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 |
|---|---|---|
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 |
Student WorkLiving Landscapes: A New Approach for Including Unhoused Angelenos in Park Space and ProgrammingThis project seeks to develop physical, programmatic, and policy strategies to enhance feelings of safety and welcome for unhoused Angelenos in ways that benefit all park visitors |
Rayne Laborde | 2021 |
Student WorkLiving Landscapes: Re-Imagining the Role Los Angeles Parks Play in CommunitiesThis project seeks to develop physical, programmatic, and policy strategies to enhance feelings of safety and welcome for unhoused Angelenos in ways that benefit all park visitors |
Rayne Laborde | 2021 |
Student WorkOpportunities for Agriculture and Solar in the Urban Fringe: the Antelope Valley as a Case StudyIn 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. |
Irene Farr | 2021 |
Student WorkCOVID-19 Impacts on Los Angeles Based Community Development CorporationsThe 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 |
Student WorkRevolutionizing Community Under the Red Umbrella: Intersectional Inquiry with Sex Workers on Protective Factors in Los Angeles, CAThis 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. |
Kimberly Fuentes | 2021 |
ReportMapping Yesterday's Police Activity at UCLAThis report maps and visualizes policing data at UCLA, including location, type of event, and disposition status for the daily activity of the UCPD. |
Alejandra A Martinez, Jennifer M. Chacon, Noah D. Zatz, Paavo Monkkonen | 2021 |
ReportHousing Demolition and Redevelopment in Los AngelesThis report examines whether new development in Los Angeles is resulting in the widespread loss, through demolition, of older, more affordable housing units. |
Michael Manville, Shane Phillips, Antonio Elizondo, Devina Ortega | 2021 |