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What Does GDP Tell Us about Progress?
MEASURE OF AMERICA
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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).
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
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The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
United Ways of California
Weingart Foundation
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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
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HOW IS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MEASURED?
WHAT DOES THE INDEX REVEAL ABOUT
CALIFORNIA?
Well-Being Data Calculated for:
Top 10 Metro Areas CountiesNeighborhood Clusters (265)Senate DistrictsAssembly Districts
Race/EthnicityNativity (native- vs. foreign-born)Gender
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BY METRO AREA
Top 10 captures 84%
of total population
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
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXBY 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: $41k California Asian Americans: $39k
SF Whites: $53k SF Asian Americans: $42k
PROGRESS IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2000 LATINAS MADE FASTEST PROGRESS
Among Latinas, well-being increased 7 times faster
than for white men.
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
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THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS
THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS
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A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE
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CALIFORNIA IS A HEALTHY STATE!
CA#2
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CALIFORNIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY RACE AND ETHNICITY
PROGRESS ON HEALTH WILL REQUIRE. . . paying attention to the conditions of daily life.
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
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EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES BY NEIGHBORHOOD
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HS: Range from 97%
to 39%
Enrollment: Range from 92% to 57%
EDUCATION OUTCOMES IN CALIFORNIABY RACE/ETHNICITY AND NATIVITY
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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
THESE RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPS ARE NOT MONOLITHIC
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT (3- AND 4-YEAR-OLDS)BY RACE AND ETHNICITY
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATERACE/ETHNICITY, GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
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
DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING
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MEDIAN PERSONAL EARNINGSBY RACE AND ETHNICITY
Agenda for Action
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
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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