SACRAMENTO, CA — A new report from the California Budget & Policy Center (Budget Center) highlights the persistent wage gap affecting Black women and Black single mothers in California. The report, authored by Hannah Orbach-Mandel, Laura Pryor, and Nishi Nair in collaboration with Kellie Todd Griffin from California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute, highlights how … Continued
SACRAMENTO, CA — Following Governor Newsom’s 2025-26 budget proposal released this morning, the California Budget & Policy Center (Budget Center), a nonpartisan research and analysis nonprofit, weighed in with the following statement from its executive director, Chris Hoene. “The California state budget is a statement of our collective values. The 2025-26 budget proposal makes strides … Continued
SACRAMENTO, CA — A new report released today reveals that California holds the nation’s worst wage gap between Latinas and white men, highlighting the ongoing economic injustice faced by Latinas in the state. On Latina Equal Pay Day — the day symbolizing how far into the year Latinas must work to match the previous year’s … Continued
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, the California Budget & Policy Center (Budget Center) released a new report, in partnership with the National Employment Law Project (NELP), highlighting the urgent need to address the inadequacies in California’s unemployment insurance (UI) system, a critical support tool for California workers and the economy. The report reveals that while UI … Continued
SACRAMENTO, CA — California continues to face significant levels of poverty, with the state once again having the highest poverty rate in the nation, according to a new Budget Center analysis of newly released data by the United States Census Bureau. Despite some recovery from the economic impacts of the pandemic, California’s poverty rate in … Continued
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, the California Budget & Policy Center (Budget Center) and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls (Commission) unveiled the 2024 California Women’s Well-Being Index (WWBI). This updated Index, the first since 2020, provides a crucial look into the well-being of women across the state. This update results from … Continued
SACRAMENTO, CA — A new report by the California Budget & Policy Center (Budget Center) highlights the critical flaws in Proposition 36, which will be on the ballot for California voters on November 5. The report, authored by Budget Center experts Monica Davalos and Scott Graves, scrutinizes Prop. 36’s potential impacts, revealing escalating costs, deepening … Continued
NEW — 2024 REPORT JUST RELEASED California’s Undocumented Residents Make Significant Tax Contributions SACRAMENTO, CA — A new in-depth national study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) highlights the significant contributions of undocumented immigrants to state and federal revenues despite their exclusion from most public benefits. In California, undocumented immigrants contributed $8.5 … Continued
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