Bay EvidenceInvestigative research · Bay Area public systemsEvidence Brief
What does the current record and research show, and with what confidence?
Bi-weekly (same interval as Follow the Money)
evidence-brief-YYYY-MM-DD.pdf
Citizens Transparency Institute · Saga Solutions Research
Research Reports
Published research and evidence briefs are separated from documents still under editorial review, with status, scope, sources, limitations, and available formats stated for each work.
Publication system
Two recurring research formats
Follow the Money Brief
Where did the dollars go, who controlled them, and what durable result is documented?
Bi-weekly (same interval as Evidence Brief)
follow-the-money-brief-YYYY-MM-DD.pdf
Each publication should identify its evidentiary status and provide only formats that are actually available. Internal production plans remain in the repository rather than on public pages.
2026
Report archive
Citizens Transparency Institute · Saga Solutions Research
01
Literature Review
July 2026 · Published
California at the Edge of the American Housing Crisis
A Literature Review of Poverty, Housing Insecurity, and Homelessness in the United States
A national synthesis using California as a concentrated case of the American homelessness crisis, with an audited bibliography and a California-informed policy framework.
02
Evidence Brief
July 2026 · Published · method advisory
Beyond Visibility
Reconciling San Francisco's 2026 Point-in-Time Reductions with Longitudinal Housing Retention
A descriptive synthesis of San Francisco's 2026 Point-in-Time results and competing explanations for visible street reductions. It does not contain person-level longitudinal housing-retention data or establish causal effects.
Review the principal national, California, research, advocacy, legal, service, and journalism sources by evidentiary role.
Read the wider 2016–2026 synthesis of Bay Area research and major debates.
Search research, official records, audits, public data, and reporting.
Accountability chain, chain breaks, and verified spend anchors.