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Johanna Lacoe

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Policy scholar, criminal and juvenile justice, ed, housing, employment. Research director @CAPolicyLab @UCBerkeley. All opinions are my own. (she/her)

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New work on criminal justice policy in CA - check it out.

New in CRIMINOLOGY & Public Policy: Study shows the impact of the In re Humphrey decision in San Francisco (study is open access / available to the public) "These findings suggest that requiring bail to be set at affordable levels increases pretrial releases overall,…

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📣A new California Policy Lab evaluation shows the City of Los Angeles' minimum wage ordinance increased earnings for food service workers without affecting their levels of employment. capolicylab.org/impact-of-los-… 🧵(1/6)

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Are you a researcher looking to improve your causal inference skills? I'm excited to announce that the CJ team @Arnold_Ventures is hosting 3 causal inference workshops this fall! Two are the day before ASC (Nov 12 in San Francisco), and one is the day before APPAM (Nov 20 just…


ICYMI: we find that crime in LA did not change in the months following several bail policy changes. Check it out!

New research on bail policy!



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Editorial: Parole consideration for those sentenced to life behind bars 35 years ago? It’s the right thing to do By The Times Editorial Board latimes.com/opinion/story/…


New research on bail policy!

📣NEW REPORT: "The Short-Term Impacts of Bail Policy on Crime in Los Angeles." The California Policy Lab analyzed impacts on jail population, crime reports, and arrests from 3 recent bail policy changes in Los Angeles: capolicylab.org/short-term-imp… #LosAngeles



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With support from AV, @CAPolicyLab is launching the Los Angeles Prosecution Data Hub, which will connect researchers with one of the largest prosecution data sets in the country. Read our Q&A with @juliaalissa about this exciting initiative: arnoldventures.org/stories/buildi…


Join our team at UCLA doing critical homelessness work!

Job Alert: The California Policy Lab's UCLA site is hiring a Research Manager focused on homelessness research. Please share with your networks: capolicylab.org/careers/resear… #UCLA #Hiring #Homelessness #Research

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Here’s a very nice Inside Higher Education article on our new @CAPolicyLab report on college student eligibility for CalFresh (SNAP) benefits, out today. See below to register for the webinar we are having on it next week. insidehighered.com/news/students/…

The California Policy Lab will release a major new report this week focused on how many students at the University of California and in the CA Community College system are eligible for #CalFresh. Join us for a webinar on June 11th to hear the findings: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regist…



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In a @JPAL_NA-funded #RCT, @JPAL affiliated researchers @rothstein_jesse & @ElizabethLinos and @vikashreddy test several changes to the #CalGrant scholarship letter. Learn more about whether this intervention increased college registration:povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/imp…


I’m really proud of this report estimating college student take up of CalFresh/SNAP - thanks to our awesome partners at @CaliforniaDSS @CalCommColleges @castudentaid @UofCalifornia!

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Join us to learn about college student access to safety net benefits!

On June 11th, join the California Policy Lab + invited guests to hear findings from our new report focused on #CalFresh eligibility and participation among University of California and California community college students: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regist… (The report releases next week)

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Delighted to announce that Dr. Jesse Rothstein @rothstein_jesse, Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy & Professor of Economics at @UCBerkeley , will receive the 2024 @AEAMP1 Impactful Mentor Award at the 2024 AEA Summer Mentoring Pipeline Conference!


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📣New research: More than 240,000 California college students received CalFresh benefits during each year of the pandemic: capolicylab.org/calfresh-parti… 🧵 of key findings (1/9)


Come work with us! Several jobs open including this critical research role.

Just posted: we're hiring a Research Assistant or Associate on our UC Berkeley team to support research on criminal justice, education, employment, health, and the safety-net. Please help get the word out by sharing with your networks capolicylab.org/careers/resear… #JobAlert #UCBerkeley

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ICYMI: An in-depth new report (the 3rd in a series on criminal justice sentencing in California) shows how consecutive sentencing is applied in California. capolicylab.org/consecutive-se… Thread below of key findings:

New Research Alert: New report on consecutive sentencing in California shows how frequently it's applied, what factors contribute to a consecutive sentence being applied, how it impacts sentence lengths and how application varies across CA counties capolicylab.org/consecutive-se… 🧵(1/7)



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📢CPL's Undergraduate Summer Institute application is now open! Please help get the word out to UC undergraduate students interested in research, data, and public policy: capolicylab.org/careers/cpl-un… 🧵 (1/3)

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Johanna Lacoe Reposted

New Research Alert: New report on consecutive sentencing in California shows how frequently it's applied, what factors contribute to a consecutive sentence being applied, how it impacts sentence lengths and how application varies across CA counties capolicylab.org/consecutive-se… 🧵(1/7)


Johanna Lacoe Reposted

*New Data Alert* The California Credit Dashboard (CCD) just added new data thru Q2 2023. The Dashboard provides an interactive near-real-time snapshot of Californians' financial health. This update also adds more interactive maps: bit.ly/CaliforniaCred… (1/8)


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🚨 New research: Do Time-Limited Subsidy (TLS) programs reduce homelessness in Los Angeles? A new working paper + policy brief tracked outcomes over a 4-year period for 3,700 single adults in Los Angeles: bit.ly/TLSinLA (1/9)


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