blog post How COVID-19 Could Deepen California’s Housing Crisis By Daniel Tan Aug 7, 2020 Increased unemployment due to the pandemic could boost the number of Californians at risk of being evicted from their home.
blog post Video: Tackling California’s Homelessness Crisis By Mary Severance Jun 24, 2020 Los Angeles County supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg talk with PPIC’s Mark Baldassare about addressing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
blog post Coping with COVID-19 in California’s Cities By Lori Pottinger Apr 14, 2020 California’s cities have taken bold actions to manage coronavirus. We talked to Carolyn Coleman of the League of California Cities about challenges the pandemic is bringing to cities large and small.
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.
Report Medi-Cal Expansion and Children’s Well-Being By Paulette Cha, Shannon McConville Nov 13, 2019 The Affordable Care Act allowed California to expand Medi-Cal to most low-income adults. Evidence indicates that access to health insurance improves the finances and behavioral health of adults—and that these improvements could benefit children.
blog post Reviving the Health Care Mandate: Who Pays? By Radhika Mehlotra, Shannon McConville Mar 5, 2019 As policymakers in California weigh implementing a state individual mandate, it's worth considering which Californians would bear the burden of the tax penalty and which would benefit.