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Making the California State Budget More Transparent

Sam Trachtman - Senior Researcher, The Matrix / Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

In the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the California state government collected and spent around 300 billion dollars. It also spent around 150 billion in transfer funds from the federal government. Spending has risen dramatically since the 2008 recession slowdown, even with minimal population growth. Despite these major changes, academics and policymakers...

Tracking and analyzing housing production in California: 2018 - 2023

Sam Trachtman - Senior Researcher, The Matrix / Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

California has a huge housing shortage, which causes all sorts of problems: homelessness, poverty, lack of opportunity, pollution from long car commutes, etc. California’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) estimates that the state needs to build an additional 2.5 million housing units by 2032 to address shortfalls. For...

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