California Policy Lab

NEW🏠RESEARCH: Moving out of the San Francisco Bay Area can dramatically lower your housing costs and increase your likelihood of becoming a homeowner, according to a new CPL report. But movers also often encounter tradeoffs in their new communities, including lower quality schools, greater climate vulnerability, and lower average incomes. capolicylab.org/priced-out-of-…

"For people who left San Francisco, the number is staggering. Median home values were about $916,000 less, and rents were 38% (or $987) less." sfgate.com/california/art… #SanFrancisco

New research today from Brett Fisher and me, showing who left -- and entered -- the Bay over the last dozen years, and how affordability plays into those decisions. We find dramatic increases in homeownership for people leave the Bay. Who is priced out may not be who you think.

Great to see this important work published! Encouraging results on the impact of the rapid rehousing program in LA

📊New Research: A California Policy Lab study in the August issue of the Journal of Urban Economics shows that Rapid Re-Housing can reduce homelessness long after rental assistance ends. Following participants in Los Angeles County for four years, researchers found: ->30% reduction in future homelessness for single adults and youth ->25% reduction for families ->No evidence that short-term rental assistance reduced employment or earnings See more: capolicylab.org/does-rapid-re-…

NEW: A California Policy Lab policy brief focuses on mothers and infants in the Bay Area who were enrolled in #CalFresh during the pandemic - showing how emergency allotments significantly increased average benefit amounts until they expired in early 2023: capolicylab.org/calfresh-and-m…

Updated 📈Data: The California Credit Dashboard is updated through the first quarter of 2026. Curious how much 💳debt Californians are carrying? How big was the average new🚗 loan? Credit scores going↗️or↘️? What are the differences across regions? Find out the answers (and much more): capolicylab.org/california-cre…

A report from the California Policy Lab at UCLA analyzed findings from the newly launched California AI-Unemployment Tracker. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/califo…

"And so we saw a window here to really make a difference and bring new data to bear to this question." -@TillvonWachter, who was interviewed on the Takeout with Major Garrett about the new California AI Unemployment Tracker (CAIT): cbsnews.com/video/californ… #AI

Very excited to share this new public tool for tracking AI-related job loss in real time: the California AI-Unemployment Tracker (CAIT), developed in partnership with @CAPolicyLab and CA’s Employment Development Department. Key findings & links below (views here are my own): 🧵/1

The California Policy Lab helps policymakers make better decisions using data. As questions about AI’s impact continue to grow, CPL is committed to bringing evidence to the conversation. Looking ahead, we’ll continue updating the tracker each month, providing an ongoing evidence base for understanding how AI may be reshaping work in California. Explore the new tracker and report: capolicylab.org/california-ai-… (9/9) END

Importantly, the tracker cannot determine whether AI directly caused any specific layoff. Instead, it helps identify where labor market changes may be emerging and where additional attention may be needed to support affected workers. (8/9)

Today, we launched a first-of-its-kind tool that brings real-time data to one of the biggest questions facing California: how artificial intelligence may be reshaping the labor market. 🧵(1/9) capolicylab.org/california-ai-…

A new report from the nonpartisan California Policy Lab shows the impact on #CalFresh participants when SNAP pandemic Emergency Allotments ended in March 2023: capolicylab.org/the-economic-e…