CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA

SARAH BURD-SHARPSKRISTEN LEWISWWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG#APOC2011

CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2011A PORTRAIT OF

DONORS TO A PORTRAIT OF CALIFORNIA 2011The California Community Foundation The California Endowment Conrad N. Hilton FoundationDraper FoundationThe Lincy Foundation The San Francisco FoundationUnited Ways of CaliforniaWeingart Foundation *WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

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SURGING AHEAD AND FALLING BEHIND BAY AREAAn Asian American in the Bay Area lives 2.4 years longer is more than 3 times as likely to have a B.A. earns $20,000 morethan a Latino living in the Bay Area.

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AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTMAIN OBJECTIVESIntroduce a GDP for ordinary people.Generate fact-based public dialogue.Hold elected officials accountable for human progress.

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Is the process of enlarging peoples freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being.

Puts people at the center of analysis.

Is expanded or constrained by the things we do ourselves and by the conditions and institutions around us.

WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT*

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?Developed at the United Nations.

Rooted in Nobel Laureate Amartya Sens capabilities framework.

Debuted in 1990.

Seen as the global gold standard for measuring well-being in human development reports in over 160 countries.


WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA *HOW IS IT MEASURED?

WHAT DOES THE AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX REVEAL ABOUT CALIFORNIA?

HOW DOES CALIFORNIA RANK ON THE AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX?

TOP:CT6.3012th: CA5.46WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

HEALTH:#3

*The U.S. Human Development Index is 5.09

AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXNEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNTY GROUP MAP*

AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXBy race, ethnicity, gender, and nativity*WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

GroupHD IndexUnited States5.09California5.46

Asian American7.61White6.60African American4.67Latino3.99

Latina Women4.12Latino Men3.75

Native-Born Latino4.58Foreign-Born Latino3.29

AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXSAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA

HD IndexCalifornia5.46SAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA6.97SF Asian Americans 7.93SF Whites7.89SF Latinos4.93SF African Americans 4.81

THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS*THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS

THE FIVE CALIFORNIASA RESIDENT OF SILICON VALLEY SHANGRI-LA (HD INDEX 9.35):

THAN A RESIDENT OF THE FORSAKEN FIVE PERCENT (HD INDEX 2.59) can expect to live 9 years longer;

is nearly 9 times as likely to have a bachelors degree;

earns $45,000 more

WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA A TALE OF TWO BUS STATIONS IN THE BAY AREA*

A 15-year life span gap separatesAsian Americans and African Americans*WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA LIFE EXPECTANCY IN SF METRO AREA

The combination of relatively low education with good health is called The Latino Health Paradox.

One explanation is fewer risk behaviors.

Another is protective cultural factors such as social support and family cohesion.

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*WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA THE LATINO HEALTH PARADOX

The good news: the way to longer lives is not necessarily spending more money on doctors and medicine. Better health requires that we: WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA WHAT WILL IT TAKE?*Improve the conditions of daily life.

Facilitate healthy behaviors.

Learn from Latino health advantages.

Address the African American health crisis.

EDUCATION INDEXNEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNTY GROUP MAP*

EDUCATION OUTCOMES BY RACE/ETHNICITY AND NATIVITY*WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

AVERAGES HIDE TREMENDOUS VARIATION*WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

What will it take?

Make educational equity a reality.

Prioritize high-quality preschool.

Target dropout risks.

Address out-of-school conditions.


WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA *CALIFORNIAS GROSS STATE PRODUCT VS. TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME


EARNINGSIN CALIFORNIA BY RACE, ETHNICY, AND GENDERWWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA *

GroupMedian Earnings (2009 dollars)White Men 48,015 Asian American Men 42,382 African American Men 32,744 Asian American Women 31,658 White Women 31,558 California 29,685 African American Women 28,713 United States 28,365 Latino Men 23,471 Latina Women 17,737


EARNINGSSAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA*

SAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA BY RACE/ETHNICITY MEDIAN EARNINGS UNITED STATES$28,000California$30,000SF Whites$49,000SF Asian Americans$40,000SF African Americans$32,000SF Latinos$24,000

Boosting educational attainment.

Fostering job creation.

Closing gender earnings gap.

Stabilizing housing costs.

What will it take?

*WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA Improving living standards requires attention to:

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All eyes are on the budget and the state economy and macroecon indicaotrs. But we arent paying nearly enuf attn to stats like this : *Introduce an alternative to GDP for understanding progress.Generate fact-based public dialogue on apples-to-apples data.Empower people with an instrument to hold elected officials accountable on issues we all care about.Human development is the process of enlarging peoples freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being. It:

1. Puts people at the center of analysis;

2. Encompasses the economic, social, cultural, environmental, and political processes that shape the range of options available to us;

3. Is expanded or constrained by the things we do ourselves and by the conditions and institutions around us.

All eyes are on the budget and the state economy and macroecon indicaotrs. But we arent paying nearly enuf attn to stats like this : **

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