Solid majority of Californians support teachers striking for higher pay; state superintendent race up for grabs; parents want limits to cellphone access at school. April 16, 2026 - SAN FRANCISCO - ...

Even as California’s homebuilding outpaces population growth, its housing market remains stubbornly tight, new data ...

An annual ritual around this time each year accompanies the Public Policy Institute of California poll release. PPIC asks voters how the state budget prioritizes spending and I point out that the poll ...

A new analysis shows that while California community college students are admitted to CSU at high rates, many never apply despite meeting requirements. The Public Policy Institute of California found ...

LOS ANGELES -- A new poll shows there's still no clear front-runner in the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom. Republican Steve Hilton is in the lead at 15%, followed by Democrat Katie Porter at 13%.

The Public Policy Institute of California recommended a number of policy actions in its latest report last week. One hurdle PPIC recognizes is that the farming sector “must prepare for future droughts ...

CONVINCE THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT VACCINATIONS ARE SAFE. TODAY THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ARE HEADING BACK TO THE CLASSROOM. STOCKTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REOPENING CAMPUSES EVEN THOUGH THERE’S JUST A ...

Kudos to Jason Richwine for his fine shoe-leather work in contacting the PPIC staff and determining that the ethnic incarceration figures provided in their 2006 report Who’s in Prison? were already ...

As another drought looms in California, I’ve been thinking about a whimsical project at a statewide think tank where I serve on the board. The Water Policy Center at the Public Policy Institute of ...

Reform is needed to strengthen California’s water trading market and minimize the impacts of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, according to a new report by the Public Policy Institute of ...