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REPORT · AUGUST 2024

Pathways to College Completion in the San Joaquin Valley

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Blog Post · August 2, 2024

Commercial Burglaries Fell in 2023, but Shoplifting Continued to Rise

Recently released data show that commercial burglaries across California declined last year but remain slightly above their pre-pandemic level. Meanwhile, shoplifting continued to grow statewide in 2023 and reported incidents are now more than one-quarter greater than before the pandemic.

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Blog Post · June 5, 2024

A Closer Look at Enrollment Changes in California’s Public Schools

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Blog Post · July 17, 2024

Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling on the “Chevron Doctrine”

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Statewide Survey · July 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment

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Report · June 2024

California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: Drought and Groundwater Sustainability in California’s Farming Regions

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Report · June 2024

California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

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Fact Sheet · January 2024

Arrests in California

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

Income Inequality in California

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Report · April 2024

California’s Care Workforce

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Policy Brief · April 2024

Policy Brief: California’s Care Workforce

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Fact Sheet · July 2024

Public Health Insurance in California

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Statewide Survey · June 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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California’s Cash-Based Safety Net

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Report · June 2024

California School Districts and the Emergency Connectivity Fund

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: California School Districts and the Emergency Connectivity Fund

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

California’s Digital Divide

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Statewide Survey · July 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment

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Statewide Survey · June 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Statewide Survey · April 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

California’s Digital Divide

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Fact Sheet · March 2024

Rural California

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Report · February 2024

Labor Force Participation in California

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Report · August 2024

Pathways to College Completion in the San Joaquin Valley

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Policy Brief · August 2024

Policy Brief: Pathways to College Completion in the San Joaquin Valley

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Report · June 2024

The Future of Higher Education Enrollment in California

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Statewide Survey · July 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment

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Statewide Survey · June 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Statewide Survey · April 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: Drought and Groundwater Sustainability in California’s Farming Regions

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Fact Sheet · June 2024

Agricultural Land Use in California

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Report · June 2024

Replenishing Groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley: 2024 Update

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August 22, 2024

Supporting Older Workers in a Changing Labor Market

Julien Lafortune, Sarah Bohn, Hans Johnson

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August 20, 2024

California’s Workforce Is Diverse, but Many Occupations Are Not

Tess Thorman, Jenny Duan, Sarah Bohn

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August 15, 2024

Examining the Reach of Universal School Meals in California

Caroline Danielson

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August 14, 2024

The Chumash Tribe’s Long Struggle to Protect California’s Coastal Waters

Sarah Bardeen

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Pathways to College Completion in the San Joaquin Valley

August 20, 2024

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July 2024

Public Health Insurance in California

Shalini Mustala, Paulette Cha

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June 2024

Agricultural Land Use in California

Spencer Cole, Ellen Hanak, Caitlin Peterson

June 2024

Groundwater in California

Kyle Greenspan, Spencer Cole, Caitlin Peterson

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May 2024

California’s Cash-Based Safety Net

Caroline Danielson

Featured Blog Post · July 30, 2024

Job Growth Trends Have Diverged across California’s Regions

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Fact Cards

55% Most California adults favor providing health care to undocumented immigrants.
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About 2 in 3 Californians support the state making its own policies to address climate change.
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Safety net programs kept more than 14% of children out of poverty in early 2023.
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California added more than 5 million people since 1990, yet urban water use changed little.
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Gun incidents drove well over half of the rise in violent crime since 2019.
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77% Most Californians say housing affordability is a problem in their part of the state.
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Schools were a key source of food for low-income families despite closures during the pandemic.
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A majority of the nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools are “high need”—low-income, English Learner (EL), homeless, or foster youth.
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In 2020, California lost population for the first time in state history.
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