Demystifying the PhD

Room 5391 Luskin School of Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Current students in UCLA Luskin’s Urban Planning PhD program invite you to join a discussion focused on debunking myths about earning a PhD.

Community Collaborations Dinner

3rd Floor Commons 337 Charles E. Young Drive East, 3383 Public Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Meet, mingle, and eat with fellow Luskin students dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion to start building a community across departments.

Homelessness in Los Angeles

We will explore the issue of homelessness, and the response of local institutions, from three different perspectives: a Skid Row resident and activist, a developer of permanent supportive housing, and UCLA’s own BruinShelter. Lunch will be provided.

Protecting Renters in Los Angeles

Room 2343 Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Discussions of rent control, stabilization and evictions, including exploration of California housing laws that affect renters and what can be done to give renters a more stable foundation.

The South Los Angeles Homeownership Crisis

Discussion of findings from study by the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge. Our panelists will examine what progress has been made in South LA, if any, in the domain of housing since the 1960s.

DTLA Forum – Housing Costs and Scarcity

The California Endowment 1000 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA, United States

The 2018 UCLA DTLA Forum will discuss the rising housing costs and the politics of supply that make building more housing extremely complicated.

$25.00$60.00

Public Service Evening

UCLA Downtown Labor Center 675 S Park View St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Explore careers in public affairs and learn the ins and outs of the graduate application process.

Robert Poole: Rethinking America’s Highway Institutions

4320B UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs 337 Charles E Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Robert Poole will discuss his new book in which he argues that the 20th century governance and funding model for highways is failing to solve chronic problems such as congestion, deferred maintenance, and poor resource allocations.