Overview
Young Californians seek financial stability. Living in a state that is poised to become the fourth largest economy in the world with a legislature approved $300 billion budget for FY2023 and a $97 billion surplus, young adults are facing a cost-of-living crisis that breaks through housing, higher education, and health care affordability. To understand the complex needs that exist underneath the cost-of-living umbrella, we engaged young adults across California in discussions about the most pressing issues they and their peers face. The following recommendations were developed with our roundtable discussions at the forefront, reflecting the most emphasized needs. Developing our policy agenda with young adults at the center of our process has culminated in a set of policy goals that are couched within our values of young adult power, equity, community, collaboration, and bold ideas at the intersection of higher education, health care, and workforce and finance.