Past Events

Housing, Equity and Community Series 2017-2018 HOMELESSNESS IN LA This event explored the issue of homelessness and the response of local institutions from three different perspectives: a Skid Row resident and activist, a developer of permanent supportive housing, and UCLA’s own Bruin Shelter. Read More

Transportation is a Women’s Issue I PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND #METOO Struggling to reach for a strap on a crowded bus. Stepping into a packed train car and looking for a small space of refuge. Waiting by yourself at a dark bus stop. Trying to run household serving errands on a public transit

Housing, Equity and Community Series 2017-2018 PROTECTING RENTERS: DISCUSSIONS OF RENT CONTROL, STABILIZATION AND EVICTIONS California’s housing crisis is hitting renters hard. With rents fast increasing in Los Angeles, many people are scared. Whether they fear rent increases that push housing costs out of reach or being scared that improvements to the

Transportation is a Women’s Issue II A GENDERED PLANNING MISMATCH How do discussions and plans for the future of transportation and new innovative mobility services account for women’s travel patterns? Women tend to commute shorter distances and conduct more household serving trips than their male counterparts. This gender gap exists even in

Housing, Equity and Community Series 2017-2018 THE SOUTH LA HOME OWNERSHIP CRISIS Discrimination in the housing market was legal in California until the 1968 Federal Fair Housing Act, which finally upheld the state’s frustrated efforts to legislate equal access in 1963. Legalized discrimination and segregation led to highly unequal housing outcomes between

Housing, Equity and Community Series 2018-2019 RENT CONTROL AND PROPOSITION 10 California’s 2018 ballot included Proposition 10, an initiative to expand the use of rent control by local jurisdictions and repeal the Costa-Hawkins Act. Tenant advocates argued that rent control is necessary to provide stability for vulnerable residents during the state’s affordability

Housing, Equity and Community Series 2018-2019 COUPLING MORE HOUSING WITH TRANSIT: State, Local and Community Perspectives A presentation on the UCLA Lewis Center report, “Transit Oriented Los Angeles: Envisioning an Equitable and Thriving Future,” supported by LA Metro and ULI-Los Angeles, followed by panel discussion the California Senate Bill 50 (“SB827 v.2.0”),

LA Podcast Live! BIG QUESTIONS Join the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies as we host the LA Podcast coming to UCLA Luskin for a live recording! Hosted by Hayes Davenport, Scott Frazier, and Curbed’s Alissa Walker, the podcast is a weekly conversation about housing, transit, policing, schools, political intrigue, trees,

Housing, Equity and Community Series PLANNING FOR THE HOUSING GREATER LA NEEDS Regional housing planning has been a mainstay since the passage of the California Housing Element law in 1967. This law requires that each city and county adequately plan for future housing needs by identifying what type of housing is needed, where

Housing, Equity, and Community 2019-20 Series EVICTION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT: MAKING RENTAL HOUSING ‘HOME’ The California legislature approved rent stabilization, just cause protections, and Section 8 non-discrimination laws this year, and local proposals like tenant “right to counsel” are also under consideration. While these protections will help tenants, they’re only as good

Housing, Equity & Community Series: Promise & Peril: Homeownership in Southern California A UCLA joint endeavor sponsored by the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the UCLA Ziman Center’s UCLA Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Program in Real Estate, Finance and Urban Economics Homeownership is still viewed as a pillar of the American Dream,

A Generation of LA Leaders Celebrating 30 Years of the Lewis Center In 1989, Ralph and Goldy Lewis donated $5 million to establish the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at UCLA. For the last 30 years, the center has tackled the leading social, economic, industrial, housing, environmental, architectural and transportation policies

Online event Join us for a discussion with activists, city planners and policymakers who each play a role in generating more economic opportunities and infrastructure within the Black community.  In this talk we will discuss the importance of Black spaces and communities when generating wealth in Los Angeles and the United States.

In this unique moment of rapid and unpredictable change, the stability of many of our Los Angeles neighborhoods and residents are in flux. Development brings uncertainty when it comes to moving people around and creating opportunities. Now is the perfect time to evaluate tenant protections and the importance of non-affordable housing in

Book Talk with Eva Rosen Wednesday, Sept. 9 The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program, colloquially known as “Section 8,” and how it shapes the lives of families living in a Baltimore neighborhood called Park Heights. Eva Rosen tells stories about the daily lives of homeowners, voucher holders,

A conversation on new survey’s findings and what they say about policy responses to coronavirus and housing instability

A conversation with Julián Castro about his vision for housing in the U.S. and how it intersects with work being done in Southern California

Housing, Equity, and Community Series Opportunities and Obstacles for Rental House Registries Rental housing registries require landlords to register and report basic information about their units, assisting with building inspections and enforcement of tenant protections. Roughly a dozen California cities already have rental housing registries, including Los Angeles, and the state legislature has

UC ITS Webinar: COVID-19 Effects on the Mobility of Vulnerable Populations Thursday, February 25 12-1:15 PM COVID-19 has severely impacted the ability of vulnerable populations to access critical services and resources. Vulnerable populations face a number of risks and challenges when traveling during COVID-19 including increased exposure to COVID-19, less

Housing Instability, Evictions, and Population Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Monday, March 1 The UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate presents this Housing, Neighborhood and Health Critical Issues webinar featuring our partners at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Center for Health Advancement Katherine Chen, MD will discuss

Child Care Access and LA's Recovery Wednesday, June 30 12:30 p.m. PDT Join Lewis Center director Evelyn Blumenberg and First 5 LA early care and education program officer Jaime Kalenik in a conversation about the state of child care access in Los Angeles County. Attendees will learn key findings from our

