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Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2005

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report provides a detailed economic impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage ordinace....

Shortchanged: How Airlines Can Repay Taxpayers for Billions in Subsidies by Improving Jobs, Security, and Services

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This report outlines how despite receiving billions in public subsidies has failed to provide good quality jobs which undermines safety and service quality....

Massachusetts Poverty Rate Flat, Median Income Growth Slowed in 2017

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source MassBudget

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report looks at the economic health of Massachusetts families. They find Massachusetts' poverty rate has not changed. Social security and refundable tax credits help keep millions people out of poverty. Income of workers of Middle-class have increased....

Jacksonville’s Community Wealth Building Roundtable

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) Florida

Source The Democracy Collaborative

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development

This report works to guide city-level initiatives for Community Wealth Building (CWB). Through the outlining of this process, the important steps of identifying an area of the city that would benefit from the initiative, working with outside consultants, identifying and engaging stakeholders,...

The Impact of Wages and Turnover on Security and Safety in Airports: A Review of the Literature

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This literature review at the request of the San Francisco Airport Commission to aid in the evaluation of a proposal to increase wages for those covered under the airport's Quality Standards Program. The program mandated higher minimum compensation and training. The review finds higher...

Closing the Women's Wealth Gap—What it Is, Why it Matters, and What Can Be Done About It

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report aims to inform a national discussion about the women’s wealth gap, and to catalyze movement towards policy and practical solutions that build wealth for low-income women and women of color. The report begins with an overview of what wealth is and why it matters; it summarizes...

Data and Methods for Estimating the Impact of Proposed Local Minimum Wage Laws

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This technical report outlines the date and methodology developed by the UC Berkeley Labor Center to estiamte the number of workers imapcted by proposed local minimum wages laws, as well as the expected increase in wages. This report outlines the challenges of dealing with data limitations...

Strategies in Pursuit of Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity: Lessons from Seven States and Cities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, State

State(s) Alabama, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, West Virginia

Source National Institute for Early Education Research

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Education

Teachers in publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs across the nation are increasingly expected to earn educational qualifications and credentials similar to their peers teaching older children. Yet salaries and benefits remain consistently lower for pre-K teachers than for kindergarten...

Austerity Versus Reinvestment: A Roadmap for a Broad-Based Connecticut Economic Recovery

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) Connecticut

Source In the Public Interest

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development, Finance & Procurement

In the face of a public health emergency, an economic recession, and widening of social inequities, Connecticut has continues to reduce its public investment in services such as education, healthcare, housing, and transportation. Downsizing the public sector and failing to adequately...

Contra Costa County's Proposed Minimum Wage Law: A Prospective Impact Study

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level County

State(s) California

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report evaluates the proposal to raise Contra Costa County's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020 in 5 steps. The study examines the impacts on workers and businesses....

CWWG RESEARCH GUIDE A Tool to Measure Gender Wealth Inequality

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women's Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Measuring the wealth gap for people who identify as women is critical to the development of policy, programs, and services to build their economic security. Yet wealth is more complex than it seems, making it hard to measure. Researchers can use available data to calculate medians...

City at a Crossroads: Poverty, Jobs and the Future of Los Angeles

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2006

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety, Health, Education

This brieft outlines the challenges facing LA in terms of good jobs and poverty. It outlines how the city can combate urband poverty by creating good jobs....

Race to the Bottom: How Low-Road Subcontracting Affects Working Conditions in California's Property Service s Industry

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

This report evaluates the public cost of low wages in California's subcontracted services industries....

Raising Revenue Through Municipal Corporate Taxation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Local Progress

Policy Areas -

The 2017 partisan tax reform law accelerated the United States’ rising inequality by slashing taxes of wealthy individuals and corporations and expanding the federal deficit, ultimately straining municipal budgets. In order to restore fairness to the tax code and generate revenue...

Expanding State EITCs: Age Enhancements and a Credit Increase for Workers without Children in the Home

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Children & Families

In offsetting federal income and payroll taxes and supplementing the earnings of low-wage workers across the country, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in the U.S. However, the EITC provides little or no benefits to workers without...

The Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage by 2019 in San Jose and Santa Clara County

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level County

State(s) California

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report estimates the impacts of a $15 minimum wage in California's San Jose and Santa Clara County on workers and business....

Century Boulevard Living Wage Ordinance

Type Ordinance

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance adds Article 4 to Chapter X of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to create an Airport Hospitality Enhancement Zone. By designating the Century Boulevard Corridor as an Airport Hospitality enhancement zone, the City will improve and encourage the continuing growth and development...

Tax Justice Is...

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Racial justice, economic justice, climate justice, and health justice all require tax justice. The United States does not raise enough tax revenue to fund the basic needs of its people or environment, leading to income inequality, racial wealth gaps, and negative health and climate...

The Property Tax Circuit Breaker: An Introduction and Survey of Current Programs

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2007

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This report provides an introduction to property tax circuit breakers and describes the main features of circuit breaker programs currently being administered in eighteen states. Some of the features discussed include eligibility restrictions (based on whether the taxpayer is a homeowner...

The 2018 Rhode Island Standard of Need: What it costs to live in Rhode Island and how work supports help families meet basic needs.

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Rhode Island

Source The Economic Progress Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Raising a family in Rhode Island is expensive. Many households do not earn enough to meet their needs. Government funded work support programs and child care assistance program help close the gap between income and expenses for low wage families. This report finds that increasing...

Los Angeles Department of Public Works Construction Careers Policy

Type Ordinance

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This city ordinance modifies the DPW's contracting and project labor agreements to ensure career pathways into the building trads for minorities and local residents so they can also benefit from city construction projects....

Los Angeles on the Edge Part I: An Analysis of Health and Income Data from the U.S. Census Bureau

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level County

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

The report evaluating census data finds that LA County has some of the highest rates of income inequality and residents without health insurance....

Rhode Island Supports For Working Families Among Lowest In New England

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) Rhode Island

Source The Economic Progress Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Coverage for childcare assistance and health care is low in Rhode Island. Low-wage families need support from the government to close this gap....

Property Tax Circuit Breakers: Fair and Cost-Effective Relief for Taxpayers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Property tax circuit breakers provide households with direct property tax relief that increases as household income declines. In addition to analyzing the advantages of circuit breakers, this report outlines the basic types of property tax circuit breakers and examines whether eligibility...

The Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program

Type Ordinance

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Transportation & Mobility

The Clean Truck Program at the Port of Los Angeles was designed to make the trucks at the city's ports more environmentally friendly. The Program reduced emmisions at the port drastically. Importantly, the project was designed such that it do not allow port companies to shift the...

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