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Study of Bay Area Restorative Justice Program Reveals Promise for Juveniles Who Commit Serious Crimes
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A computer model predicts who will become homeless in L.A. Then these workers step in
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New research finds Time-Limited Housing Subsidy programs can help reduce homelessness in Los Angeles
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Los Angeles using AI to prevent homelessness
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Candid Conversation with Mayor Karen Bass on Homelessness
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Los Angeles is using AI to predict who might become homeless and help before they do
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San Francisco supervisor calls for more police foot and bicycle patrols to combat crime
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Scottsdale officials defend hotel shelter program
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Thousands Of Unhoused Angelenos Live With A Severe Mental Illness. Could More Street Medicine Help?
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So … whaddya wanna know about student loan repayments?
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New Data Finds Dramatic Changes in California’s Mortgage Market Since 2020: Fewer Loans, but Larger Amounts
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Livermore police chief pushes Alameda County DA for tougher penalties
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Divided, Assembly Committee Advances GOP Child Sex Bill After Public Outrage, Gov. Intervention
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How the UCLA College is harnessing a titanic new engine of equity and discovery
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Free SLO County clinic aims to expunge criminal records and reduce felonies. Here’s how
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Early Intervention by Public Defenders Offers Improved Outcomes for Clients, California Policy Lab Study Found
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California defendants are more likely to go free when they meet lawyers early
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San Francisco to Implement Newsom’s CARE Court Plan to Treat Severe Mental Illness
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New Research: Meeting with a Lawyer Shortly After Arrest Leads to Less Jail Time and Better Case Outcomes
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The moratorium on repaying student loans in America was a bad idea
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Free Online and In-person Services for Californians to File Their Taxes
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Racial and Gender Disparities in ‘21 California Police Stops Report: Black People Stopped at Higher Rate, ‘Hispanics’ Stopped More Often
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New program connects Black Sonoma County residents with culturally competent, free mental health services
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California Supreme Court to Consider Prosecutorial Discretion Over “Three-Strikes” Law
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As CalFresh College Eligibility Narrows In June, Students Are Stepping Up To Help Peers Navigate The Enrollment
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College Students: Your CalFresh Eligibility Is About to Change. Here’s What to Do
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Extensions, credits, free filing: Here’s what Sonoma County residents need to know for doing taxes this year
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Capital Public Radio Interview with Steve Raphael on Sentence Enhancements
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Report: San Diego, Imperial County car loans are getting bigger
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The California exodus: What does it mean?
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Eight million Californians have auto loans, but more and more struggle to pay them off
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Interview with Evan White about Auto Loan Increases in California
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New Research Finds Startling Increases in Auto Loans in California
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City Limits: Crawford Apartments’ housing-first approach leads to drop in arrest rates
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California Policy Lab Reports Key Findings in Analysis of California’s Sentence Enhancements
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SLO Clean Slate Clinic offered opportunity to expunge criminal records
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New Research Provides In-Depth Look at Sentence Enhancements in California
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Ideas we should steal: Youth restorative justice for all students
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Deadline looms for S.F. to create court for severely mentally ill people. Can it make a difference?
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New Analysis Estimates 766 People may be Eligible for Referral to CARE Court in San Francisco, Though Capacity is a Concern
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Families are taking a hit as pandemic aid ends, inflation continues
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EWU research creates model to predict and prevent homelessness
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Can AI help fix homelessness in SF?
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California lawmaker joins other blue states in latest attempt to tax rich people
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How data sharing amplifies benefits programs
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L.A. County on track to join Newsom’s sweeping mental health plan a year early
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Why you should file taxes even if you don’t owe any
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Introducing the California Credit Dashboard: Insights into the Financial Health of Californians
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Is forced treatment for the mentally ill ever humane?
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Low-Cost Outreach Campaign Encouraged Californians to File Taxes in Order to Claim Stimulus Payments
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A world gone mad: Schizophrenia and a journey through California’s failed mental health system
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More Street Medicine Teams Tackle The Homeless Health Care Crisis
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Is California’s beleaguered jobless benefits agency ready for a recession?