Changing Lanes: Advancing Gender Equitable Transportation for Los Angeles September 2nd MobilityXX Presents: Advancing Gender Equitable Transportation for Los Angeles Seleta Reynolds, General Manager of LADOT, will present Changing Lanes, LADOT's recent study of gender equity in access to transportation in Los Angeles. The study highlights the connections between gender

Transit in Transition Sept. 30 - Oct. 28 The 31st Annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium Transit in Transition will consider the current state of public transit in the United States and options for the future. The pandemic accelerated the pre-existing trend of declining ridership. Transit agencies have built

Eviction Prevention and Rent Relief: Learning From the COVID-19 Pandemic Tuesday, November 2 Date and Time: November 2nd, 12:00-1:15pm Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered government intervention in the rental housing market at a scale not seen since World War II, with the goal of preventing evictions taking center stage. But

Partnership Models for Increasing Park Access in Underserved Communities January 19, 2022 Parks provide opportunities for people to be physically active, spend time in nature, and connect socially with others. Yet over half of Los Angeles County’s population lives in neighborhoods without access to parks and open space with the

Book Talk on The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods Wednesday, Feb. 2 Join the Lewis Center for a book talk with Alex Bitterman and Daniel B. Hess, editors of a new book examining the significance of gay neighborhoods, or “gayborhoods”. “The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods” looks at

COMMON GROUND: A Festival for Intergenerational Public Space Saturday, February 26 1 - 3 p.m. (Orchestra performance begins at 1:30 pm) This event highlights a new neighborhood amenity: Golden Age Park. Despite the park’s intentional design which emphasizes intergenerational needs, the park remains relatively unknown in the neighborhood. This event

Housing, Equity, and Community Series: The Future of LA's Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Program Wednesday, March 2 12:30 p.m. PST The Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) incentive program turns five this year. In that time, it’s become Los Angeles’s most effective housing-production tool, with more than 35,000 units proposed by developers including

Scenarios for California's Infrastructure Future Tuesday, March 29 About This Event You've heard of the future of work. What about the future of transportation? The future of housing & community development? The future of energy, environment & natural resources? The future of advanced technology? Join California 100, a new statewide initiative being incubated at

Transit in Transition The UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium Friday, April 1 Covel Commons | The Grand Horizons Room The UCLA Arrowhead Symposium: Transit in Transition reconvenes in person at UCLA on April 1, 2022 after a successful online series this past fall. We assessed the state of public transit in a

Space for People or for Cars? Housing Implications of Statewide Parking Reform Wednesday, May 11 Cities use minimum parking requirements to make sure new housing provides sufficient parking, but research shows that these mandates also drive up the price of new homes, harm the environment, and often result in more

Come MAKE SPACE at the West LA Civic Center: An afternoon of do-it-yourself urbanism in this iconic public space.

Building codes are often overlooked for their impact on who builds housing, for whom and where. This panel will discuss the possibility of egress requirement reforms.

California's Housing Crossroads The 32nd Annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium High land costs, a shortage of homes, and income inequality have led to a cost-burdened population facing one of the nation’s worst housing crises, which is acutely felt in coastal job centers and near public transportation infrastructure. Housing policy is complex, but the solutions

Biking while Black - Documentary Screening and Discussion Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. PST James Bridges Theatre, UCLA School of Theatre, Film & Television  In a 30-minute documentary, BIKING WHILE BLACK: CONTINUING TO RIDE THROUGH DECRIMINALIZATION, DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION incorporates narratives to dig deeper into solution-based storytelling and features the actions

Place and Prosperity Book Talk with Bill Fulton Moderated conversation with Michael Lens  Thursday, Feb. 9, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. PST Zoom webinar Join the Lewis Center and advisory board member, Bill Fulton, as he shares his new book Place and Prosperity. People feel intensely connected to cities as places and to other

Homelessness results from the intersection of multiple economic and social risk factors, and nowhere are those risk factors more acute than in California. In a reprisal of their popular session at last month's UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium, our guest presenters will share the conditions that put people at higher risk of homelessness, and that

Winter 2024 Speaker Series Transportation Equity:  Moving the Needle The speaker series features five accomplished transportation practitioners and thought leaders.  The speakers will discuss the transportation challenges facing communities of color and low-income communities and draw on their own efforts to highlight diverse strategies to create a more equitable

The Institutional Construction of Housing Segregation in Chile Date and time: February 8th, 12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch provided. Location: Public Affairs Building 2355 RSVP: bit.ly/HousingSegregationChile Chilean cities exhibit a pronounced income-based segregation, where higher-income groups typically reside in well-serviced areas, enjoying access to superior public and private amenities. In contrast, lower-income communities often find themselves

Introducing the Fair Housing Land Use Score: Helping Local Governments Plan For Less Segregated, More Affordable Communities Researchers with the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies have developed a new tool to measure how effectively local regulations promote inclusion across neighborhoods: the Fair Housing Land Use Score. Join us for this webinar, where

Housing for Black People by Black People In this UCLA Luskin Lecture, experts in housing and real estate will discuss what they and others are doing to address the challenges of limited wealth, investment, and ownership in Black communities, and to improve housing opportunities in those neighborhoods Housing and real estate development were instrumental in the concentration of

UC ITS Webinar: Early Insights on How Mobility Wallet Programs Are Performing in Four California Cities Cities across California, such as Oakland, Stockton, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles, are experimenting with Universal Basic Mobility (UBM) initiatives that provide residents access to affordable transportation options regardless of where they live or their income level. While UBM