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The Environment and the 2020 Election

Environmental policy issues will play a key role in the 2020 election in California. In PPIC’s latest statewide survey, eight in ten likely voters say that candidates’ positions on the environment are important in the 2020 presidential election.

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New Publications

Poverty in California
Almost 20% of Californians lack enough resources to meet basic needs. Another one in five live very close to the poverty line.
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Child Poverty in California
Nearly 2 million children live in poverty in California. Without the social safety net, child poverty would be much higher.
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The Working Poor in California
Latinos make up the majority of working poor adults. The working poor tend to have less education, but many went to college.
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Achievement in California’s Public Schools: What Do Test Scores Tell Us?
California’s students are mostly headed in the right direction, but math scores indicate slow progress and persistent income achievement gaps.
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California's Prison Population
Many of California’s inmates live in overcrowded conditions, despite successful efforts to stabilize the prison population systemwide.
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Events

 

Upcoming

School Resources and the Local Control Funding Formula
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Sacramento, CA
How has the LCFF affected educational resources across K–12 districts and schools? PPIC researcher Julien Lafortune will outline findings from a new report, and a panel of experts will discuss the challenges and opportunities of targeting LCFF funding and improving outcomes for the state’s highest-need students.

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A Conversation with Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Sacramento, CA
Join us as Anthony Rendon, speaker of the California State Assembly, talks with PPIC’s Mark Baldassare about some of the key challenges and opportunities facing California and how state policymakers can work to address them.

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Recent

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Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment
August 1, 2019
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Blog

California’s Brain Gain Continues
Hans Johnson
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Got Surface Water? Groundwater-Only Lands in the San Joaquin Valley
Jelena Jezdimirovic, Ellen Hanak, Alvar Escriva-Bou
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K–12 Education and the New State Budget
Radhika Mehlotra
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