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Interview with Till von Wachter about PEUC Unemployment Report
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Interview with Till von Wachter about PEUC Unemployment Report
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Losing pandemic benefits meant losing a lifeline for many Black and older people
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Termination of Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Expansion Led to Unprecedented Drop in Access to Jobless Benefits, Especially for More Vulnerable Workers
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Is Brooke Jenkins doing anything differently than Chesa Boudin? Here’s what the numbers say
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SF Dramatically Increased Use of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring, New Report Finds
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New report finds San Francisco dramatically increased use of pretrial electronic monitoring during past four years
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Poverty drops in California but only because of child tax credit, COVID relief funds
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How the Student Loan Pause Affects Borrowers: 2022 Data and Statistics
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Can predictive analytics help prevent homelessness?
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Report: Expansion of Child Tax Credit Helped California Families in Safety-Net Programs Claim $3.8 Billion
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NBC San Diego Segment on Homelessness Prevention
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County Supervisor Fletcher proposes data-driven homeless prevention plan
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Presentan herramienta para prevenir que las personas terminen en las calles en San Diego
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Three ways to improve San Francisco’s fragmented homelessness system
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Will a new lawsuit finally convince San Francisco its homeless sweeps are futile?
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Study: San Francisco’s fragmented city services are harming — and killing — the most vulnerable
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New Report Shows Patterns of Health and Legal System Utilization for Small Number of Extremely Vulnerable San Francisco Residents
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Pandemic Made You Want A Better Job? California Has A Grant For You
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California could give more than a million people with criminal records a fresh start
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Homeless count reports a 4% increase but a 17% jump in encampments
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L.A’.s first street psychiatrist makes his sidewalk rounds, transforming homeless lives
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New Research Finds Positive Long-Run Effects for State Training Programs
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Capital Public Radio segment on 3 Strikes Report
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Report: One in Three People Had Sentences Lengthened Due to Three-Strikes Law
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Report Provides In-Depth Look at Three-Strikes Law in California
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Hispanic, Black, and Asian Californians Saw Disproportionately Large Drops in Life Expectancy During COVID Pandemic
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Reminder emails and postcards lead to higher rates of CalFresh applications from college students, study finds
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UC Berkeley Experiments Show Low-Cost Outreach Encouraged California College Students to Apply for CalFresh
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Opinion: As a first-generation Latinx college student, my purpose wasn’t clear until the pandemic hit
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COVID-19 Has Dramatically Lowered the Life Expectancy of Californians
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Will student loans be forgiven? A $10K plan could erase debt for thousands of Michiganders.
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A computer model can predict who will become homeless in LA
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Youth Diversion Programs In LA And SF Offer Kids Accused Of Serious Crimes A Chance To Make Things Right
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Estudio revela que miles de personas no reclaman el crédito tributario en California
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America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID
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California is expanding tax credits. Thousands who need it most may not claim them.
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Homes for people with severe mental illness are rapidly closing. Will help come fast enough?
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LA County uses computer model to help predict homelessness
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Some seniors and disabled people will miss out on new California state payments
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Income, Life Expectancy Links Stronger in California Since COVID: Study
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‘Clean Slate’ Justice Laws Offer a Second Chance—Only to Some
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California life expectancy fell by 3 years in COVID-19. Hispanics lost even more
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COVID pulls down Latino, Black, Asian life expectancy more than whites, study says
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Study Finds COVID Reduced Life Expectancies for Asian, Hispanic, and Black Californians More than White Californians
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Everything we know about student-debt cancellation
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Identifying who’s likely to become homeless: Are run-ins with cops predictors?
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A computer model predicts who will become homeless in L.A. Then these workers step in
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Are Student Loan Payments Too Broken To Bring Back?
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KPCC Segment on Policy Brief Focused on Homelessness in L.A.
