California state campaign

Overview

Fact sheet: California Cost-of-Living Refund
Fact sheet: Emergency Money for the People
White paper: “Strengthening and Modernizing the California EITC to Fight Child Poverty, Inequality, and the Rising Cost of Living” December, 2018

Policy Background

Increasing access to EITC through automatic filing, New America & Economic Security Project, March 2021
Expanding the CalEITC to students, Urban Institute, March 2021
Automatic filing would make CalEITC more race-equitable, February 2021
The need for monthly tax credit payments in California, February 2021
Automatic filing would make CalEITC work better for California communities, September 2020
Monthly credit recommendations for CA. February, 2019

Press and other materials

San Francisco Chronicle op-ed: “Newsom’s bold proposal — a cost-of-living refund to make California affordable.” 1/14/19
Sacramento Bee op-ed: “California can lead on economic security for working families.” 10/29/18
"A Working Families Tax Credit Could Help Californians Make Ends Meet." California Budget and Policy Center. June, 2018
"California Already Has a Basic Income Policy – It’s Called the EITC and It Should Be Expanded." California Budget and Policy Center. November, 2017
California polling summary