Encouraging diverse missing-middle housing near transit
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:55-07:00This brief explores why and how jurisdictions in the Los Angeles region should zone for more diverse-types of lowrise housing, especially near transit.
Transit-Oriented Los Angeles: Envisioning an Equitable and Thriving Future Summary
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:55-07:00This is a summary of a report that provides a conceptual framework for thinking about how more people can live and work near transit, near the major regional investments that county residents are paying for, in ways that maximize social benefits and minimize social costs.
Evaluating ADU/Homelessness Programs
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:55-07:00In this paper, Wasserman evaluates the scalability, longevity, efficacy, political feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of pilot programs that encourage accessory dwelling unit construction compared to traditional multifamily supportive housing.
Not Nearly Enough: California Lacks Capacity to Meet Lofty Housing Goals
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:55-07:00Before becoming governor, Gavin Newsom set forth a bold campaign goal to construct 3.5 million new homes by 2025. This brief asks if it's possible for California to meet this lofty goal under current zoning and where this new housing will be built.
Transit Oriented Los Angeles: Envisioning an Equitable and Thriving Future
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:56-07:00This report provides a conceptual framework for thinking about how more people can live and work near transit, near the major regional investments that county residents are paying for, in ways that maximize social benefits and minimize social costs.
A Flawed Law: Reforming California’s Housing Element
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:53-07:00In recent years, the state legislature has passed bills seeking to reform California's Housing Element Law. This brief highlights a sometimes misunderstood feature of the law's core planning tool: the RHNA process.
Transit Oriented Los Angeles: Station Area Comparison Appendix
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:54-07:00The purpose of this appendix is to help readers further explore similarities and differences in seven station areas ( Van Nuys, Fillmore, Wilshire/Vermont, Culver City, Leimert Park, Compton, and Paramount/Rosecrans) and to be inspired to consider how different features shape neighborhoods around rail stations throughout Los Angeles County.
Transit-oriented development in Los Angeles: Past, Present and Future
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:54-07:00This brief provides a short history of how transit and land development have often gone hand-in-hand in L.A., summarizes research that shows that residential density in greater L.A. is still influenced by long-gone streetcar routes, and recommends ways to achieve greater synergies between housing and public transit investments.
It’s Time to End Single-Family Zoning
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:47-07:00In this Viewpoints, the authors write how R1 zoning in the United States promotes exclusion and exacerbates inequality, benefiting homeowners at the expense of renters and limiting access to high-opportunity places. They argue that these negative impacts outweigh weak arguments for R1 and that planners should work to abolish it.
Revisiting LA’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance and “Allowable Rent Increases”
superadmin2025-11-17T07:01:47-07:00California’s worsening housing crisis has triggered an intense debate about rent control. This brief examines how local jurisdictions have considerable leeway in reforming their rent control programs, such as Los Angeles’ rent-stabilization ordinance.