ADULT POPULATIONS

State's Incarcerated Population Not Reflective of State's Racial Breakdown The state's prison and Youth Authority populations have a much higher percentage of blacks and Hispanics than the state's population as a whole.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgcj3.html

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - How best to ensure child safety in a way that minimizes and mitigates trauma and ideally keeps the child with their parent(s)/caregiver(s) is a core challenge inherent to the child welfare system. California ’s Child Welfare System ‑Involved Families Are Disproportionately Black, Native American, and Low Income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Research nationally and in other states has found consistent evidence of racial disparities in the distribution of PPP loans, particularly for Black ‑owned businesses. These findings include, for example, that Black ‑owned firms were about 9  percent less likely to receive PPP loans than similar white ‑owned firms and, among Black ‑owned
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - A good example of this is the Black population in California. Based on the figures presented above, the Black population is somewhat overrepresented in California ’s motion picture industry (6.6  percent) compared to their share of the total population (5.5  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

^[PDF] What Is the Variation in Racial and Ethnic Group Participation At California Public Colleges and Universities?

This is because a larger percentage of black and Latino students do not graduate from high school. As shown in the fi gure on the next page, the high school graduation rates for black and Latino students are from 15 percent to 30 percent lower than white and Asian students.
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/higher_ed/FAQs/Higher_Education_Issue_16.pdf

^[PDF] Special Education: Nonpublic School and Nonpublic Agency Study Final Report

A funding system that encourages SELPAs to make placement choices that best meet students’ needs must be free of fiscal incentives favoring one type of placement over another. Our data also suggest that there is a general concern about the lack of state standards to guide decisions as to the extent to which certain programs are appropriate for children with special education needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/special_education_0998/special_ed_nonpublic_by_air.pdf

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Social Services Immigration and Equity Programs

Mar 15, 2024 - TPS immigration services provides services beyond those for TPS individuals, this includes funding to increase the capacity to support Black immigrants, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) immigrants, and those facing deportati on proceedings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4885

Juvenile Crime--Who Is Being Victimized by Crime?

Teenage black males have the highest victimization rates for violent crime (about 20 percent higher than teenage black females, the next highest group). Teenage white and black males have the highest victimization rates for personal theft.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/050195_juv_crime/kkpart4.aspx

^[PDF] RAND Research Brief: How California Charter Schools Operate and Perform

Third, to give the charter schools the best chance for long-term success, California should find ways to ensure that they have access to funding that is equivalent to that of conventional public schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/2003/RAND_charter/053003_RAND_Charter_Schools_brief.pdf

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU plans to undertake a two ‑year transition period intended to give campuses time to develop the data tools, processes, and infrastructure needed to pursue its new objectives and ultimately reach its new targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099