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 |
|---|---|---|
BriefTravel Trends of People with Travel-Limiting Disabilities in Los Angeles CountyThis brief aims to understand, describe and compare trends in travel behavior and collisions in Los Angeles County for populations and places that experience transportation disadvantage. |
Madeline Brozen | 2021 |
ReportCreating Common Ground: Opportunities for Intergenerational Use of Public Spaces in Disinvested CommunitiesIn this study, we examine public space use and experiences of low-income older adults and youth in the Westlake/MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. |
2021 | |
Student WorkIs ride-hailing in Los Angeles really a non-gendered and flexible occupation?This brief is based on research that aims to understand female participation in the sharing economy through ride-hailing systems and identify the positive and negative aspects of these systems regarding the types of jobs they offer in Los Angeles. |
Gul Nisa Gurbuz | 2021 |
ReportWhat Gets Built on Sites That Cities "Make Available" for Housing?In this report, we analyze local plans and housing development rates in nearly 100 cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. We assess production on sites presented by cities to the state government as apt for housing, as well as elsewhere in the city. |
Christopher S. Elmendorf, Paavo Monkkonen, Sidharth Kapur, Salim Damerdji | 2021 |
BriefEnd of the pandemic, but not renter distressThis research brief is a follow-up to a 2020 survey and report that found one in five Los Angeles County tenants struggling to pay rent during the early months of the pandemic. As the economy reopens, many tenants continue to struggle. California should act quickly to deliver assistance directly to renters. |
Michael Manville, Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Lens, Richard Green | 2021 |
ReportAccess to Child Care in Los Angeles County: Recent Trends and COVID-19 ImplicationsAffordable and accessible child care is essential infrastructure. In Los Angeles, parents struggle to afford quality care, even as wages in the sector remain low. |
Madeline Brozen, Evelyn Blumenberg, Samikchhuya Bhusal | 2021 |
Student WorkOpportunities for Agriculture and Solar in the Urban Fringe: The Antelope Valley as a Case Study BriefIn this brief, the Antelope Valley is framed as an important case study that (1) highlights the current state of California’s desert farmlands and (2) the impact solar might have on these rural places. |
Irene Farr | 2021 |
ReportValue Capture Reconsidered: What if L.A. was Actually Building Too Little?Should cities only allow new housing on the condition that the developers of that housing deliver public benefits in return? This idea is often called “value capture”, and is used to justify — among other things — various forms of inclusionary zoning. |
Michael Manville | 2021 |
Student WorkReimagining Worker Safety in a Criminalized Environment: Uplifting Sex Worker Methods of Collective Care and Harm ReductionWith 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. |
Kimberly Fuentes | 2021 |
Student WorkCOVID-19 Impacts on Los Angeles-Based Community Development Corporations BriefThe 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. |
Muthia Faizah | 2021 |