California Policies Are Failing Its Growing Latino Population, Report Finds

High housing costs, the climate agenda, and a shaky education system all hinder an ethnic group soon to be the majority, say Chapman researchers.

California's climate agenda drives up housing costs and delays construction, researchers say. Above, a project in San Marcos, Calif., on July 28, 2015. Mike Blake/Reuters

California’s Latino residents are paying the price for the state’s high cost of living, climate agenda, and educational shortcomings, according to a new report from Chapman University’s Center for Demographics and Policy.

“Latinos’ elected officials are actually pushing policies that hurt them economically,” Soledad Ursúa, principal at Orinoco Equities and principal researcher for the report, told The Epoch Times April 11. “Latinos need to realize that they need to vote for their own economic interests, and their elected officials are clearly not representing them right now.”