Latinx Conference Seeks to Break Down Borders
UCLA Luskin students bring scholars and social services professionals together to explore immigration and other pressing concerns in the Latinx community.
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Entries by Zoe Day
Yaroslavsky Explains Drag on Quality of Life in L.A.
Newly released index highlights Los Angeles residents’ dissatisfaction with the high cost of housing.
Lens Defends Senate Bill 50 Upzoning Proposal
The bill spotlights the fight to protect single-family zoning amid a push for increased construction to solve California’s housing crisis.
Tilly Highlights World of Contracting in Silicon Valley
Tech sector contractors fight for the stability and benefits enjoyed by full-time employees doing the same work.
DeShazo on Low-Income Workers and Growing Green Economy
To include low-income workers in the growing green economy, legislators are incorporating social justice components into green energy policies.
Leap on Restrictive Parole Policies for Gang Members
While California has taken steps toward criminal justice reform, the Nipsey Hussle case shows that ‘gangs are the great exception’ to this trend, she says.
Manville Imagines Transit-Oriented Future of Cities
He weighs in on the L.A. experience in a National Geographic discussion about remaking healthy urban spaces damaged by dependence on cars.
Author/Activist Randy Shaw on ‘Generation Priced Out’
His latest book highlights hypocritical rhetoric among progressive cities whose policies price out working-class people.
Wachs on New York’s Congestion Pricing Experiment
The traffic-reduction strategy will be implemented in Manhattan, providing a test case in a large American city, he says.
Segura Responds to Trump’s Decision to Cut Foreign Aid
He points to an ulterior motive: fueling the asylum crisis to win political points, which he calls ‘devastating in impact.’
