https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/10/26/more-working-californians-slipped-into-poverty-as-pandemic-aid-expired/

BY ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE | CalMatters

California’s poverty rate climbed in the first quarter of 2023, the latest quarter measured by the Public Policy Institute of California. Poverty increased from 11.7% in 2021 to 13.2%, the institute said, with 5 million people living in poverty.