New film explores challenges, joy of ‘Biking While Black’
Lewis Center2023-08-29T15:02:05-07:00Documentary by filmmaker Yolanda Davis-Overstreet looks into local efforts and activism to promote mobility justice across Los Angeles.
Episode 36: Rent Control in India with Sahil Gandhi and Richard Green
Lewis Center2023-08-27T13:36:08-07:00Usually, cities with lots of vacant housing have slow rent growth (or low rents), while lower vacancy rates are associated with higher rents. So why do many Indian cities have an unusual, seemingly paradoxical problem: high vacancy rates and high rents?
Episode 27: Minimum Lot Size Reform with M. Nolan Gray
Lewis Center2023-10-09T13:34:45-07:00UCLA's Nolan Gray shares lessons from famously unzoned Houston and the promise that minimum lot size reform holds for affordability.
L.A.’s efforts to address sexual harassment on public transit informed by UCLA research
Lewis Center2023-08-29T15:06:12-07:00Work led by UCLA’s Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris investigates the scope of sexual harassment in transit environments, and provides policy recommendations for addressing it.
How statewide parking reform can expand housing opportunities
Lewis Center2024-05-06T11:16:57-07:00Currently, cities enforce minimum parking requirements to ensure that new housing projects provide sufficient parking, but these mandates often increase housing costs, harm the environment, and result in a surplus of unused parking spaces.
How EV carsharing can drive transportation equity
Lewis Center2024-05-06T11:12:44-07:00Virtual conference explores electric vehicle carshare programs and their role in bridging mobility gaps for low-income households.
Episode 26: The Future of Housing in California — and the Nation — with Dana Cuff and Carolina Reid
Lewis Center2023-10-09T13:39:00-07:00UCLA's Dana Cuff and UC Berkeley's Carolina Reid discuss our new report that outlines California’s housing crisis, the history that got us here, and a vision for a more affordable, inclusive, socially and environmentally just future.
Episode 24: Mass Production and Suburbanization in Mexico with Dinorah González
Lewis Center2023-10-09T13:45:17-07:00How do developers choose where to build? Dinorah González of Universidad Iberoamericana tells us what she's learned from Tijuana, Mexico
Episode 23: Political Representation and Housing Supply with Michael Hankinson
Lewis Center2023-10-09T13:48:56-07:00Michael Hankinson on how a shift from at-large to district-based elections has led to increased political representation but also declining housing production.
UCLA Luskin students host first in-person event at Golden Age Park
Lewis Center2025-05-09T12:59:26-07:00Students affiliated with the UCLA (Un)Common Public Space group hosted over 100 attendees to celebrate Golden Age Park, a pocket park in the Westlake neighborhood of L.A.