This dashboard presents data reported monthly to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, which covers the vast majority of law enforcement agencies in the state. Data are available at both ...

Many assume people experiencing homelessness are not working. In Los Angeles County, which has the largest population of people experiencing homelessness in the country, a prior California Policy Lab ...

Financial instability is a leading driver of homelessness, and recent research has found that temporary financial assistance, targeted to at-risk households, reduces entries into homelessness. In 2021 ...

Food insecurity is widespread among college students in the United States. CalFresh food benefits, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can help students in ...

The San Francisco Bay Area has the highest cost of living in the country, and housing costs in particular are squeezing residents’ budgets. This report draws on the same longitudinal, anonymized ...

Berkeley, CA (July 30, 2026) —The Bay Area has the highest cost of living of any metropolitan area in the country. Faced with these high costs, many residents are choosing to move to more affordable ...

Domestic violence is one of the most common forms of victimization. Nationally, over one million people reported being victims of domestic violence in 2024. 1 This report focuses on domestic violence ...

New analysis brings real-time data to one of the biggest questions facing workers: how artificial intelligence may be reshaping the labor market. June 25, 2026, Sacramento – A new, first-in-the-nation ...

If a person is convicted of a felony offense that involves a gun, they may also have a gun enhancement added, which adds additional years to their sentence. The California Penal Code includes 18 ...

Berkeley, May 4, 2026 – Community college students who receive CalFresh during their first year of college are more likely to stay on track academically and return for a second year, according to a ...

Growing costs of living are squeezing Californians’ pocketbooks and causing some households to consider relocating. Using unique data that anonymously tracks the same households over time from 2016 to ...

March 31, 2026, Berkeley, CA — A new report released today by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL) finds that Californians who leave the state tend to relocate to substantially more affordable ...