California, often thought of as the land of plenty, is "in fact the land of poverty." said David Grusky, a sociology professor who serves as the director of the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.
According to new research by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality and the Public Policy Institute of California, the poverty measurement, which takes into account housing costs in addition to income, found that 25 percent of children and 22 percent of all Californians are poverty-stricken. The percentages would be even higher if not for the state and federal safety nets, including CalFresh, the state's food stamp program; CalWORKs, the state's cash assistance program; and the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, the study found. If these programs were not in place, the child-poverty rate would increase by another 12 percentage points. In overall numbers, more poor children live in California than in any other state. Out-of-pocket medical costs, which the Census Bureau doesn't take into consideration when calculating the official poverty measure, often push the elderly into poverty.
California's immigrant population is also highly affected by poverty, in part because undocumented immigrants are not eligible for safety-net programs, the study found. Nearly 30 percent of the state's immigrant population lives in poverty -- a figure that is much higher than official government estimates.
According to new research by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality and the Public Policy Institute of California, the poverty measurement, which takes into account housing costs in addition to income, found that 25 percent of children and 22 percent of all Californians are poverty-stricken. The percentages would be even higher if not for the state and federal safety nets, including CalFresh, the state's food stamp program; CalWORKs, the state's cash assistance program; and the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, the study found. If these programs were not in place, the child-poverty rate would increase by another 12 percentage points. In overall numbers, more poor children live in California than in any other state. Out-of-pocket medical costs, which the Census Bureau doesn't take into consideration when calculating the official poverty measure, often push the elderly into poverty.
California's immigrant population is also highly affected by poverty, in part because undocumented immigrants are not eligible for safety-net programs, the study found. Nearly 30 percent of the state's immigrant population lives in poverty -- a figure that is much higher than official government estimates.
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