The CPI not only publishes Pathways Magazine but also occasional research reports on poverty and inequality.
California Poverty Measure
The California Poverty Measure is a new index that improves upon conventional poverty measures. The CPM tracks the full range of necessary expenditures, adjusts for geographic differences in housing costs, and includes food stamps and other non-cash benefits as resources available to poor families. The CPM reveals which groups and counties have the highest poverty rates and whether California's safety net is successfully reducing poverty. The CPM is jointly produced by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality (CPI) and the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).
- Read the newest brief: Poverty and Deep Poverty in California
- Download the CPM methodology: The California Poverty Measure: 2012 Technical Appendices
- Read the PPIC report (December 2015): Poverty in California
- Read the brief (October 1, 2013): A Portrait of Poverty within California Counties and Demographic Groups
- Read the report (October 1, 2013): The California Poverty Measure: A New Look at the Social Safety Net
- Read the press release (October 1, 2013): Stanford releases new poverty index
Equal Opportunity Plan
Read more about a new plan to reduce poverty in California...permanently.
- Read the executive summary: The Equal Opportunity Plan
- Read the Pathways Magazine excerpt: Reducing Poverty in California ... Permanently
- Read the full report: Why Is There So Much Poverty in California?
- Read the Stanford Report article: A New Plan to Dramatically Reduce Poverty in California