I was on KTVU this morn discussing our new data tracking the CA's financial health. Two diverging trends: (1) a resurgent mortgage market, led by large home loans in the Bay, (2) more folks falling behinds on debts, especially student loans. This K-shaped recovery is hurting CA.
#HiringAlert: The California Policy Lab is hiring for a mid- or advanced-career Researcher, focused on labor economics. First review is Feb 27th. Hybrid in Los Angeles, or remote. Full posting: capolicylab.org/careers/rese...
Some new evidence from CPL on housing vouchers. Recipients are more likely to desist from crime. But we found no impacts on behavioral health over 20 months.
We're thrilled to share these 7 numbers reflecting the work we've done in 2025. Want more? Visit our Year in Review: capolicylab.org/news/califor...
I co-founded CA Policy Lab in 2017. We do inspiring work and fundraise for our whole budget. Your support means a lot to me, and your $ helps us … predict and prevent homelessness in LA … get eligible families on benefits … test policies that reduce crime and incarceration.
The California Policy Lab provides independent, practical research that helps our government make better decisions and improve more lives. In this interview, Prof. Till von Wachter explains CPL's research showing the LA wildfires impacted people both inside and outside the directly impacted areas.
This week I sat down with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social (huge stan since "Containers") on @kqedforum.bsky.social to talk about student loans and rising delinquencies. Always lovely to share time with @millennialdebt.bsky.social and Julie Margetta Morgan. Take a listen: www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
Tune in to @kqedforum.bsky.social at 9a tmrw to hear me talk rising student loan delinquencies
In a new data point, we show how many college students are enrolled in #CalWORKs, the average benefit amounts, and which UC and California Community Colleges have the highest enrollment rates: capolicylab.org/calworks-par...
I'm thrilled to be hiring our first Policy Director to lead our Sacramento-based work. This person will be a senior leader at the California Policy Lab and will be magnify the impact of our research by integrating it more closely with policymakers' needs. Please circulate to your networks!
The fed student loan pmt pause is over and a huge number of Californians are late on their loans, much more than before the pandemic. Boomers and Gen X are more often late on payments than younger folks. This comes as personal fin health is at its worst since Great Recession....that's a bad combo.
Our research shop at the CA Dept of Social Services is #hiring for a Principal Data Enigneer
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
Posting closes 9/8. Please help us spread the word!
This position will build data pipelines for our in-house research and analytics.
This is a great research team for those seeking to make impact within government.
⚡️Hiring alert⚡️
Are you an 18F/USDS alum? Tired of working for a tech giant? Want to use your data skills to support mission-driven work?
Come join our team and work on data/research for the public good!
🏅 Congrats to our team for being a top 10 Ivory Prize finalist for our work predicting and preventing homelessness in Los Angeles.
Interested in working on California criminal justice policy? Come join our team! Our research feeds directly into legislative recommendations.
Interested in education policy and want to do research that makes a policy impact? Come join our team! We work with some of the largest and best education systems in the world.
LA Times editorial about our homelessness prevention work.
So proud of our team (and our partners) for this nomination. The HPU really does deserve this recognition.
⚡⚡Seeking Researcher⚡⚡
Amazing opportunity to work with incredible data.
Especially interested in folks that know credit markets or credit data. Will be working a lot directly with me.
Please share with your networks!