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New Research Sheds Light on Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness Among Unsheltered L.A. Residents Enrolled in Street Outreach Services
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Counties Pledge to Break the Cycle Between Jail and Homelessness
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Child Tax Credit: Tool opens for poorer families to claim tax benefits without filing a full return
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‘Cancel student debt once and for all,’ Michigan Attorney General urges Biden
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The Backstory: 72-hour multimedia project will explore mental health crisis in San Diego County
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Researchers dig into Sonoma County housing voucher, safety net data to identify trends
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CalFresh financially supported almost 5,000 UC Davis students in 2019-2020
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Pandemic-era migration trends in California slow, UC Berkeley study finds
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Stolen vehicles on the rise in Petaluma, Sonoma County
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A California Rebound is Underway
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New and Corrected Estimates of California Migration Patterns Suggest Slowing of Pandemic-Era Trends
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New Report Shares 10 Key Insights on Measuring and Improving Equity in the Unemployment System
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WESH News Segment on pause being extended
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7 million student-loan borrowers who fell behind on payments just got a ‘fresh start’ and will return to good standing, Biden’s Education Department says
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Spectrum 1 News Segment on Student Loan Pause Being Extended
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Pause on Student Loan Debt Loosened Chokehold on Burdened Borrowers
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How the student loan pause has played out for borrowers
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Student loans: Democrats urge on Biden to extend payment pause and cancel debt in new letter
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More Californians can now claim the Earned Income Tax Credit. Here’s who could benefit most.
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San Diego Foundation offering $400K in grants to nonprofits helping students
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Student loans: Borrowers are ‘facing a financial cliff that could be disastrous,’ advocate says
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California contradiction: Ban gas cars later, but cushion gas prices now?
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Half-a-million Californians at risk of missing student loan payments if pause expires
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Many Californians could struggle with student loans when repayment pause ends
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7.8 million people at high risk of struggling to pay student loans if pause expires
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More Californians can now claim the Earned Income Tax Credit. Here’s who could benefit most.
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Capital Public Radio segment on Student Loan Pause
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Analysis Finds 7.8 Million Borrowers Are at High Risk of Missing Payments if Student Loan Pause Ends in May
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Gov. Newsom on His New Plan to Tackle Mental Health, Homelessness with ‘CARE Courts’
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Bay Area experts discuss ‘State of Black housing’ in virtual panel
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Study examines food insecurity in California’s higher education system
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Study of Bay Area Restorative Justice Program Reveals Promise for Juveniles Who Commit Serious Crimes
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Chesa Boudin’s office just released new data on the S.F. district attorney’s charging rates and case outcomes. Here’s what it shows
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Valley College Students Needn’t Go Hungry, Says One Who’s Been There
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New Reports Shed Light on Role of Independent Contracting in California
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The return of the foolish wealth tax
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Segment on Student Supports Fact Sheet
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Capital Public Radio Interview about College Students and Food Insecurity
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Did the pandemic create more income inequality in California?
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New Data Point Shows How Many UC and Community College Students Received CalFresh Benefits in 2019-20
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Another effort to tax ‘extreme wealth’ in California is launched in Legislature
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Capital Public Radio Interview about December 2021 Unemployment Report
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Report Finds Large Differences in Access to Unemployment Benefits Across the U.S. During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Clean or clear: What’s best policy when homeless encampments pose health risk
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Pivoting During the Pandemic After Being Laid Off
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This District Attorney Is Fighting Crime — and Angering the Police (Op-Ed)
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Why are so many San Franciscans moving to Montana?
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KQED Interview about Make-it-Right research
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Report: San Francisco Juvenile Restorative Justice Program Reduces Probability of Rearrest
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Will worker shortage disrupt California homeless strategy?
