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.
Title | Author(s) | Year |
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Journal ArticleIt's Time to End Single-Family ZoningIn 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. |
Michael Manville, Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Lens | 2019 |
BriefTransit-Oriented Development & Commercial Gentrification: Exploring the LinkagesThis research brief focuses on Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area to examine the relationship between commercial gentrification and fixed rail transit, transit ridership and traffic crashes. |
Karen Chapple, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Dov Kadin, Joseph Poirier | 2019 |
BriefA Flawed Law: Reforming California’s Housing ElementIn 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. |
Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Manville, Spike Friedman | 2019 |
BriefEncouraging diverse missing-middle housing near transitThis brief explores why and how jurisdictions in the Los Angeles region should zone for more diverse-types of lowrise housing, especially near transit. |
Mark Vallianatos, Madeline Brozen | 2019 |
BriefTransit-oriented development in Los Angeles: Past, Present and FutureThis 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. |
Mark Vallianatos, Madeline Brozen | 2019 |
ReportTransit Oriented Los Angeles: Station Area Comparison AppendixThe 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. |
Madeline Brozen, Matthew Hartzell, Paavo Monkkonen, Mark Vallianatos, Michael Manville | 2019 |
BriefTransit-Oriented Los Angeles: Envisioning an Equitable and Thriving Future SummaryThis 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. |
Madeline Brozen, Michael Manville, Mark Vallianatos, Paavo Monkkonen, Matthew Hartzell | 2019 |
ReportEvaluating ADU/Homelessness ProgramsIn 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. |
Jacob Wasserman | 2019 |
BriefNot Nearly Enough: California Lacks Capacity to Meet Lofty Housing GoalsBefore 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. |
Paavo Monkkonen, Spike Friedman | 2019 |
ReportTransit Oriented Los Angeles: Envisioning an Equitable and Thriving FutureThis 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. |
Madeline Brozen, Matthew Hartzell, Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Manville, Mark Vallianatos | 2018 |