What's on the Minds of (CA) Youth?

A new poll of 600 California residents ages 16 to 22 commissioned by New America Media, found family disintegration and neighborhood violence more distressing to California's teens and young adults than global warming or war.

The survey is one of the first to track down youths -- notoriously difficult survey targets -- solely by cell phone. It found that they are inwardly focused -- on their future marriages, parenthood, homeownership, education and communities.

To see how CA youth size up, read the article about the poll here.