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One man’s lonely journey through California’s plan to end homelessness
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California eases crime laws in the new year, Northstate lawyers react
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Are Fresno Residents Safe? Here’s What 2021 Crime Stats Reveal
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The most unusual job market in modern American history, explained
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Life after quitting: What happened next to the workers who left their jobs
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California state population declined rapidly during pandemic
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Fewer people moving to California, more leaving during the pandemic, study shows
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The San Francisco exodus isn’t over, according to new migration data. Here’s where people are moving
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Has there been a California exodus? Turns out fewer people than usual are moving in
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New Research Finds Number of People Moving to California from Other US States has Dropped 38 Percent Since the Start of the Pandemic
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Report Sheds Light on Re-Employment, Recall, and Industry Transitions for CA Workers before and during the Pandemic
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Fewer people moving to California as more leave, new study finds
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New LACO Program Aims To Help People At Risk Of Being Unhoused
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Everyone’s Moving to Texas. Here’s Why.
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Report Finds That Alameda County Significantly Reduced Financial Burdens on Families by Eliminating Fees in Juvenile Probation
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Study Finds Families Saved an Average of $1,600 After California County Eliminated Juvenile Justice Fees
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Alameda County Reduced Significant Financial Burdens on Families by Eliminating Fees in Juvenile Probation
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Clear language helps students navigate financial aid, study finds
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Study: Simplifying Financial Aid Letters Pays Big Dividends
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California’s Wildfire Dilemma: Put Houses or Forests First?
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San Diego Foundation Receives $250,000 in Grants for Child Tax Credit Outreach
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Report Finds and Explores Anti-Black Racial Inequities in Who Returns to Homelessness after Leaving Permanent Supportive Housing in Los Angeles
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Not getting a child tax credit in California? Maybe you should be
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Millions of dollars available for Fresno-area families in Child Tax Credit. How to sign up
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The Pandemic Puts Criminal Courts Behind Schedule As Violent Crime Spikes
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Reports: California homicide rate rises by 31% amid pandemic, vehicle thefts rise 20%
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Capital Public Radio interview with Mia Bird about crime rates changing during COVID-19 Pandemic
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Report Analyzed Crime Trends in California during the Pandemic
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Report Tracks Crime Trends in California and the U.S. during the COVID Pandemic
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Study finds Hispanic, Native American children missing out on child tax credit
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Report Shows Which California Children are Missing Out on Newly Expanded Child Tax Credit
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Unemployment benefits are cut off — but thousands of Californians could see extra payments
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California is Not Going Anywhere
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Pandemic unemployment benefits just expired. What will families do now?
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As unemployment benefits end, Californians find themselves dipping into savings, retirement
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Why Millions Of Californians Are About To Lose Their Unemployment Benefits
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Millions of Americans will lose unemployment benefits this weekend
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Millions of Californians will soon have their unemployment benefits slashed. How will jobless people cope?
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LA County to begin educational campaign about child tax credit
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Thousands of Californians will soon lose unemployment benefits as federal programs end
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The Time Tax: Why is so much American bureaucracy left to average citizens?
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Prevention Targeting Tools in Combatting Homelessness
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CPL Research Produces New Homelessness Prevention Screening Tools
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San Francisco to deploy more officers in high tourism areas as part of new safety plan
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California businesses hiring homeless workers can get a $30,000 tax credit through new law
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Tahoe-Truckee employers talk need for workers, why staff shortages exist
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Is homelessness Newsom’s weak point in recall? Republicans are counting on it
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Eligible Californians missing out on tax credits worth hundreds of dollars, report says
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Report: Low-Income San Diegans Missed Out On $5.5M In Tax Credits
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Low-income Californians missing out on millions in tax credits
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Report: Over half a million eligible Californians missed out on the CalEITC in 2017
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Half of people released from S.F. jail before trial were accused of a new crime while free, according to four-year study
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Wealth, class and remote work reshape California’s new boomtowns as people flee big cities
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California homicides jump 31% in 2020, reaching highest total in 13 years
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Interview about Unemployment Report Results
