California’s school funding system could be reshaped in the coming years due to declining enrollment, creating new fiscal flexibility and allowing policymakers to reconsider how billions of education dollars are distributed, according to a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California.
A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California reveals that fewer than half of Californians believe the state’s K–12 public schools are headed in the right direction, and that support for the state’s educational leadership is tepid, with concerns about funding, immigration enforcement, and federal mandates.
Preliminary 2024 crime statistics from across California show a decline in both violent and property crime, suggesting that the state may finally be reversing the troubling rise in crime that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many observers have believed that new immigration policies by the Trump administration might help alleviate California’s housing…
This week, PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) put out a report on “Three Decades of Housing…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In a blog post by Dean Bonner of the PPIC, he…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Californians do not agree on a whole lot, but one thing…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) this week looked at the…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I keep reading in certain circles that we don’t have a…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – If there is a consensus at least on…
By Vanguard Staff Oakland, CA – The governor on Friday took his cabinet members to visit an…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The latest batch of articles this week on the California Housing…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor PPIC this week released a key study of Police Use of…
By Noe Herrera and Neha Malhi SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The FBI recently released crime numbers that…
By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week a very telling USA Today poll came out finding that…
Part of the defense offered by Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, in face of criticism that Yolo…
by Matt Williams The parcel tax has advantages over other types of taxes as a source of…