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An overwhelming percentage of Los Angeles County residents are concerned that they or a member of their family will contract the novel coronavirus.
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During a gathering March 5, the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies commemorated 30 years of scholarship, public advocacy and leadership on campus and in the community
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Scholars and housing experts came together to discuss what it would take to ensure access to homeownership for historically excluded communities.
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Professor Evelyn Blumenberg of Urban Planning and colleagues who include Professor Emeritus Martin Wachs have won the 2019 Pyke Johnson Award from the Transportation Research Board (TRB) for a recent paper about the mobility needs of aging adults
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Amid California’s ongoing housing and affordability crisis, numerous efforts are underway to protect tenants – but they’re only as good as the enforcement behind them.
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Golden Age Park, a tranquil green space designed with older adults in mind, reflects research spearheaded by a team from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
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Professor Paavo Monkkonen led a panel discussion with policy experts on Los Angeles’ housing needs, focusing specifically on the state’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment process.
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Fourth annual Quality of Life Index reveals that the rising cost of housing continues to be the single biggest factor undermining residents’ satisfaction with living in Los Angeles.
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During an inaugural event, the Lewis Center convened a group of experts to discuss how to leverage investments in L.A.’s transportation system to address decades-old disparities.
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In response to increasing focus on transit-oriented development and Metro’s planned investments across Los Angeles, the Lewis Center hosted a panel on the intersection of housing and transit.
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The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology recently conducted surveys of diverse, older Angelenos, exploring their travel patterns, use of technology, and the mobility problems they face.
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Experts representing academia, government and nonprofit organizations came together for the 11th annual Downtown Los Angeles Forum on Transportation, Land Use and the Environment.
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The 2018 Quality of Life Index reveals that more than half of L.A. County residents are worried they might have to move because of rising housing costs.
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The gender imbalance of transportation planning was the subject of the second installment of the Institute of Transportation Studies discussion series, ‘Transportation is a Women’s Issue.’
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Housing prices across Los Angeles are seemingly out of control, but it may be (rent) control that finally starts to ease the burden for struggling renters.
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In the half-century since the Kerner Commission’s report on urban unrest, South Los Angeles has experienced little economic progress as inequalities persist.
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With nearly 60,000 Angelenos struggling with homelessness, local change agents have taken on the task of developing policies and services to address the crisis.
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The APA presented an Achievement Award to a team of UCLA Luskin researchers focused on identifying the park needs and preferences of older, low-income adults.
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The 2017 Quality of Life Index highlights growing fear among Los Angeles County residents around deportation, access to health care and gentrification.
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A panel of UCLA faculty members come together to discuss the merits of a ballot initiative, Measure S, that would bring about serious changes for development projects.