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Health & Safety Net

Analyzing policies for reducing poverty and increasing well-being

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1 in 4 Child Care Workers in California Lives in Poverty

By Tess Thorman, Caroline Danielson, Sarah Bohn

While demand for preschools and child care is high in California, the state's child care workers—particularly women of color—are poorly paid and almost twice as likely to live in poverty than workers overall.

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Video: A Conversation with US Senator Alex Padilla

By Vicki Hsieh

Senator Padilla talks about what he hopes to accomplish in Washington and the importance of federal policymakers’ efforts on COVID-19 relief, infrastructure, and immigration reform.

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Fewer California Adults and Far Fewer Children Are in Poverty in 2021

By Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon

New census data show that poverty in California declined among both adults and children last year. While economic downturns typically cause poverty to rise, pandemic relief measures drove a continued decline, especially among children.

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Income Inequality in California

By Tess Thorman, Daniel Payares-Montoya

California’s income gap narrowed in 2022, but the disparity between high and low incomes is wider in California than in most other states. Over the longer term, income inequality has been driven by earnings growth among college-educated workers.

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