As part of an ongoing collaboration and partnership with the Southern California News Group, the Center for Social Innovation has been conducting surveys in the region since 2018. With the recent release of our SCNG/CSI-UCR Fall 2020 Survey, we now… Read More »SoCal Residents Want More Action on Housing, Worker Rights
The COVID-19 pandemic and the economic downturn it gave rise to drastically increased the number of unemployed Americans. In regions that already faced employment and income disparities, the impact has been even greater. The pandemic has shown a bright light… Read More »COVID-19 Downturn Worse than 2008, Workers without BAs Hit Hardest
BY GARY RETTBERG, CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION, UCR A new survey conducted by the Southern California News Group (SCNG) and the Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside (CSI-UCR) was released today. The survey was a representative sample of Southern… Read More »Politics & the Pandemic – Fall 2020 Survey of Southern California
Much like in the rest of the country, the historical legacies and contemporary manifestations of racial segregation and discrimination have led to deep inequities in educational attainment in the Inland Empire. Historically, the Inland Empire has been a place where… Read More »State of Education Equity in the Inland Empire
The future of California is inland, and the future of Southern California is the Inland Empire. As the nation’s 13th largest metropolitan area continues to rapidly grow, a strong and vibrant nonprofit sector can help produce a more inclusive and sustainable economy and society. … Read More »State of Nonprofits in the Inland Empire
A community’s strength depends on its level of civic en- gagement, which includes voting, volunteerism, and other forms of civic and political participation. This is particularly true in the Inland Empire, a rapidly growing region of 4.6 million residents that… Read More »State of Civic Engagement in the Inland Empire
This report provides an overview of the state of women in the Inland Empire region of Riverside and San Ber- nardino Counties, a fast-growing area with 2.3 million women. As a historically marginalized group, women in the region, and especially… Read More »State of Women in the Inland Empire
This report provides an overview of the state of work in the Inland Empire region of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, an area that accounts for one of every 9 California residents. The region has added over 300,000 jobs since… Read More »State of Work in the Inland Empire
One in five residents in the Inland Empire is an immigrant. Migration has been a central feature of the region for centuries, and there are now nearly 1 million immigrants living in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. As in decades… Read More »State of Immigrants in the Inland Empire