Report Climate-Smart Tools to Protect California’s Freshwater Biodiversity By Ted Sommer, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Letitia Grenier ... May 24, 2024 Half of California’s native freshwater species are highly vulnerable to extinction within this century. Our new report describes the urgent action needed to save them.
Fact Sheet California’s Population By Hans Johnson, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Eric McGhee Jan 19, 2024 Growth in the nation’s most populous state has slowed notably in the 21st century, with recent years bringing a drop in population due to higher deaths, lower births, and changes in migration. More than half of Californians under 24 are Latino while more than half of Californians 65 and older are white.
blog post Despite State Action, Grim Views on Housing Persist By Dean Bonner Mar 22, 2023 While policymakers have taken steps in recent years to address the state’s housing challenges, seven in ten Californians say that housing affordability is a big problem—the highest share since 2017. In addition, a solid majority of residents are very concerned that the cost of housing will prevent their family’s younger generation from buying a home in their part of California.
blog post California’s African American Community By Eric McGhee Feb 22, 2023 The African American community in California has never been large, but it has been vital to our state’s political, economic, and cultural history. We look at how California’s African American population has changed over time and how it is faring.
blog post The Decline of the Homeowner By Hans Johnson, Marisol Cuellar Mejia Aug 19, 2014 Never before has the state seen such dramatic declines in the number of owner-occupied houses.
Report Who Pays for Development Fees and Exactions? By Steven M. Sheffrin, Marla Dresch Jun 1, 1997 Exactions are payments made by a developer to local governments for the right to proceed with a project. Exactions can include development fees, the dedication of public land, the construction or maintenance of public infrastructure, or the provision of public services. Developers complain that exactions have become excessive, stifling economic growth. Local government officials argue that these levies are essential to growth: Without them, local government could not provide the infrastructure necessary for new development. Although California leads the nation in imposing fees on new residential development, surprisingly little is known about the nature and effects of these fees—for example, the extent to which they are passed on to consumers in the form of higher home prices. This volume presents the results of an econometric analysis of development fees in Contra Costa County—a county in the San Francisco Bay area that has experienced rapid growth in recent decades.
blog post 2020 Census: Counting Imperial County By Tess Thorman, Vicki Hsieh, Sarah Bohn Jan 14, 2019 Imperial County will likely be one of the hardest-to-count counties in California in the 2020 Census—86% of its residents belong to demographic groups that have been undercounted historically.
blog post New Housing Fails to Make Up for Decades of Undersupply By Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch, Vicki Hsieh Dec 3, 2021 Recently released census data show how California’s new housing has fallen short of population growth over the past decade. While housing in coastal areas is the most expensive, the largest price increases have occurred in inland regions.
blog post Counting Californians and Holding Elections in a Pandemic By Lori Pottinger Apr 1, 2020 For Census Day, we talked to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla about challenges the COVID-19 pandemic brings to counting Californians for Census 2020 as well as to holding elections in November.
