Dean Obermark

📣A new California Policy Lab evaluation shows the City of Los Angeles' minimum wage ordinance increased earnings for food service workers without affecting their levels of employment. capolicylab.org/impact-of-los-… 🧵(1/6)

📣NEW REPORT: "The Short-Term Impacts of Bail Policy on Crime in Los Angeles." The California Policy Lab analyzed impacts on jail population, crime reports, and arrests from 3 recent bail policy changes in Los Angeles: capolicylab.org/short-term-imp… #LosAngeles

On June 11th, join the California Policy Lab + invited guests to hear findings from our new report focused on #CalFresh eligibility and participation among University of California and California community college students: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regist… (The report releases next week)

New Research Alert: New report on consecutive sentencing in California shows how frequently it's applied, what factors contribute to a consecutive sentence being applied, how it impacts sentence lengths and how application varies across CA counties capolicylab.org/consecutive-se… 🧵(1/7)

Please help get the word out about 2 new openings: 1) Predoctoral research assistant with @rothstein_jesse: capolicylab.org/careers/predoc… 2) U.C. Graduate Student Researcher (part hybrid, part in-office in Sacramento): capolicylab.org/careers/gradua…

*New Data Alert* The California Credit Dashboard (CCD) just added new data thru Q2 2023. The Dashboard provides an interactive near-real-time snapshot of Californians' financial health. This update also adds more interactive maps: bit.ly/CaliforniaCred… (1/8)

The California Policy Lab is hiring our next Development Director - could it be you? We'd also appreciate your help in sharing this key position with your networks: capolicylab.org/careers/develo…

New data from the California Credit Dashboard shows big changes in California's mortgage market: Since 2020, there’s been a sharp downward trend in the number of Californians taking out new mortgages: bit.ly/CaliforniaCred… (1/7)

@milo_phd Wiley’s Ferguson portraits news.stlpublicradio.org/arts/2018-10-2…

What are some of the most powerful or memorable photos, paintings, posters, or other images related to (not necessarily of) police shootings? Looking to hear from as many of y'all as a possible for a project!

Housing is the only way out of homelessness. “It’s almost so obvious it’s hard to speak about. We don’t have enough housing for poor folks.” @MKushel told @MarisaKendall @CalMatters. calmatters.org/housing/2023/0… #endhomelessness #HousingCrisis

🚨New Working Paper🚨 The Value of Student Debt Relief and the Role of Administrative Barriers: Evidence from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program Brian Jacob (@BrianJacobProf) + me + Ben Keys (@Key_Z_E) ungated link: home.uchicago.edu/~j1s/Jones_TLF… 🧵

Amazing work from @BrettFischer, @jrlacoe, and Steven Raphael on the beneficial effects of early (pre-arraignment) representation!

Please help spread the word- we're hiring for 4 openings on our UCLA + UC Berkeley teams: 1) Financial Analyst, UCLA 2) Data Analyst, Labor Specialist, UCLA 3) Data Analyst, Homelessness Research, UCLA 4) Research Assistant(s)/Associate(s), UC Berkeley capolicylab.org/career/

@EvanBWhite @vikramjam might quit my job and enroll at UC so I can apply this year

CPL's Summer Institute is a great opportunity for undergrads to hone their data/analysis skills on some truly massive data. Plus you'll get to work with me and the inimitable @vikramjam!

@jaycaspiankang Slouching towards beam

Edith Wharton vs. Joan Didion, who will win tonight at the home of the beam?

📣📣We're seeking scholars for our #postdoctoral program! Come work with @ucsfbhhi faculty on homelessness research & translate findings into solutions  #postdocjobs #postdocposition opportunities.ucsf.edu/content/ucsf-b…

I am sharing job postings for 4 (FOUR!) new researcher positions here in the Exploratory Analysis and Research Section at @CaliforniaDSS I would love your support in spreading the word about these jobs! 🙏

@gt_package table 🐐

I don’t know who really needs to hear this but I observed that gt now has 1 million downloads from CRAN (The Comprehensive R Archive Network). That’s not bad. Actually, I’m super elated!

University of California grad student or faculty member doing policy-relevant research? We want to help! See this thread for info on: 1. CPL Seed Grants, 2. Grad Fellowships, and 3. the new Safety Net Dataset. ⏰Application deadline is 12/31/22. ⏰ twitter.com/CAPolicyLab/st…