The sixth annual Luskin Summit featured a keynote conversation with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the unveiling of our annual poll about life in Los Angeles, plus six breakout discussions.
The event took place on the UCLA campus on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
OVERVIEW
7:30 a.m. Check-in and Breakfast
8:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
8:30 a.m. Results of the Quality of Life Index
9:30 a.m. Breakout 1
Track: Climate Resilience
• Cooling Strategies for an Active L.A. in a Warming World
Track: Elections and Governance
• Understanding the Diversity of the Los Angeles Electorate
Track: Equity in Transportation
• Advancing Universal Basic Mobility for those in need: L.A.’s Mobility Wallet Pilot
10:45 a.m. Breakout 2
Track: Climate Resilience
• Transformative Climate Communities in the L.A. Region
Track: Elections and Governance
• Los Angeles City Council Considers Major Changes
Track: Equity in Transportation
• A Capital Improvement Program for Los Angeles
Noon A conversation with Mayor Karen Bass focusing on homelessness policy (sponsored by Hilton Foundation)
1:15 p.m. Networking Lunch
FEATURED PRESENTERS
Matt Barreto
UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute
Karen Bass
Mayor of Los Angeles
Evelyn Blumenberg
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Madeline Brozen
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Becky Dale
LA28
Edith de Guzman
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Kathay Feng
Common Cause
Jason Foster
Destination Crenshaw
Fernando Guerra
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Josh Haskell
ABC7 Eyewitness News
Alex Johnson
The California Wellness Foundation
LaKenya Jordan
California Secretary of State
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Zahirah Mann
South Los Angeles Transit Empowerment Zone
Juan Matute
UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
Jessica Meaney
Investing in Place
Megan Mullin
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Jim Newton
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Blueprint Magazine
Jonathan Parfrey
Climate Resolve
Michael Rios
UCLA Voting Rights Project
Alvaro Sanchez
The Greenlining Institute
Sharon Sand
Trust for Public Land
Marta Segura
Climate Emergency Mobilization Office, City of Los Angeles
Avital Shavit
LA Metro
Angelly Tovar
Rebel Group
Jacqueline Waggoner
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Randall Winston
Office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
Zev Yaroslavsky
Los Angeles Initiative, UCLA
SPONSORS
MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Laura Shell, chair of the committee
- Jacqueline Waggoner, chair of the Luskin School’s Board of Advisors
- Wendy Greuel, member
- Michael Fleming, member
- Stephen Cheung, member
- Jeff Seymour, member
- Travis Kiyota, member
- Cecilia Estolano, member
- Cynthia McClain-Hill, member
- Ron Wong, member
- Nicole Mutchnick, member
Information is powerful only when it’s in a form that can guide achievable change. This year, the Luskin School is highlighting innovators — in Los Angeles and elsewhere — turning vision into reality and producing Transformative Action.
