- New report says poverty on the rise throughout Southern California, By Kevin Smith, December 4, 2013, San Gabriel Valley Tribune: “Poverty is ramping up in Southern California and has risen significantly over the last two decades, according to a report from the Southern California Association of Governments. SCAG, the nation’s largest metropolitan planning organization, will unveil the study Thursday at its fourth annual Economic Recovery & Job Creation Summit at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel. SCAG represents Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, Ventura and Imperial counties…”
- Nearly 1 in 5 live in poverty in Southern California, study finds, By Gale Holland, December 5, 2013, Los Angeles Times: “More than 3 million people in the six-county Southern California region lived in poverty in 2012, 18% of the total population, officials said Wednesday. The figure represents a 69% increase since 1990, which is nearly three times the rate of population growth in the same period, said economists with the Southern California Assn. of Governments, a regional planning agency. One in four children were living below the federal poverty line…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty