The purpose of this research is to inform the creation of a comprehensive funding program that facilitates green improvements while supporting small business development.

The purpose of this research was to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on Los Angeles Based Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and highlight specific strategies for organizational resilience during unprecedented times. This research aimed to study the experience of Los Angeles CDCs when facing an unprecedented crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this brief, the Antelope Valley is framed as an important case study that highlights the current state of California’s desert farmlands and the impact solar might have on these rural places.

This paper explores the hindrances that social work navigates by its alignment to the state as an agent of social control and its potential for engagement with criminalized communities.

With the collaboration and input from the Sex Worker Outreach Project - Los Angeles, Fuentes conducted individual dialogues and art-based photo-elicitation with 13 sex workers in Los Angeles County.

This study questions how effective have AB 1688 (2003) and AB 1387 (2013) been in addressing wage theft for carwashers in California.

This report seeks to understand the role of California’s laws in addressing wage theft for car wash workers in the state.

The research explores the technology workforce environment in Long Beach by examining disparities in employee representation and wages across demographic variables.

In partnership with the Movement to Organize for Restaurant Equity (MORE), this report identifies policies to improve workplace equity and job satisfaction in the restaurant industry while maintaining restaurants’ financial stability.