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 |
|---|---|---|
Student WorkCommunity Land Trust Feasibility in Los Angeles CountyThis research examined current community land trust feasibility in Los Angeles County in consideration of the existing affordable housing funding and housing market environment. |
C.J. Horvath | 2019 |
Student WorkHousing Choice and Access in the Eastern Coachella Valley: An Ethnographic Study of Housing among Low-Wage WorkersThe focus of this project is to more holistically understand housing typologies and choices in the Eastern Coachella Valley. |
Christian Mendez | 2019 |
Student WorkHomelessness Prevention in Los Angeles CountyThis project evaluates the county’s current homelessness prevention efforts spearheaded by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), called the Prevention and Diversion Program. |
Eric Schroer, Taylor De Laveaga, Gabriela Solis, Robert Gamboa | 2019 |
Student WorkTenants in Foreclosure: An Analysis of How Renters Experience the Financialization of Housing in Los Angeles CountyThis report is interested in who has acquired property through foreclosure since the housing market crash of the mid-’00s. |
Terra Dalton Graziani | 2019 |
Student WorkIncreasing Equity in LA’s New Street Vending Permit Program to Increase Quality of Life for VendorsThis research aims to understand how the rules and regulations of the Los Angeles ordinance affect current street vendors by deploying three methods: participant observation, mapping, and comparative study. |
Nichole Heil | 2019 |
Student WorkMode Choice and Perceptions of the Built Environment in Watts and Jordan DownsThis study assesses how community members of Jordan Downs perceive issues of the built environment, and how these perceptions may influence their transportation mode choice. |
Dustin Khuu | 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 |
ReportMain Street Parklet Pilot Program Evaluation: City of Santa MonicaThe goal of this evaluation report is to determine whether parklets, a relatively new streetscape improvement type, is an idea that works along Santa Monica’s Main Street corridor. |
Madeline Brozen, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Rayne Laborde | 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 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 |