ADULT POPULATIONS

For example, in 1992-93, the average sentence for male felons increas ed by about nine days, which resulted in the need for about 500 additional prison beds and increased overcrowding by about 1 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgcj3.html

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
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

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - In California, Black, Native American, and Hispanic/Latino children are more likely than children of other races/ethnicities to experience this more extreme level of deprivation. For example, in 2021, Black children were roughly three times more likely than white children to experience deep poverty (16  percent compared to 5  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

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

.  Black and Latino high school graduates enroll at a higher rate than white graduates, but at a lower rate than Asian graduates.  Enrollment rates vary by segment. For example, black and Latino high school graduates are more likely to enroll at California State University (CSU) than at the University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/higher_ed/FAQs/Higher_Education_Issue_16.pdf

Juvenile Crime--Who Is Being Victimized by Crime?

About the LAO May 1995 Please note: See our January 2007 publication, California’s Criminal Justice System: A Primer , which provides updated data related to the juvenile justice system as well as answers to the following questions: Who Are Juvenile Offenders?
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/050195_juv_crime/kkpart4.aspx

April 2017 State Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

May 31, 2017 - Currently, four sectors are  colored red, six are  colored black (including the state 's key professional and technical services sector, which contains major elements of the technology industry), and eight are  colored green.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/243

^[PDF] Update: Racial and Ethnic Disproportionalities and Disparities in California’s Child Welfare System

For example, across California, foster placements by county increase as the rate of poverty increases, as shown in the figure above. Notes: Size of bubble represents a county's share of total child population.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2024/Child-Welfare-Disparities-040324.pdf

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - These include ( 1)  w hether the proposal reflects an information technology (IT) project subject to the state ’s IT project oversight rules, ( 2)  w hat the full intended scope of functionality for the project would be (for example, how the service might interface with related state efforts to expand the use of health information exchanges), ( 3)  w
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Race/Ethnicity Most CalWORKs Heads of Household Were Hispanic, White, or Black. As shown in Figure   12 , about half of CalWORKs heads of household were Hispanic in 2022. About 22  percent were white and 20  percent were Black.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057