For the California Public Utilities Commission’s “Affordability Workshop #1 (Defining and Measuring Affordability): Public Workshop,” Senior Policy Analyst Sara Kimberlin presented on economic insecurity and the cost of basic needs in California through different lenses, including the official poverty measure, Supplemental Poverty Measure, and basic family budgets.
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Fact Sheet
California Workers Left Behind Due to Inadequate Paid Sick Leave
State law mandates that eligible workers can earn up to 24 hours of paid sick leave, depending on how many hours they work.Health & Safety NetPoverty & Inequality -
Data Hit
Over Half of All California Workers Are Immigrants or Children of Immigrants
California was home to 10.6 million immigrants in 2022, making up 27% of the state population – the largest percentage of immigrant residents of any state. Immigrants are essential to California’s labor force, with a total of 5.9 million immigrants employed in California from 2020 to 2022, representing 1 in 3 workers in the state. … ContinuedPoverty & Inequality
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