What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - (The researchers defined social vulnerability using a variety of indicators, including income, education level, English proficiency, age, disability status, housing status, citizenship status, and access to vehicles.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The budget provides a total of $ 577  m illion ($ 390  m illion ongoing and $ 187  m illion one time) to districts based on their unduplicated counts of low ‑income students, English learners, and students with disabilities they serve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - These include communities of color, communities with lower incomes, and people with limited English proficiency. For example, research suggests that African Americans in Los Angeles are nearly twice as likely to die from a heat wave than other Los Angeles residents, and families living below the poverty line are unlikely to have access to air conditioning or cars that allow them to escape extreme heat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

Preparing for Rising Seas: How the State Can Help Support Local Coastal Adaptation Efforts

Dec 10, 2019 - Such populations include renters (who are less able to prepare their residences for flood events), individuals not proficient in English (who may not be able to access critical informa tion about potential SLR impacts), residents with no vehicle (who may find it more difficult to evacuate), and residents with lower incomes (who have fewer resources upon which to rely to prepare for, respond to, and recover from flood events).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4121