Study: (California) State is one of poorest in U.S. (high rents)

May 11, 2006

California's high cost of housing has given the state one of the worst poverty rates in the nation, according to an independent study that was welcomed by critics who believe the government's method of counting the poor overlooks many people.

Thousands of Silicon Valley residents, for example, are living in poverty even though they earn more than the official federal standard, according to researchers at the non-profit Public Policy Institute of California, who calculated the numbers after adjusting for local housing costs.

The study confirms what social workers and the working poor have known for years:

``If you're poor here, you're really poor,'' said Candy Capograssi, deputy executive director of the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, which recently had more than 70,000 people submit applications for a housing subsidy waiting list.

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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14552485.htm

it's too important to be overlooked.

I'm sure W's tax cuts will trickle down and help them up the ladder. Doesn't California have a Republican governor? What's Ahnold and Princess Maria doing to help them?

I remember Ahnold saying that he was going to give prosperity and education to all California residents. Right after he met with Enron officials and before he became governor.