Cost of Living Tops Californians’ Concerns in Online Poll

Also mentioned were housing affordability, homelessness, and crime. The poll found that 50 percent of likely voters approve of President Biden.

A woman checks items at a supermarket in Alhambra, California, on July 13, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

More than one-third of Californians say the cost of living is the most pressing challenge facing the state and the nation, with smaller percentages citing housing affordability, homelessness, and crime and drug issues, a recent study shows.

The Public Policy Institute of California has released its June statewide survey, showing that economic conditions including inflation are most commonly mentioned as the Golden State’s pressing problem.