Publications

In addition to our quarterly newsletter, the CBP issues frequent briefing papers, press releases, "quick hits," and in-depth reports on topical issues affecting low- and middle-income Californians. Browse our complete archive of publications by subject area or date.

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Recent Publications

• Governor’s Proposed Health Cuts Would Increase Ranks of Uninsured, Reduce Access, May 2008
• How California's School Districts Spend Their Funds, May 2008
• Who Pays Taxes in California?, April 2008
• The Impact of the Governor’s Proposed Cuts by Legislative District, April 2008
• Congress Could Help Ease California’s Fiscal Woes, April 2008
• Federal Rules Would Reduce Access to Health Care Services, Cut $10 Billion in Health Care Funds to California, April 2008
• Governor’s Proposed CalWORKs Changes Would Eliminate Aid for Nearly 200,000 Children, April 2008
• The Impact of the Governor's Budget Cuts on Children, Seniors, and Women, March 2008
• The County Impact of the Governor’s Proposed CalWORKs Cuts, March 2008
• What Would the President’s Proposed Budget Mean for California?, March 2008
• Who in Each County Would Be Affected by the Governor’s Proposed Budget Cuts?, March 2008
• Economic Slowdown Is Bad News for California’s Workers and Their Families, March 2008
• Governor Proposes to Suspend State COLAs for SSI/SSP Grants, March 2008
• The County Impact of the Governor's Proposal to Cut Public School Funding, March 2008
• The Impact on School Districts of the Governor's Proposal to Cut Public School Funding, March 2008
• The County Impact of the Governor's Proposal to Suspend SSI/SSP COLAs, February 2008
• The County Impact of the Governor's Proposal to Cut IHSS Services, February 2008
• The County Impact of the Governor's Proposal to Cut Child Care Funding, February 2008
• Legislature Passes Midyear Cuts, February 2008
• The County Impact of the Governor’s Proposal to Cut Health Care Provider Payments, February 2008
• Locked Out 2008: The Housing Boom and Beyond, February 2008
• Locked Out 2008: A Profile of California’s Counties, February 2008
• Two Steps Back: Should California Cut Its Way to a Balanced Budget?, February 2008
• Governor Releases Proposed 2008-09 Budget, January 2008
• California’s Two-Step Minimum Wage Increase Provides an Important Boost to Low-Wage Workers’ Earnings, December 2007
• What Would Proposition 92 Mean for California?, December 2007
• Assembly Passes Health Care Reform Package, December 2007
• Would the Governor’s Proposed Tax Credit Make Health Care Affordable?, October 2007
• Getting from Facts to Policy, October 2007
• Making Ends Meet: How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Family in California?, October 2007

• How Does California Compare?: Funding California's Public Schools, October 2007

• Labor Day 2007: California’s Workers Face a Mix of Promising and Troubling Trends, August 2007

• Poverty Declines, Incomes Increase, August 2007

• Governor Signs 2007-08 Budget, August 2007

• A Generation of Widening Inequality: The State of Working California, 1979 to 2006, August 2007

• The State of Working California: A Profile of California’s Counties, August 2007

• Premium Assistance in AB 8: Promising Strategy, but Questions Remain, August 2007
• Hard Work and a Fair Shot: Helping California's Low-Income Working Families Make Ends Meet, August 2007

• What Does It Take for a Family to Afford to Pay for Health Care?, August 2007
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