Publications
The briefs and reports below provide a sample of recent research by Lewis Center faculty, affiliated scholars, staff, and students, produced internally or by our partner centers and other universities. Learn more about support for students and the Graduate Student Fellows program to fund students conducting capstone research.
Note: Briefs and reports are often adapted from or into published books and articles in academic journals, which are not listed here.
| Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
BriefRevisiting LA’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance and “Allowable Rent Increases”California’s worsening housing crisis has triggered an intense debate about rent control. This brief examines how local jurisdictions have considerable leeway in reforming their rent control programs, such as Los Angeles’ rent-stabilization ordinance. |
Shane Phillips | 2019 |
BriefUCLA Data for Democracy: Parks in Los AngelesUCLA’s Data for Democracy in LA partnered with the Lewis Center to consider what’s up with parks, why they matter, and how they might better serve Los Angeles. |
Center X | 2019 |
BriefTransit-Oriented Development & Commercial Gentrification: Exploring the LinkagesThis research brief focuses on Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area to examine the relationship between commercial gentrification and fixed rail transit, transit ridership and traffic crashes. |
Karen Chapple, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Dov Kadin, Joseph Poirier, Silvia R. Gonzalez, Dov Kadin, and Joseph Poirier | 2019 |
BriefA Flawed Law: Reforming California’s Housing ElementIn recent years, the state legislature has passed bills seeking to reform California's Housing Element Law. This brief highlights a sometimes misunderstood feature of the law's core planning tool: the RHNA process. |
Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Manville, Spike Friedman | 2019 |
ReportTransit Oriented Los Angeles: Station Area Comparison AppendixThe purpose of this appendix is to help readers further explore similarities and differences in seven station areas ( Van Nuys, Fillmore, Wilshire/Vermont, Culver City, Leimert Park, Compton, and Paramount/Rosecrans) and to be inspired to consider how different features shape neighborhoods around rail stations throughout Los Angeles County. |
Madeline Brozen, Matthew Hartzell, Paavo Monkkonen, Mark Vallianatos, Michael Manville | 2019 |
BriefTransit-oriented development in Los Angeles: Past, Present and FutureThis brief provides a short history of how transit and land development have often gone hand-in-hand in L.A., summarizes research that shows that residential density in greater L.A. is still influenced by long-gone streetcar routes, and recommends ways to achieve greater synergies between housing and public transit investments. |
Mark Vallianatos, Madeline Brozen | 2019 |
BriefEncouraging diverse missing-middle housing near transitThis brief explores why and how jurisdictions in the Los Angeles region should zone for more diverse-types of lowrise housing, especially near transit. |
Mark Vallianatos, Madeline Brozen | 2019 |
BriefTransit-Oriented Los Angeles: Envisioning an Equitable and Thriving Future SummaryThis is a summary of a report that provides a conceptual framework for thinking about how more people can live and work near transit, near the major regional investments that county residents are paying for, in ways that maximize social benefits and minimize social costs. |
Madeline Brozen, Michael Manville, Mark Vallianatos, Paavo Monkkonen, Matthew Hartzell | 2019 |
ReportMain Street Parklet Pilot Program Evaluation: City of Santa MonicaThe goal of this evaluation report is to determine whether parklets, a relatively new streetscape improvement type, is an idea that works along Santa Monica’s Main Street corridor. |
Madeline Brozen, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Rayne Laborde | 2019 |
ReportEvaluating ADU/Homelessness ProgramsIn this paper, Wasserman evaluates the scalability, longevity, efficacy, political feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of pilot programs that encourage accessory dwelling unit construction compared to traditional multifamily supportive housing. |
Jacob Wasserman | 2019 |