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Report: 40% of California UI Claimants Who Were Laid off in the Second Quarter of 2020 had No Earnings in the Third or Fourth Quarters of 2020
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LA City Councilmen Introduce Motion to Identify, Dismantle Systemic Inequities
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A Complex Homelessness Crisis Requires a Complex Response
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A ‘Stimulus Gap’: Why Many Undocumented Californians Are Missing Out on Pandemic Aid Meant for Them
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Covid’s Losses: Lives, Jobs, Hope
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The Market Tectonics of California Real Estate
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Study Looks at How Cal Supreme Humphrey Bail Decision Has Been Implemented
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New Research Shows How CA Supreme Court’s Recent Decision on Bail Reform was Implemented in San Francisco
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California Lost Population For First Time In History In 2020
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California’s population declined for the first time ever last year. Here’s why
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California Population Declines for First Time in More Than a Century
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The Case For California: Why Stories About The Golden State’s Demise Are Overblown
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California jobless claims are rising again
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Here’s How to Claim Your Stimulus Payments: File Your Tax Return
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New Report: The 10 Key Trends from the Unemployment Crisis in California and Their Implications for Policy Reform
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California To Lose Congressional Seat For First Time
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A churning Golden State on the eve of new population numbers
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More than 2 million missing stimulus checks
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New state unemployment claims fell last week to a new pandemic low
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Unemployment benefits cut short for more than 300,000 during pandemic, study says
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County supervisors take steps to remove barriers to aid
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More than 2 million Californians may miss out on stimulus checks — but who’s at risk?
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More than 2 million Californians may be leaving stimulus money on the table. Here’s how to get it
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New Report: 2.2 Million Low-Income Californians Could Miss Out on $5.7 Billion in Stimulus Payments
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Burdensome Rules Keep Eligible San Diegans From Receiving Food Stamps
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Editorial: Want to lower the number who are homeless? Prevent people from falling into homelessness
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COVID job market stays weak: California unemployment claims jump again
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Nearly half of all California workers have received jobless pay during the pandemic
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Report Finds Half of Californians Receiving Unemployment Benefits Are Now Considered “Long-Term Unemployed”
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No ‘mass exodus’ in California during the pandemic, study finds
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Study shows there was no ‘mass exodus’ from California last year
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Mass 2020 exodus from California did not happen, study says
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Data keeps piling up: No ‘mass exodus’ from California during pandemic
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Exodus: Study reveals dramatic San Francisco population change
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COVID economy: Bay Area residents exit region in growing numbers, study finds
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Bidding wars and overblown fears: The curious case of the California exodus
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An exodus from California? Actually, no
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Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse — but they are leaving San Francisco, study says
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New Research: People are Leaving SF, But Not California
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New Research Finds Dramatic Increase in the Share of Unemployed Workers Who Receive UI Benefits in California
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California Policy Lab Awarded $3.2M UC Multicampus Research Grant
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Paperwork Problems Keep Hungry Californians from Getting Food Stamps
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A closer look at President Biden’s stimulus package and its impact on California
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They went bust in the Great Recession. Now, in their 80s, the pandemic took their jobs
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This year’s homeless count was canceled. Is it time to rethink it?
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Editorial: CalFresh must be made more accessible, less prohibitive for Californians
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One In Three Households Eligible For CalFresh Don’t Participate In Program
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500,000 eligible households leave CalFresh each year, policy brief finds
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New Report: More than half of California Households Leaving CalFresh Program Are Still Eligible
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The U.S. Unemployment System Is Broken, But Fixable
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UC awards $19M in grants, funds 4 UC Berkeley projects
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In MLK rally, Sacramento’s Poor People’s Campaign calls for change after Capitol violence
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New Analysis: California’s Recovery Has Been Slow, Especially in Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color Where Unemployed Workers Were Less Likely to Collect Benefits
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Bipartisan Proposal Would Save 1 Million Californians from Losing Unemployment Benefits on December 26th
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1.4 million American workers apply for unemployment benefits, as relief bill negotiations drag on
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Momentum builds in Congress for more COVID stimulus. How much would the unemployed get?
