In summary

Over the past four decades, California middle-class incomes have stagnated, income inequality has grown, and more than half of Californians born that year made less than their parents did by age 30—while the state’s cost of living has exploded.

Over the past four decades, California middle-class incomes have stagnated, income inequality has grown, and more than half of Californians born that year made less than their parents did by age 30—while the state’s cost of living has exploded.

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