Public Transportation and #MeToo

Room 2355 Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E Young Dr., LOS ANGELES, CA, United States

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

Protecting Renters

Room 2355 Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E Young Dr., LOS ANGELES, CA, United States

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

A Gendered Planning Mismatch

Room 2355 Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E Young Dr., LOS ANGELES, CA, United States

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

The South LA Home Ownership Crisis

Room 2355 Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E Young Dr., LOS ANGELES, CA, United States

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

Rent Control and Proposition 10

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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

Coupling More Housing with Transit

Room 2355 Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E Young Dr., LOS ANGELES, CA, United States

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”),

InterActions LA: Inspiring Quality Transit Neighborhoods

The California Endowment 1000 Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

InterActions LA INSPIRING QUALITY TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOODS InterActions LA is a new annual conference dedicated to advancing regional growth and equity in Greater Los Angeles. Bringing together a diverse community from multiple sectors, this half-day event provides an opportunity to discuss and engage in the most pressing regional issues today. InterActions LA seeks

LA Podcast Live! BIG QUESTIONS

Room 2355 Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E Young Dr., LOS ANGELES, CA, United States

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,

Planning for the Housing Greater LA Needs

Room 2355 Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E Young Dr., LOS ANGELES, CA, United States

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

Eviction and Code Enforcement: Making Rental Housing ‘Home’

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

Promise & Peril: Homeownership in Southern California

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

DeCafe Perloff Hall

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

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