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Unemployment statistics during the pandemic have been inflated by backlogs, according to GAO report
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The US Economy Needs a Booster Shot
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As pandemic aid ends, California families face brutal new year
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California employers bring back workers, but recovery worries linger
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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Residents Stand To Lose Unemployment Benefits By The End Of Next Month
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Here’s how hard the coronavirus pandemic hit Black workers in California
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750,000 Californians Projected to Lose Unemployment Benefits on December 26th Because of Federal Inaction
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California sticks to cash bail, rejects nation-leading move
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California offered a lifeline when their hours were cut — then payments froze
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In California, voters must choose between cash bail and algorithms
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Replacing cash bail: Fairer justice or robopocalypse?
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KQED Segment on Prop 25 Policy Brief
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New Research: Prop 25 Would Lead to More People Being Released Before Their Arraignments
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Study Finds People Will Spend Less Time in Jail if California Bans Cash Bail
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California Policy Lab receives $2M National Science Foundation grant
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Cal Professors Lead Poverty Study
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California Policy Lab Awarded $2M National Science Foundation Grant
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California, Engine of U.S. Economy, Reeling From Double Blow of COVID-19 and Wildfires
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California job growth is sluggish — and experts say it may get worse
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Another 860,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week
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Access to housing is key to preventing incarceration
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Why Unemployment Claims May Be Overcounted by Millions
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New Analysis: California Unemployment Claims Surged in August, Driven in part by Questionable Increase in PUA Claims
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American Job Losses and Recovery by State
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New Analysis: Nearly 200,000 Unemployed Californians Will Miss Out on Extra $300 Benefit from President’s “Lost Wages Assistance” Program
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Jesse Rothstein interviewed about new $300 unemployment “stop-gap” benefit
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Why jobless payments serve the public good
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Study: Small group of Sonoma County residents use $162M in social services annually
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New Analysis: More than Half of Recent Unemployment Claims are from Californians who are Re-Opening their Claims
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New Analysis: Workers Who Were Most Impacted By COVID-19 Shutdowns Will Also Be Most Impacted if $600 FPUC is Not Extended
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Evan White Interviewed about Report on High Utilizers in Sonoma County
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Report Finds 1% of Sonoma County Residents Account for Over 25% of Jail, Shelter, and Behavioral Health Utilization
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What’s Criminal about the Criminal Justice System
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New Analysis: Over One in Six California Workers Currently Receiving Unemployment
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New Analysis: California UI Claimants Began Returning to Work, and More UI Claims Are Being Reduced or Denied as a Result
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There’s a black jobs crisis. Coronavirus is making it worse
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These groups have been hit especially hard by California’s unemployment surge
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‘Like Nothing Before Seen’: California Lost Record 2.3 Million Jobs In April As Unemployment Rate Spiked To 15.5%
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New Analysis Finds Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Program is Needed Financial Boost for California Workers
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Will laid-off California workers get their old jobs back? Most think they will
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New Analysis Finds COVID-19 is Impacting Californians with Lower Education Levels the Hardest
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3.8 million Americans sought jobless benefits last week, extending pandemic’s grip on the national workforce
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Coronavirus unemployment: California jobless claim filings slow
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Nearly 20 Percent Of The U.S. Labor Force Has Filed For Unemployment Since Mid-March
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Study Estimates 1 In 5 Californians Have Applied For Unemployment
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New Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Claims in California Provides Detailed Snapshot of How COVID-19 is Impacting California Workers, Industries, and Counties
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A ‘frightening time for businesses’: Local employees, organizations face uncertain future amid pandemic
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What an interrupted school year means for these college students
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New Research Provides Timely Snapshot Of Virus’s Effect On Workers
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New Research Shows Daily Effect of COVID-19 on Hourly Workers at Small and Medium-sized Businesses
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Unemployment benefits have expanded, but state systems aren’t ready
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With record unemployment filings, federal stimulus will help, but more is needed
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Unemployment Claims Soar
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Nearly Half Of LA County’s Homeless Population Recently Worked, Study Finds
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New Study Finds a Substantial Number of Californians Are Working Before Becoming Homeless
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Breaking Stereotypes: Study Finds Half of LA’s Homeless Recently Held Down A Job
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UCLA CA Policy Lab Working to Better Predict Homelessness
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The Limits Of Nudging: Why Can’t California Get People To Take Free Money?
