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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas

California’s AAPI Community
Eric McGhee
Statewide Survey: Californians and Education

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas

Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers
Paulette Cha

Policy Brief: Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers
Paulette Cha, Stephanie Barton

Video: COVID in California—What Have We Learned about the Economy?
Vicki Hsieh

Video: Two Years of COVID in California
Ashlyn Perri

How Did the Pandemic Transform California’s Safety Net?
Caroline Danielson

Ukrainian Immigrants in California
Hans Johnson

Medi-Cal Expansion Has Reduced Financial Barriers to Needed Health Care
Paulette Cha

California’s Population
Hans Johnson, Eric McGhee, Marisol Cuellar Mejia

California’s Children Offer a Window into a More Diverse Future
Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch, Vicki Hsieh

Applications for Dream Act Financial Aid Have Fallen
Kevin Cook, Jacob Jackson

Poverty in California
Sarah Bohn, Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon

Video: Immigrants in California
Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Ashlyn Perri

Immigrants in California
Marisol Cuellar Mejia

Los Inmigrantes en California
Marisol Cuellar Mejia

Tax Hurdles May Limit Impact of the Expanded Child Tax Credit
Caroline Danielson, Tess Thorman

Video: Health Coverage and Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California
Stephanie Barton

Geography of College Readiness in California
Cesar Alesi Perez, Hans Johnson, Vicki Hsieh, Niu Gao

Video: California’s Safety Net in Recession and Recovery
Mary Severance

Health Coverage and Care for Undocumented Immigrants: An Update
Paulette Cha, Shannon McConville

California’s Safety Net in Recession and Recovery
Caroline Danielson

Tracking Anti-Asian Hate
Vicki Hsieh, Joseph Hayes

How Telehealth Can Bring Equity to Health Care
Paulette Cha

Health Care Reform in California
Shannon McConville

Immigrants and Health in California
Paulette Cha

Video: Californians and Education
Vicki Hsieh

Video: Distance Learning Strategies in California Schools
Stephanie Barton

California’s Stalled Population Growth
Eric McGhee, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Hans Johnson

California Sees More College Graduates, but Progress Is Uneven
Cesar Alesi Perez, Hans Johnson, Vicki Hsieh

Video: A Conversation with US Senator Alex Padilla
Vicki Hsieh

Video: Californians and Their Government
Stephanie Barton

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Could Diversify California’s Electorate
Eric McGhee

Immigrants and Education in California
Hans Johnson, Cesar Alesi Perez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia

Immigrants in California
Hans Johnson, Cesar Alesi Perez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia

Video: A Conversation with Leon Panetta
Mary Severance

Assessing Teen Well-Being and Mental Health after the Medi-Cal Expansion
Paulette Cha

Creating a Safety Net for Immigrant Communities
Shannon McConville

California’s Future
Ellen Hanak, Laura Hill, Hans Johnson, Caroline Danielson ...

California’s Future: Economy
Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune

California’s Future: Education
Laura Hill, Hans Johnson, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Niu Gao ...

California’s Future: Safety Net
Caroline Danielson, Shannon McConville, Paulette Cha

Federal Action—or Inaction—Will Shape California’s Recovery
Sarah Bohn, Dean Bonner, Vicki Hsieh, Julien Lafortune ...

Will This Recession Deepen California’s Economic Divide?
Sarah Bohn, Dean Bonner, Vicki Hsieh, Julien Lafortune ...

The CalFresh Food Assistance Program
Caroline Danielson, Daniel Tan

The DACA Ruling and California’s Dreamers
Joseph Hayes, Laura Hill