California has experienced population and economic growth for virtually all of its 173-year history, but now may be facing prolonged stagnation.
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![Stephanie Jeffcoat, a community organizer for A New Way Of Life, an organization that assists in housing formerly incarcerated women, poses for a portrait in Los Angeles on August 16, 2021. . "Every time I would go back [to jail] I'd be seperated from my kids," Jeffcoat said. "During one of my times that I was incarcerated my youngest child was adopted out." Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters](https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081621_StephanieJeffcoat_PU_04.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