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California has a tax credit that many are missing out on. Here’s what you can do to collect it
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Can a computer model reveal who is about to become homeless? LA County is finding out.
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‘Taxpayers are leaving millions of dollars off their returns.’ Why Americans repeatedly overlook this lucrative tax credit
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SF’s 2019 Homicide Rate Was Lowest in Nearly 60 Years: Report
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Report: Raising Awareness of Tax Credits Isn’t Enough to Increase the Number of Low-Income Californians Who Claim Them
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Is there a way to predict who will become homeless? These UCLA researchers say yes
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UCLA Study Suggests Algorithm Can Prevent Homelessness
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Can Computer Modeling Predict Who Will Become Homeless? LA County Is Betting On It
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Preventing homelessness: Algorithm can identify LA County residents most likely to lose housing
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LA County officials unveil a way to predict homelessness, in effort ‘to get to more people sooner’
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Report: LA Could Better Target Homeless Prevention Services with Predictive Analytics
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Can California Reduce Homelessness Through Better Prevention?
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Can California save higher education?
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Partnering for data-driven prosecution in San Francisco
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How Rapid Response Lawyers Can Change People’s Lives
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Paying it Forward: Hollywood Homeless Outreach Worker Gives Back
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Living on the edge in the homeless encampments of Los Angeles
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What can everyday Angelenos do about homelessness?
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Homelessness: When Data Doesn’t Match the Public Perception
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Report: Low-income Californians received nearly $7 billion in tax credits in 2018
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Health issues, substance abuse key causes of homelessness among unsheltered people, UCLA study says
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UCLA Study Finds Health Problems, Trauma Rates High for Unsheltered Homeless
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Press Release: Study confirms serious health problems, high trauma rates among unsheltered people in U.S.
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SF district attorney unveils recidivism data project; convictions of serious crimes often lead to rearrests
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Op-Ed: Two factors keep ‘new gen’ students from attending college. Here’s how to address them
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Officials condemn judge’s decision to release suspect accused of attacking woman
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UCLA to expand data science use in social sciences with a boost from analytics consultancy LRW
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Does Moving to a Brand New School Building Improve Student Learning?
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CPL and UC Berkeley Labor Center Awarded $680,000 to Shed Light on the Gig Economy
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California Policy Lab Awarded $1.2M UC Multicampus Research Grant
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UC study finds police foot patrols helped decrease larceny crimes
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Making the Message Simple and Direct
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To get students on financial aid, tell them they belong in college
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Low-Cost Letter Redesign Could Help More Californians Go to College
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Big data and homelessness (starts at 10:39)
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LA County turns to big data to solve homelessness
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CPL awarded $100K for antipoverty research with California Franchise Tax Board
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Follow the Data: A Funder’s Push for Evidence-Based Local Policy
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Lab researching scientific solutions to social problems receives $2.85M grant
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UCLA and Homelessness: See. Study. Solve. May 21-24, 2018
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Public defender’s new pretrial release program slashes SF jail stays: Study
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UCLA to Host Homelessness Conference
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New partnership at USC seeks solutions to reduce homelessness in L.A.
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Tipping Point quarterbacks study to increase filing for low-income tax credits
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The Policy Labs We Urgently Need
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Building the Smarter State: The Role of Data Labs
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California Policy Lab Profile
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California shifts from scanners to dogs to halt prison contraband
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Prisons Put New Limits On Inmate Visits To Stamp Out Drugs
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UC regents panel backs limited use of letters of recommendation at campuses systemwide
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PRESS RELEASE: Letters of Recommendation Give New Information about UC Berkeley Applicants Without Hurting Diversity
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CPL Hosts “Breaking the Cycle” Conference
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Recommendation letters help underrepresented applicants to Berkeley, study shows
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California prison smugglers get creative: Meth in soap, heroin on stamps

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