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Measuring poverty based on a family’s annual resources obscures the reality that household poverty fluctuates throughout the year. This is especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Zach Parolin (Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University’s Center for Poverty and Social Policy; contributor to the New York Times, CNN) improves upon annual measurement by estimating monthly poverty rates for families, before and throughout the pandemic. This approach allows the effect of policy interventions (e.g. CARES Act) intended to keep families from slipping into poverty to be evaluated and provides an up-to-date picture of the number of families living in poverty. Previously, Dr. Parolin profiled only the United States’ national poverty rate using his estimation technique. Please join us for an exclusive presentation of California’s poverty rates for the months of March – October 2020 and a discussion about poverty and policy interventions in our state. Dr. Parolin’s presentation will be followed by an interactive Q&A with advocacy, state, and county leaders, moderated by Dr. David Brady, Professor of Public Policy and Director of UCR’s Blum Initiative on Global & Regional Poverty. · Dr. Zach Parolin, Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University · Amy Everitt, President, Golden State Opportunity · Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, Riverside County District 4 · Toni Symonds, Chief Consultant, California State Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy · Dr. David Brady, Professor of Public Policy, Director of the Blum Initiative on Global & Regional Poverty, UC Riverside Co-hosted by Golden State Opportunity (https://www.goldenstateopportunity.org/)