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  Q&A: What Does the Projected Budget Shortfall Mean for California?

  A guide for state leaders and advocates navigating the 2023-24 state budget
  
  California Budget
• Report

  First Look: Understanding the Governor’s Proposed 2023-24 State Budget

  This First Look analysis outlines key pieces of the 2023-24 California budget proposal, and explores how the governor prioritized spending and determined cuts amid the first budget shortfall of his tenure.
  California Budget
• Commentary

  What We’re Watching Ahead of the May Revision

  Raising Revenues is Essential for Supporting Californians
  California Budget
• Fact Sheet

  Template

  All California children deserve to grow up in a state where their basic needs are met. CalWORKs is a key part of the California safety net designed to provide families with low incomes financial support to meet their basic needs. However, state policies that reinforce counterproductive federal work requirements limit families’ access to this program. … Continued
  Health & Safety Net
• Report

  California’s State Budget Reserves Explained

  How much money is in California’s state budget reserves? When can the funds be withdrawn? How can the funds be used by the state?
  California Budget
• Report

  Three Ways State Policymakers Can Raise Revenues to Advance California’s Priorities

  Improving Corporate Taxation Is Necessary for Building a Just and Equitable State
  Taxes & Revenue
• Report

  Q&A: Understanding Homelessness in California & What Can Be Done

  Having a place to call home is the most basic foundation for health and well-being no matter one’s age, gender, race, or zip code.
  Housing & Homelessness
• Report

  Who is Experiencing Homelessness in California?

  Tailored housing interventions are needed for California’s diverse unhoused population
  Housing & Homelessness
• Report

  California’s Child Care Providers Need a Substantial Pay Raise

  California’s subsidized child care providers offer vital early learning and care options for families struggling to make ends meet. These early educators — who are primarily women and disproportionately women of color — deserve fair and just wages for essential work that helps children learn and grow while parents are working or going to school … Continued
  Child Care & Preschool
• Commentary

  Staying Committed and Accountable to Unhoused Californians

  No Californian should lack a safe and stable home – yet many thousands of individuals in California experience homelessness and its destructive effects every year. 
  Housing & Homelessness
• Report

  Harmful Obstacles: CalWORKs Work Participation Rate (WPR) Penalty

  The CalWORKs WPR Penalty Undercuts State Reforms Focused on Supporting Families
  Health & Safety Net

  Poverty & Inequality
• Data Hit

  California’s Subsidized Child Care Providers Urgently Need a Pay Raise

  California’s subsidized child care providers deserve fair and just wages for their essential work that helps children learn and grow. These early educators  — who are primarily women and disproportionately women of color — offer affordable early care and learning options for working families struggling to make ends meet. State leaders have not consistently and … Continued
  Child Care & Preschool