Media Coverage
United Ways of California is grateful to the following media organizations who have promoted Struggling to Stay Afloat: The Real Cost Measure in California 2018, our new financial stability report that measures the real cost of living in California's communities.
BusinessWire
United Way Real Cost Measure Finds 1 in 3 California Households Struggle to Afford Basic Needs
CalMatters
Minimum-wage Workers Will See Pay Boosts on Jan. 1
Capital & Main
Citizen Tribune
United Way Real Cost Measure Finds 1 in 3 California Households Struggle to Afford Basic Needs
Curbed Los Angeles
Report: In LA, high housing prices make it hard to afford basic needs
Daily Democrat
New United Way reports finds 1-in-3 state households struggling
KCBX FM
Central Coast Voices: Struggling to Stay Afloat
KGTV San Diego
United Way recalculates poverty in California with Real Cost Measure
Lompoc Record
Victoria Conner: Covering the Real Costs of Living Here
The Mercury News
The eye-popping definition of what is “low income” in the Bay Area increases again
What does a 'decent standard of living' cost in California? 1 in 3 households can't afford it
Walters: Diving into California’s shameful poverty crisis
Mortgage Professional America
Housing burden make Californians struggle to stay afloat
Naborly
Podcast Interview: Debunking the Rent-to-Income Ratio
Pacific Coast Business Times
Our view: High housing costs put workers at risk
NBC Bay Area
One in Three California Families Doesn't Make Ends Meet: Report
Noozhawk (Santa Barbara)
Forum Reveals Real Cost Measure Faced by Santa Barbara County Residents
The Press Enterprise
36 percent of IE families struggle to stay afloat financially, report says
Sacramento Bee
How do we get all Californians access to affordable health care? ‘Bold action’
Salesforce.org
New Report from United Way Reveals What You Can Do to Help Reduce Poverty
Santa Maria Sun
Officials hold roundtable with United Way about its Real Cost Measure Index
Santa Maria Times
New report looks at ‘Real Cost’ of living in Santa Barbara County
Santa Ynez Valley News
Our View: Paying a Price for Paradise
Southern California Public Radio (KPCC)
Poverty in California by neighborhood: one in three households struggle to make ends meet