VI. Housing and Environmental Justice Evictions, Displacement and Homelessness
Eviction Rates: In LA County, Black Women are evicted at nearly double the rate of any other group (UCLA Luskin, 2022).
Homelessness: Black Women make up 30% of all unhoused women in California but are only 6% of the total population of women (California Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2023).
Black Women in California spend approximately 50% of income on housing and more than 20% on childcare. Single Black Mothers spend
nearly 70% of their income on childcare (CBPC, CABWCEI, 2025)
Environmental Exposure Black communities are more likely to live in areas with high pollution and poor air quality—affecting asthma and birth outcomes (CalEPA, 2023).
VII. Violence & Safety
In our recent report, Invisible Labor and Visible Struggles, conducted by EVITARUS, we looked at the most pressing issues impacting Black Women in CA in the workplace - showing physical identity has an impact. Some highlights from the report shared, Black Women workers expressed their facial features and the way that they dressed was of concern. Also shared that they faced discrimination from female supervisors and coworkers for unwanted toxic male attention. In this qualitative report, a responder shared, “as a dark skin woman, I noticed women who are lighter are given passes and darker women are treated harsher in similar situations.”
occurs most among Black Women in California at work and when they’re shopping. When asked about the last 12 months, have they experienced racism and/or discrimination in any of the following places: • 56% respondents shared they had experienced discrimination at work; 55% while shopping. • Mothers with children under 18 and women between the ages of 34-44 reported higher rates of discrimination across all characteristics. These characteristics ranged from: race or ethnicity, skin tone, the way they styled their hair, weight or body type, sexual orientation, and level of education.
The report results revealed that discrimination
• Mothers with children under 18 and women
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2025 STATE OF BLACK WOMEN
IN CALIFORNIA
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