D'oh... I thought liberals like to take care of the poor? Evidently that's all just an act. Time to raise taxes there.
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/07/30/california-economy-leaves-far-too-many-poor/
Behind California’s status as the fifth-largest economy in the world is the troubling reality that the Golden State is also one of the most impoverished in the nation.
About one in five Californians “lacked enough resources to meet basic needs” in 2016, according to a measure of poverty developed by the Public Policy Institute of California and the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.
Using the California Poverty Measure, which “accounts for the cost of living and a range of family needs and resources, including social safety net benefits,” according to a recent PPIC publication, 7.4 million Californians lived in poverty in 2016.
This includes 19.4 percent of Californians overall and 21.3 percent of children.
Using the measure, 24.3 percent of Los Angeles County residents lived in poverty in 2016. In Orange County, the figure is 20.9 percent. In the Inland Empire, Riverside County and San Bernardino County respectively the poverty rates are 18.3 percent and 18.2 percent.
In addition to geographical disparities, PPIC has reported racial disparities.
Latinos, for example, make up 39.2 percent of California’s population, but make up 52.8 percent of the poor. Using the CPM, 26.1 percent of Latinos lived in poverty in 2016, down from 30.9 percent in 2011.
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/07/30/california-economy-leaves-far-too-many-poor/
Behind California’s status as the fifth-largest economy in the world is the troubling reality that the Golden State is also one of the most impoverished in the nation.
About one in five Californians “lacked enough resources to meet basic needs” in 2016, according to a measure of poverty developed by the Public Policy Institute of California and the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.
Using the California Poverty Measure, which “accounts for the cost of living and a range of family needs and resources, including social safety net benefits,” according to a recent PPIC publication, 7.4 million Californians lived in poverty in 2016.
This includes 19.4 percent of Californians overall and 21.3 percent of children.
Using the measure, 24.3 percent of Los Angeles County residents lived in poverty in 2016. In Orange County, the figure is 20.9 percent. In the Inland Empire, Riverside County and San Bernardino County respectively the poverty rates are 18.3 percent and 18.2 percent.
In addition to geographical disparities, PPIC has reported racial disparities.
Latinos, for example, make up 39.2 percent of California’s population, but make up 52.8 percent of the poor. Using the CPM, 26.1 percent of Latinos lived in poverty in 2016, down from 30.9 percent in 2011.
