up phase of Census 2020 gets underway, COVID-19 and an earlier-than-expected deadline pose challenges for ensuring a complete count.
blog post Lack of Plumbing Makes Fighting COVID-19 Difficult By Paulette Cha Jul 8, 2020 For some Californians, lack of reliable access to running water is a barrier to regular handwashing and other means of reducing coronavirus spread.
press release Prop 47 Has Reduced Racial Disparities in Arrests and Bookings in California, but Serious Inequities Remain Jun 23, 2020
blog post Census Responses Lagging during COVID-19 By Sarah Bohn, Courtney Lee, Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch Jun 11, 2020 California’s self-response rate so far on the 2020 Census is lower than ten years ago, but it is slightly higher than for the nation as a whole.
blog post Video: A Conversation with Secretary of State Alex Padilla By Mary Severance Jun 10, 2020 Secretary of State Padilla talks with PPIC’s Mark Baldassare about addressing racial discrimination and discusses conducting a census count and an election during COVID-19.
blog post The Economic Toll of COVID-19 on Small Business By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune May 19, 2020 With many small businesses closing, laying off employees, or reducing workers’ hours, policy efforts that support these businesses will be important for California’s economic recovery.
blog post Counting Californians and Holding Elections in a Pandemic By Lori Pottinger Apr 1, 2020 For Census Day, we talked to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla about challenges the COVID-19 pandemic brings to counting Californians for Census 2020 as well as to holding elections in November.
blog post COVID-19 and California’s Census Count By Eric McGhee Mar 24, 2020 With the census just underway, how might the challenges presented by COVID-19 affect California’s ability to ensure a complete count?
