CALIFORNIA      

SARAH  BURD-‐SHARPS  KRISTEN  LEWIS  

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CALIFORNIA  HUMAN  DEVELOPMENT  REPORT  2011  

A  PORTRAIT  OF  

 DONORS  TO    A  PORTRAIT  OF  CALIFORNIA  2011

•  The  California  Community  FoundaKon    •  The  California  Endowment    

•  Conrad  N.  Hilton  FoundaKon  

•  Draper  FoundaKon  

•  The  Lincy  FoundaKon    

•  The  San  Francisco  FoundaKon  •  United  Ways  of  California  

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SURGING  AHEAD  AND  FALLING  BEHIND  IN  SF  

A  resident  of  Moraga/Walnut  Creek  in  Contra  Costa  

   lives  10  years  longer     is  5  Kmes  as  likely  to  have  a  B.A.  

   earns  $30,000  more  than  a  resident  of  Elmhurst  in  Oakland.  

 

 

 

 

     

BOTTOM:  Elmhurst  

TOP:  Moraga,  

Walnut  Creek  

AMERICAN  HUMAN  DEVELOPMENT  PROJECT  MAIN  OBJECTIVES  

•  Introduce  a  “GDP  for  ordinary  people.”  •  Generate  fact-‐based  public  dialogue.  •  Hold  elected  officials  accountable  for  

human  progress.  

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•  Is  the  process  of  enlarging  people’s  freedoms  and  opportuniKes  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  

 condiKons  and  insKtuKons  around  us.        

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HUMAN  DEVELOPMENT  

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WHERE  DID  IT  COME  FROM?  

•  Developed  at  the  United  NaKons.    •  Rooted  in  Nobel  Laureate  Amartya  Sen’s  capabiliKes  framework.    •  Debuted  in  1990.  

•  Seen  as  the  global  gold  standard  for  measuring  well-‐being  in  human  development  reports  in  over  160  countries.    

   

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HOW  IS  IT  MEASURED?  

WHAT  DOES  THE  AMERICAN  HUMAN  DEVELOPMENT  INDEX  REVEAL  ABOUT  CALIFORNIA?

   

 

HOW  DOES  CALIFORNIA  RANK  ON  THE    AMERICAN  HUMAN  DEVELOPMENT  INDEX?    

TOP:  

CT  6.30  

12th:      

CA  5.46  

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 HEALTH:

#3    

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The U.S. Human Development Index is 5.09

AMERICAN  HUMAN    DEVELOPMENT  INDEX  

NEIGHBORHOOD  AND  COUNTY  GROUP  MAP  

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AMERICAN  HUMAN  DEVELOPMENT  INDEX  SAN  FRANCISCO  METRO  AREA  

HD  Index  

California   5.46  

SAN  FRANCISCO  METRO  AREA  

6.97  

SF  Asian  Americans     7.93  

SF  Whites   7.89  

SF  LaKnos   4.93  

SF  African  Americans     4.81  

THE  FIVE  CALIFORNIAS  HD  INDEX  

9-‐10      7-‐9      

5-‐7      3-‐5      1-‐3  

         

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THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS

THE  FIVE  CALIFORNIAS  A RESIDENT OF SILICON VALLEY SHANGRI-LA (HD INDEX 9.35):

THAN A RESIDENT OF THE FORSAKEN FIVE PERCENT (HD INDEX 2.59)

•  can expect to live 9 years longer; •  is nearly 9 times as likely to have a

bachelor’s degree;

•  earns $45,000 more

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A  TALE  OF  TWO  BUS  STATIONS    IN  THE  BAY  AREA  

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Los Altos, Mtn View, SANTA CLARA COUNTY 86.7 years Mill Valley, MARIN COUNTY 84.5 years Menlo Park and Portola Valley, SAN MATEO 82.9 years San Pablo and Richmond, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY 77 years Elmhurst, OAKLAND 74 years none

 A  15-‐year  life  span  gap  separates  

Asian  Americans  and  African  Americans  

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LIFE  EXPECTANCY  IN  SF  METRO  AREA  

 The  combinaKon  of  relaKvely  low  educaKon  with  good  health  is  called  The  LaKno  Health  Paradox.      One  explanaKon  is  fewer  risk  behaviors.      Another  is  protecKve  cultural  factors  such  as  social  support  and  family  cohesion.          

 

87.4 86.1 84.2 81.8 80.0 79.2 77.5 74.9 73.2

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THE LATINO HEALTH PARADOX

 The  good  news:  the  way  to  longer  lives  is  not  necessarily  spending  more  

money  on  doctors  and  medicine.  Becer  health  requires  that  we:        

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WHAT  WILL  IT  TAKE?  

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•  Improve  the  condiYons  of  daily  life.    

•  Facilitate  healthy  behaviors.  

•  Learn  from  LaYno  health  advantages.  

•  Address  the  African  American  health  crisis.  

EDUCATION  INDEX  NEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNTY

GROUP MAP

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EDUCATION  OUTCOMES    BY  RACE/ETHNICITY  AND  NATIVITY  

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AVERAGES  HIDE  TREMENDOUS  VARIATION  

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What will it take?

•  Make  educaYonal  equity  a  reality.    

•  PrioriYze  high-‐quality  preschool.  

•   Target  dropout  risks.    

•   Address  out-‐of-‐school  condiYons.      

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CALIFORNIA’S  GROSS  STATE  PRODUCT    VS.    

TYPICAL  HOUSEHOLD  INCOME        

EARNINGS  SAN  FRANCISCO  METRO  AREA  

   

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SAN  FRANCISCO  METRO  AREA  BY  RACE/ETHNICITY    

MEDIAN  EARNINGS    

UNITED  STATES   $28,000  

California   $30,000  

SF  Whites   $49,000  

SF  Asian  Americans   $40,000  

SF  African  Americans   $32,000  

SF  LaKnos   $24,000  

THE  FIVE  CALIFORNIAS  49¢  

   68¢      73¢      74¢      77¢      

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THE GENDER EARNINGS GAP

   • BoosYng  educaYonal  aeainment.  

• Fostering  job  creaYon.  

• Closing  gender  earnings  gap.  

• Stabilizing  housing  costs.      

What  will  it  take?  

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Improving  living  standards  requires  acenKon  to:    

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 Thank  you!  

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