InterActions LA 2022 Inclusive Approaches to Electric Carsharing Friday, May 6, 2022 Electric carsharing holds enormous potential for our cities — they can provide safe, clean, and convenient ways to travel and, for those unable to afford personal vehicles, they increase access to opportunities. Over the past five years, 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
The Legacy of Martin Wachs Friday, May 13 Part of the UCLA Urban Planning 50th Anniversary Celebration Series About this event For better than a half-century, Professor Martin Wachs was a leading educator, researcher, and influencer of transportation policy and planning at UCLA, UC Berkeley, and the RAND Corporation. This
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
Register Here Lewis Center scholars will participate in this year's Luskin Summit: Our Research in Action. Breakout sessions featuring our work will take place between 9:30 and 11:45 a.m. Here are summary descriptions: 9:30-10:30 a.m. - CREDITWORTHINESS AND ETHNO-RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES The mortgage industry plays a central role in ethno-racial stratification in
InterActions LA 2023 From Housing Crossroads to Transportation Connections Friday, April 28 Across California, people in metropolitan areas are facing an acute housing shortage, driving up rental prices and pushing home ownership further and further out of reach. The California Legislature has taken an increasingly active role
Date: October 25, 2023 Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, 337 Charles E Young Drive East, 3rd Floor Patio, Los Angeles, CA, USA Interested in housing affordability, zoning reform, tenant protections, fair housing, or homelessness? Maybe you care about the role of housing in better transportation, economic, environmental, and health