Only a small number of mailed ballots are rejected for arriving late, but rejection rates have been rising in recent ...

This data set contains expanded tables of the data presented in Crime Trends in California. Crime Rates by County, 2019 presents the reported number of crimes per 100,000 residents. The table includes ...

Meghan Fredericksen is the digital content associate at the Public Policy Institute of California. She uses digital content to reach key audiences across several social media platforms for PPIC. She ...

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US borrowers hold about $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt; 3.8 million Californians owe over $142 billion of this debt. Subsidized and unsubsidized federal loans make up a majority (64%) of ...

Supported with funding from the Lumina Foundation and the Sutton Family Fund California’s higher education systems are finally starting to see a return to pre-pandemic enrollment growth levels. But ...

On average, communities use 10%, agriculture uses 40% of water statewide, and the environment uses 50%. These proportions vary depending on the region and whether the year is wet or dry. State ...

The past year highlighted and heightened California’s key challenges. Millions of Californians lost jobs and income during the COVID-19 crisis; low-income families, communities of color, and women ...

The high cost of housing has emerged as a threat to California’s future. Many Californians see homelessness and housing costs as the state’s most important challenges, according to the PPIC Statewide ...

Californians are increasingly turning to the initiative process to make public policy. In 1911, California became the tenth state to enact the citizens’ initiative process. Today, 26 other states have ...

The cost of water is rising. Utilities rely on revenue from ratepayers to support water system costs, and water bills vary across the state. Water systems that rely on groundwater tend to have lower ...

About 5.8 million students currently attend California’s public schools. That number includes 178,000 students in transitional kindergarten, which expanded eligibility to all four-year-olds in 2025–26 ...