Past Events

COMMON GROUND: A Festival for Intergenerational Public Space Saturday, February 26 1 - 3 p.m. (Orchestra performance begins at 1:30 pm) This event highlights a new neighborhood amenity: Golden Age Park. Despite the park’s intentional design which emphasizes intergenerational needs, the park remains relatively unknown in the neighborhood. This event

Housing, Equity, and Community Series: The Future of LA's Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Program Wednesday, March 2 12:30 p.m. PST The Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) incentive program turns five this year. In that time, it’s become Los Angeles’s most effective housing-production tool, with more than 35,000 units proposed by developers including

Scenarios for California's Infrastructure Future Tuesday, March 29 About This Event You've heard of the future of work. What about the future of transportation? The future of housing & community development? The future of energy, environment & natural resources? The future of advanced technology? Join California 100, a new statewide initiative being incubated at

Transit in Transition The UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium Friday, April 1 Covel Commons | The Grand Horizons Room The UCLA Arrowhead Symposium: Transit in Transition reconvenes in person at UCLA on April 1, 2022 after a successful online series this past fall. We assessed the state of public transit in a

Space for People or for Cars? Housing Implications of Statewide Parking Reform Wednesday, May 11 Cities use minimum parking requirements to make sure new housing provides sufficient parking, but research shows that these mandates also drive up the price of new homes, harm the environment, and often result in more

Come MAKE SPACE at the West LA Civic Center: An afternoon of do-it-yourself urbanism in this iconic public space.

Building codes are often overlooked for their impact on who builds housing, for whom and where. This panel will discuss the possibility of egress requirement reforms.

California's Housing Crossroads The 32nd Annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium High land costs, a shortage of homes, and income inequality have led to a cost-burdened population facing one of the nation’s worst housing crises, which is acutely felt in coastal job centers and near public transportation infrastructure. Housing policy is complex, but the solutions

Biking while Black - Documentary Screening and Discussion Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. PST James Bridges Theatre, UCLA School of Theatre, Film & Television  In a 30-minute documentary, BIKING WHILE BLACK: CONTINUING TO RIDE THROUGH DECRIMINALIZATION, DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION incorporates narratives to dig deeper into solution-based storytelling and features the actions

Place and Prosperity Book Talk with Bill Fulton Moderated conversation with Michael Lens  Thursday, Feb. 9, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. PST Zoom webinar Join the Lewis Center and advisory board member, Bill Fulton, as he shares his new book Place and Prosperity. People feel intensely connected to cities as places and to other

Homelessness results from the intersection of multiple economic and social risk factors, and nowhere are those risk factors more acute than in California. In a reprisal of their popular session at last month's UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium, our guest presenters will share the conditions that put people at higher risk of homelessness, and that

Winter 2024 Speaker Series Transportation Equity:  Moving the Needle The speaker series features five accomplished transportation practitioners and thought leaders.  The speakers will discuss the transportation challenges facing communities of color and low-income communities and draw on their own efforts to highlight diverse strategies to create a more equitable

The Institutional Construction of Housing Segregation in Chile Date and time: February 8th, 12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch provided. Location: Public Affairs Building 2355 RSVP: bit.ly/HousingSegregationChile Chilean cities exhibit a pronounced income-based segregation, where higher-income groups typically reside in well-serviced areas, enjoying access to superior public and private amenities. In contrast, lower-income communities often find themselves

Introducing the Fair Housing Land Use Score: Helping Local Governments Plan For Less Segregated, More Affordable Communities Researchers with the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies have developed a new tool to measure how effectively local regulations promote inclusion across neighborhoods: the Fair Housing Land Use Score. Join us for this webinar, where

Housing for Black People by Black People In this UCLA Luskin Lecture, experts in housing and real estate will discuss what they and others are doing to address the challenges of limited wealth, investment, and ownership in Black communities, and to improve housing opportunities in those neighborhoods Housing and real estate development were instrumental in the concentration of

UC ITS Webinar: Early Insights on How Mobility Wallet Programs Are Performing in Four California Cities Cities across California, such as Oakland, Stockton, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles, are experimenting with Universal Basic Mobility (UBM) initiatives that provide residents access to affordable transportation options regardless of where they live or their income level. While UBM

Book Talk: Where the Hood At? Black Neighborhoods Since the Civil Rights Era Join author Michael C. Lens for an engaging Book Talk on his latest work, Where the Hood At? Black Neighborhoods Since the Civil Rights Era, a compelling exploration of Black neighborhood conditions and their evolution over the past fifty

Upzoning and Gentrification in New York City Reforming zoning to increase housing development capacity, or upzoning, is an increasingly common strategy for improving affordability. There is strong evidence that a larger housing supply is associated with greater affordability, but we know less about the effects of upzoning itself. Minjee Kim, Assistant Professor in

CHIPing In: A Spatial Assessment of Los Angeles’ Rezone Program Los Angeles has a state-mandated housing target of 456,000 new units by 2029. As part of that effort, in December the city council approved the Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP), which upzones multifamily areas across LA. Aaron Barrall, data analyst at the Lewis

The Unintended Consequences of Measure ULA The Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies is hosting a research talk by Professor Michael Manville of the UCLA Urban Planning Department on his research on The Unintended Consequences of Measure ULA. About the Research: We present evidence suggesting that Measure ULA has reduced higher-end real estate transactions

'A Decent Home' Documentary Screening The UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and Luskin Center for Innovation invite you to a screening of A Decent Home, a feature-length documentary addressing class and economic inequity that features the lives and challenges of mobile home park residents in securing affordable housing. We will provide food

Learning From Social Housing Production in France The Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies is hosting a research talk by Professor Paavo Monkkonen of the UCLA Urban Planning and Public Policy Departments on his research Learning From Social Housing Production in France. About the Research France has both the largest stock of

Part 1: How did transit riders evacuate in 2025? This webinar presents findings on how transit riders in Los Angeles County evacuated during the 2025 fires and how they would evacuate in future fires. Based on a February 2025 survey of transit riders who evacuated, the research highlights evacuation experiences, emergency preparedness, and recommendations

Part 2: Lessons learned from the “community-hardening” efforts in Solano Canyon This webinar shares lessons learned from working with a Los Angeles hillside community to strengthen resilience to wildfire risk. We will share what communities can do now to best protect themselves, how they can prepare for emergency evacuation given the community characteristics, and