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POLICY BRIEF · JUNE 2024

Drought and Groundwater Sustainability in California’s Farming Regions

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Statewide Survey · June 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

The latest PPIC Statewide Survey finds that Biden and Schiff both continue to hold wide leads in their November races, while a solid majority prefer the Democratic candidate across California's ten competitive US House districts.

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California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

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The Future of Higher Education Enrollment in California

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Report · June 2024

Replenishing Groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley: 2024 Update

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Report · June 2024

California School Districts and the Emergency Connectivity Fund

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How Did Pandemic Recovery Funding Support California Community Colleges?

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Report · June 2024

California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

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Policy Brief: California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

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Income Inequality in California

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California’s Care Workforce

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Policy Brief: California’s Care Workforce

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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California’s Cash-Based Safety Net

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California’s Nutrition 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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California’s Digital Divide

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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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The Political Views of Young Californians

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Fact Sheet · April 2024

California’s Digital Divide

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Rural California

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Report · February 2024

Labor Force Participation in California

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Report · June 2024

The Future of Higher Education Enrollment in California

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Policy Brief · June 2024

Policy Brief: The Future of Higher Education Enrollment in California

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Statewide Survey · June 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education

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The Political Views of Young Californians

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Policy Brief · June 2024

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

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Agricultural Land Use in California

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Data Is Key to Protecting California’s Groundwater

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June 26, 2024

How Has Remote Work Affected Migration around the State?

Eric McGhee, Sarah Bohn, Hans Johnson

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How Has Poverty in California Changed over Time?

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June 2024

Agricultural Land Use in California

Spencer Cole, Ellen Hanak, Caitlin Peterson

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Groundwater in California

Kyle Greenspan, Spencer Cole, Caitlin Peterson

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California’s Cash-Based Safety Net

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California’s Digital Divide

Joseph Hayes, Eric Assan, Niu Gao

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April 2024

Income Inequality in California

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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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