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The goal of CAUSE's research program is to integrate research into all of our policy, organizing, advocacy, and leadership development activities. CAUSE therefore works collaboratively with a number of university and community-based research programs to generate and utilize research relevant to CAUSE activities and programs.

Spring 2019 Chapter Newsletters

Oxnard (Spanish)

Ventura (Spanish)

Santa Paula (Spanish)

Santa Barbara (Spanish)

Santa Maria (Spanish)

 

Reports

Ventura Mental Health Survey Results 
CAUSE June 2019

Oxnard Port Expansion Fact Sheet 
CAUSE June 2019

Santa Maria 2040 Report
CAUSE April 2019

Santa Paula Youth Town Hall Report 
CAUSE August 2018

Raising Up Farmworkers
CAUSE September 2015

Immigration Policy Fact Sheets
CAUSE February 2013

Economic Inequity: Tale of two Counties, Tale of two Cities
CAUSE August 2012

Getting Ventura County Back to Work — Construction Jobs:
Reconstruction of our Workforce

CAUSE August 2012

State of Women in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties
CAUSE March 2010

Study of Living Wage Ordinance in the City of Ventura:
The Economic Impact on Workers, Contractors and the City.

The Center for Leadership and Values, School of Business, California Lutheran University, August 2009 

Transportation Equity for a Sustainable Central Coast
CAUSE October 2009

State of Working People in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties
CAUSE September 2009

Poverty in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties
CAUSE September 2009

Unemployment Rates and Stimulus Funding for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties
CAUSE 2009

A New Urban Agenda for America
Partnership for Working Families 2009 (pdf)  

Green Collar Jobs in the Green Economy Policy Brief
CAUSE 2009 (pdf 3.2 MB) 

Halaco Environmental Justice Policy Brief
CAUSE 2008 (pdf)   

Making Change: How Social Movements Work and How to Support Them
Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, USC. 2009 (full report, pdf) 

Making Change: How Social Movements Work and How to Support Them
Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, USC. 2009 (executive summary, pdf) 

Enough Injustice: Voices of Central Coast Women
CAUSE 2006 (pdf 409 KB)

Ya basta con la injusticia:
Voces de mujeres trabajando en la costa central

CAUSE 2006 (pdf 409 KB)

Challenging the Feminization of Poverty (full report)
CAUSE 2002 (pdf 520 KB)

Challenging the Feminization of Poverty (summary)
CAUSE 2002 (pdf 75 KB)

Extending Health Coverage to VC Uninsured Working Families
CAUSE 2001 (pdf 255 KB)

Strengthening the Voice of California’s New Workers
University of CA, Marcos Vargas and Paul Ong, 2001 (pdf 254 KB)

Labor and Community Collaboration
University of CA, Marcos Vargas, 2001 (pdf 125 KB)