Quality of Life Index Sheds Light on L.A.’s Housing Burden
“This is the lowest rating we’ve ever had in the nine years we’ve been doing this survey,” says Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA Luskin.
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U.S. Senator and L.A. Supervisor to Deliver UCLA Luskin Commencement Addresses Political trailblazers Laphonza Butler and Lindsey Horvath will send off the Class of 2024 on June 14
UCLA Luskin’s Class of 2024 will hear from two trailblazing California political leaders at Commencement ceremonies on Friday, June 14.
Lindsey P. Horvath, the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, will address …
Loukaitou-Sideris on Making Transit Hubs More Welcoming
“If we all start getting afraid of agoraphobia and not going to these public spaces, we will end up in a cocoon of private spaces,” says the UCLA Luskin expert on transit safety.
Millard-Ball Receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
The professor of urban planning is conducting research in Berlin with support from the award, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments by top global scholars.
Reframing Perspectives on Who’s Helped, Hurt by Minimum Wage Hikes
California’s wage increase for fast-food workers also impacts small businesses competing for labor, UCLA Luskin’s Chris Tilly says.
Persistent Gaps for Black Californians Would Take Over 248 Years to Close
The State of Black California 2024 report, authored by UCLA Luskin Professor Michael Stoll, analyzes two decades of socioeconomic status data, with sobering conclusions.
Congestion-Pricing Ambitions Slowed by ‘Internal Trepidation’
UCLA Luskin’s Michael Manville says momentum has slowed in L.A. and elsewhere after challenges to New York City’s efforts to charge vehicles entering the most clogged zones.
Accusations of Negligence in Shooting by 6-Year-Old
A Virginia school administrator has been charged in the case of a first-grader who shot his teacher during class.
Returning to Work, Revamping Commuting Habits
UCLA Luskin’s Donald Shoup is a proponent of the ‘parking cashout’: When you drive, you pay. When you don’t drive, you save.
New Delays for LAX People Mover
The elevated train, now expected to open in late 2025, won’t necessarily fix the airport’s congestion problems, UCLA’s Jacob Wasserman says.
