Day: February 15, 2023

Senator Dave Min and Stop AAPI Hate introduce bill to improve ridership safety on public transit

Senator Dave Min and Stop AAPI Hate announced the introduction of Senate Bill (SB) 434, ‘Public Transit for All: Improving Safety & Increasing Ridership,’ which would require California’s top ten public transit systems to collect survey data as a critical first step towards improving ridership safety, addressing street harassment on Read More

Legislative Analyst’s Office issues report on CalWORKS take-up rates across demographic groups

The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs) program provides cash assistance and employment services for low-income families with children. In an earlier analysis, we introduced a new method for estimating CalWORKs take-up across the state. In this brief, we examine how CalWORKs eligibility and take-up rates vary between Read More