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Issi Romem, an economist at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley said: "...as long as abundant new housing was built to accommodate those drawn to California, housing price growth was limited and the state's allure was channeled into population growth: From 1940 to 1970 California's population grew 242 percent faster than the national pace, while ...
From 2012 to 2022, California's homeless population increased by 43%, while Texas's decreased by 28%. [70]: • For select cities and localities, the divergence was even greater, with Sacramento County 's homelessness increasing by 230% over the same period, Los Angeles County 's increasing by 106%, while Houston 's decreased by 57%.
(The Center Square) - Newly released federal data says California’s homeless population grew to 187,084 at the start of 2024, up from 181,399 in 2023, raising questions about the efficacy of the ...
In 2017, California had an oversized share of the nation's homeless: 22%, for a state whose residents make up only 12% of the country's total population. The California State Auditor found in their April 2018 report Homelessness in California, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development noted that "California had about 134,000 ...
Scholarship money is still being paid out for the 2023-24 academic year, with 272,651 students already awarded funds to date, according to the California Student Aid Commission.
Its aim is to help advance state policies and programs designed to stabilize the population at a level which they feel "will preserve a good quality of life for all Californians". [3] It asserts that the current growth of population is "unsustainable" and contributes to a growing strain on the environment and infrastructure.
Right now, Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers are $826 million apart on how much to allocate to the Middle Class Scholarship program, which benefits about 300,000 students.
About 100 homeless advocates gathered at the California Capitol on Tuesday to plead that the governor and legislators preserve funding to fight the state’s homelessness crisis as they consider ...