by Raphael Bostic How do you talk about home without thinking of the American dream? It was Thomas Jefferson who first solidified the vision of homeownership as the foundation of American democracy. He saw it as the antidote to European aristocracy, which perpetuated itself by keeping land in the hands of Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Described by Los Angeles Times writer Patt Morrison as “the famous feminist politician from East L.A., the career policymaker/politician who still feels like an outsider,” Gloria Molina holds many firsts in the Los Angeles political world. Molina was the first Latina elected to the California State Assembly, L.A. Read more…
HSH.com asked innovators and thought leaders in the real estate world to answer the question: What will the U.S. housing market look like in the next 10 years? Our Director, Raphael Bostic answered: “There will be some increase in mortgage rates, partially due to both the expectation that rates will Read more…
Walter Mosley, most known for his LA crime fiction, tackles aging and agency in this beautiful novel, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.
Bedrosian Center Director Raphael Bostic was quoted on Marketplace in a story title “Highland Park Swap Mall: A Year Later.” The story discusses the changing landscape of the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood Highland Park, focusing on a building that until recently housed the Highland Hotel and a “swap mall,” or Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Bedrosian Affiliate Ed Tinoco was awarded one of three Diversity Research Grants awarded by the American Library Association’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services for 2015. This grant will fund original research by Tinoco and co-recipient Dr. Win Shih, Director of Integrated Library Systems at USC. Their research Read more…
by William G. Resh Bedrosian Faculty Research Award: In the Face of Failure: The Persistence of Pro-Social Motivations under Conditions of Negative Feedback, Awarded January 2015 __________________________ What motivates individuals to not only work hard but to go above and beyond their job requirements when working for organizations that deliver social Read more…
by Pamela McCann and Daniel Magleby Bedrosian Faculty Research Award: Policy Tools, Compromise, and Quarrels in the U.S. Congress, Awarded January 2015 __________________________ Governmental public policies provide a framework for programs, services, and resource allocations to address societal problems. The bicameral nature of the United States Congress provides a setting Read more…
by Jovanna Rosen with Lisa Schweitzer Bedrosian Faculty Research Award: Improving Urban Governance through Community Development Agreements, Awarded January 2015 __________________________ Policies such as community benefits agreements (CBAs) and project labor agreements (PLAs) have recently proliferated in urban governance. These community development agreements similarly attempt to leverage urban growth and public participation within Read more…
byAbby Wood and Christian Grose Bedrosian Faculty Research Award: Government Transparency Laws: Why Do Some Legislators Over Comply?, Awarded January 2015 __________________________ Transparency and the Federal Election Commission: A Boon for Citizens, Candidates, and Democracy? Overview Does transparency enhance the ability for voters to evaluate candidates for office, and reward those Read more…
by Donnajean Ward In May of this year, I accompanied a group of USC Price undergraduates to Detroit for a week to not only visit and view the oft-discussed decline and nascent revitalization of the city but to actually participate in moving forward a set of existing projects by partnering Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Last week, an opinion piece by Director Raphael Bostic discussing the issue of affordable housing was featured on nj.com. In his article, he cites the startling fact that one in four of the 42 million American families who rent Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Our discussion of how race is depicted in media coverage of violent events continues. Today we hear from Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a Senior Fellow at USC Price and a long-time political analyst for NBC Los Angeles. Bebitch Jeffe lends us her perspective today as both faculty and a member of the media. Bedrosian Center: Read more…
KQED radio talked to Bedrosian faculty affiliate Sherry Bebitch Jeffe this week to hear her reaction to Bernie Sanders’ recent endorsement from the National Nurses United labor union. “It must be giving Hillary Clinton a little bit of nervousness,” she told KQED’s Tara Siler Monday afternoon, adding Clinton was now forced to Read more…
Bedrosian Center faculty Richard Green is headed to Washington, DC this fall as a new senior housing adviser at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he will advise on housing financing. In a story discussing his exciting move, KPCC interviewed Green about his expertise in the Southern California housing Read more…
Bedrosian Center faculty Sherry Bebitch Jeffe published an opinion piece last week analyzing the impact Donald Trump’s presidential campaign might have on the Republican Party. In doing so, she draws a comparison to former California Governor Pete Wilson’s 1994 reelection campaign, and the legacy his campaign has had on Latino Read more…
Bedrosian Center Director Raphael Bostic recently wrote about some hot topics in housing- a recent Supreme Court ruling and HUD’s Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule- on Shelterforce. On Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project Inc., Bostic writes that Court’s decision is “a critical victory for fair housing Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Bedrosian Center Director Raphael Bostic recently spoke with DS News to discuss HUD’s new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule, which was announced in early July. AFFH intends to help communities that receive HUD funding meet long-standing fair housing obligations. During the interview, Bostic discussed what he hopes AFFH will help accomplish: My Read more…
In an article about HUD’s new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, which reaffirms the tenets of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, Bedrosian Center Director Raphael Bostic is optimistic that community planning process can be inclusive and honest about issues of residential segregation and access to resources. “Americans really do care about Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Our discussion of the prevalence of racial bias in how violence is portrayed in the media continues. Today’s response is from Professor Lisa Schweitzer, who specializes in urban studies, particularly empirical analysis of social justice, environment, and transport in cities. Bedrosian Center: What’s one thing we can do Read more…
by Justine Dodgen On June 23, Bedrosian Center Director Raphael Bostic joined AirTalk on KPCC to discuss Southern California’s housing market. As a whole, Bostic noted that the housing market is in good shape. “I think what we’ve seen is a pretty nice recovery… I think the bigger question is… that we Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Today we’re continuing our discussion of how there is frequent evidence of racial bias in how violence is portrayed in the media. We have been asking faculty members to respond with their ideas for how we, as consumers of news or members of the media, can “do better” Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Last week, we introduced the topic of how there is frequent evidence of racial bias in how violence is portrayed in the media. We said that we would be asking faculty members to respond with their ideas for how we, as consumers of news or members of the Read more…
Raphael Bostic, Director of the Bedrosian Center and Interim Director of the Lusk Center for Real Estate, wrote an op-ed piece in New Jersey’s Star Ledger on housing affordability. Our society has long promised a chance at advancement for those who work diligently and strive for success. Unfortunately, we are Read more…
The US has used the War on drugs to create a racial caste system: a successor to the Jim Crow days we thought we left behind. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is one of the most important American books in the last decade. Alexander systematically explores the policy changes from the days of Nixon through the present – exploring how each decision has created and allowed a system which criminalizes blackness, brownness, otherness in way that both creates new racial biases and confirms them by incarcerating millions of young black and brown men (and to a lesser extent, black and brown women).