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2 What Does GDP Tell Us about Progress?

3 MEASURE OF AMERICA 3 WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA Measure of America, a nonpartisan project of the nonprofit Social Science Research Council, provides easy-to-use yet methodologically sound tools for understanding well-being and opportunity in America. Through reports, online tools, and evidence-based research, Measure of America breathes life into numbers, using data to identify areas of need, pinpoint levers for change, and track progress over time. Work in California: Portrait of California 2011, Portrait of Marin, Portrait of Sonoma County, Portrait of California 2014-2015 (Marin, Sonoma, California 2015 in Spanish).

4 A Portrait of California 2014–2015 FUNDING CONSORTIUM Blue Shield of California Foundation California Community Foundation The California Endowment Conrad N. Hilton Foundation The James Irvine Foundation WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation The San Francisco Foundation United Ways of California Weingart Foundation 4

5 Defined as the process of enlarging people’s freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being. Puts people at the center of analysis and looks at the challenges we face in the interconnected way we experience them. Is expanded or constrained by the things we do ourselves and by the conditions and institutions around us. Debuted in 1990 at the UN; rooted in Amartya Sen's capabilities framework. Seen as the global gold standard for measuring well-being in human development reports in over 160 countries. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA 5

6 6 HOW IS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MEASURED?

7 WHAT DOES THE INDEX REVEAL ABOUT CALIFORNIA?

8 Well-Being Data Calculated for:  Top 10 Metro Areas  Counties  Neighborhood Clusters (265)  Senate Districts  Assembly Districts  Race/Ethnicity  Nativity (native- vs. foreign-born)  Gender

9 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BY METRO AREA Top 10 captures 84% of total population

10 SAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA BY NEIGHBORHOOD CLUSTER A resident of San Ramon or Danville...  lives 8.4 years longer  is about 5 times as likely to have a bachelor’s degree  earns nearly $52,000 more... than a resident of South Central Oakland

11 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX BY RACE AND ETHNICITY CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA African Latino Asian White American American 4.58 4.90 7.61 7.65 SF well-being outcomes higher for every group Asian American- white switch Latino-African American switch California Whites: $41kCalifornia Asian Americans: $39k SF Whites: $53kSF Asian Americans: $42k

12 PROGRESS IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2000 LATINAS MADE FASTEST PROGRESS Among Latinas, well-being increased 7 times faster than for white men.

13 Neighborhood Clusters There are 265 Census Bureau-defined neighborhoods in California. Population size: around 100,000–200,000 so allows for “apples to apples” comparisons 13 WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

14 THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS

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16 WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE 16

17 CALIFORNIA IS A HEALTHY STATE! CA #2

18 18 CALIFORNIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY RACE AND ETHNICITY

19 PROGRESS ON HEALTH WILL REQUIRE... paying attention to the conditions of daily life.

20 ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE 20 WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

21 EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES BY NEIGHBORHOOD 21 HS: Range from 97% to 39% Enrollment: Range from 92% to 57%

22 EDUCATION OUTCOMES IN CALIFORNIA BY RACE/ETHNICITY AND NATIVITY 22 WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA However, U.S-born Latino adults have HS graduation and enrollment rates above CA average. Unsurprisingly, low educational attainment among foreign-born Latinos. Asian American higher ed VERY high

23 THESE RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPS ARE NOT MONOLITHIC

24 PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT (3- AND 4-YEAR-OLDS) BY RACE AND ETHNICITY

25 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE RACE/ETHNICITY, GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

26 One in five African American youth in SF On in six Latino youth in San Francisco and San Jose Youth Disconnection: A Serious Issue for California

27 DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING 27 WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

28 MEDIAN PERSONAL EARNINGS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY

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30 Agenda for Action

31 HOW IS THIS WORK BEING USED? Health promoters Canal Alliance Housing policy debate The California Endowment – Building Healthy Communities United Ways of California – Legislative briefing, community work The San Francisco Foundation – Equity lens Southern California Grantmakers – Policy focus

32 HOW IS THIS WORK BEING USED? Portrait of Sonoma County “You can’t go to a meeting in the community without the Portrait of Sonoma being talked about.” Pledge of Support—55 organizations 90 presentations by Sonoma Dept. of Health Services Restriction on e-cigarettes Universal preschool feasibility study County-wide focus on five lowest tracts PD community healing – mural Funding Circle Hike the Portrait

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