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Everyone should have equal access to the California Dream, but that dream is falling out of reach for far too many residents. Families throughout the state are grappling with the rising costs of housing, food, transportation, and health care. Federal Republicans’ cuts to funding for essential programs like Medi-Cal and CalFresh further threaten Californians’ wellbeing and food security to fund massive tax breaks for the wealthy.

California state lawmakers must put their collective energy behind meaningful, state-level solutions that support economic and housing stability for all Californians.

Safety and affordability are deeply intertwined. Improving one, means improving the other. We know that homicide rates are three to four times lower for neighborhoods that are not experiencing persistent poverty and that formerly incarcerated people who receive supportive housing services were 40% less likely to be rearrested.