Publications

The briefs and reports below provide a sample of recent research by Lewis Center faculty, affiliated scholars, staff, and students, produced internally or by our partner centers and other universities. Learn more about support for students and the Graduate Student Fellows program to fund students conducting capstone research.

Note: Briefs and reports are often adapted from or into published books and articles in academic journals, which are not listed here.




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Title Author(s) Year
Brief

Opportunities to Improve Patient Transportation Access: Piloting a Transportation Resource Fair at the Saban Community Clinic

This brief analyzes the approach and findings of the UCLA partnership with the Saban Community Clinic in piloting a transportation research fair.

Madeline Brozen, Alex Seidel 2025
Report

The Palisades and Eaton Fires: Neighborhood Data and Potential Housing Market Effects

This publication reviews past research on California wildfires' housing impacts, analyzes the 2018 Camp Fire's long-term effects, examines L.A. fire-affected neighborhoods, and highlights key lessons.

Shane Phillips 2025
Report

CHIPing In: Evaluating the effects of LA's Citywide Housing Incentive Program on neighborhood development potential

This report analyzes CHIP along two dimensions: added housing capacity and furtherance of fair housing goals.

Aaron Barrall, Shane Phillips 2024
Report

The Fair Housing Land Use Score in California: An Evaluation of 199 Municipal Plans

This report assess whether local governments followed housing guidelines to affirmatively further fair housing by analyzing the site inventories adopted by 199 California cities.

Aaron Barrall, Paavo Monkkonen 2024
Brief

Ethnic, Racial, and Neighborhood Mortgage Inequality: The case of Los Angeles, Fresno, and Sacramento

This brief critically examines the relationship between the spatial distribution of loan outcomes and two levels of neighborhood racial composition.

Kathryn Greenler, José Loya, Adam Briones 2024
Student Work

Equitable Redevelopment and Community Ownership of Real Estate in Chinatown Fresno

This study explores a path to launch for a community ownership mechanism — whether it be a Neighborhood REIT or another model — that is specific to organizing and uplifting Fresno’s Chinatown.

Aryon Shahidzadeh 2024
Student Work

Path to Launch: How to Establish a Community Ownership Structure in the Revitalization of Fresno’s Chinatown

The report on how community ownership ideas can be incorporated into Chinatown Fresno and promote wealth building, prevent displacement, and achieve sustainable, inclusive redevelopment.

Aryon Shahidzadeh 2024
Student Work

The Transit Effect: A Decade of Change at LA Metro Rail Stations

This study examines the relationship between neighborhood change over time and fixed rail transit in Los Angeles.

Adria Stauber 2024
Student Work

Traveling Without a Car in Los Angeles: Mobility Challenges Faced by Carless and Car-Deficit Households

This study aimed to answer where carless and car-deficit households are concentrated in the City of Los Angeles.

Alyssa Suzukawa 2024
Student Work

Are Accessory Dwelling Units the Answer to California's Housing Crisis? Learnings from the San Fernando Valley

The research uses Los Angeles CD3 as a case study to uncover the incentives and motivations behind ADU development, identify barriers, and assess their impacts on local neighborhoods and housing markets.

Miles Austin Cressy 2024