2018’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States
WalletHub quoted Lisa Schweitzer of the USC Price School on how households can be more energy efficient while still saving money.
In The News
After Trump taps textualist Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court, the confirmation fight ahead and potential impact on midterm elections
KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk” interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School about President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee and the possible impact on civil rights and midterm elections.
Proposed noncitizen voting in Boston not seen as likely for other areas
Boston Herald quoted Jeffery Jenkins of the USC Price School about opposition to a local ordinance that would allow non-citizens to vote.
Calls For National School Security Guidance Grow As State Requirements Scrutinized
Campus Safety quoted Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on why a National Center of Excellence for School Safety would be a way to better standardize school safety requirements.
Trump reportedly settles on short list of SCOTUS noms. Who are they?
KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk” interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School about the two likely nominees for the open U.S. Supreme Court seat.
Real Estate: SoCal Markets Remain Hot, Experts Say
Long Beach Business Journal quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center about the climbing rents in the commercial and industrial real estate markets.
Southern California home prices hit another record high
Los Angeles Times quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center about the impact of rising housing prices on rental costs. Richard Green, director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, doesn’t foresee a crash, but he noted that while home-price gains are accelerating, there are signs that rent growth is slowing. Rent, he…
Lewis named 2018 USC community achievement honoree for promoting cultural competency inside classroom and beyond
Toward the end of the spring semester, representatives from three university student organizations showed up at a class taught by USC Price School of Public Policy Professor LaVonna Lewis and announced she had been chosen as the recipient of the 2018 Student Government Community Achievement Award.
Moving To California For Work Is Hard — Because Housing
LAist quoted Raphael Bostic of the USC Price School about the high-cost of housing, and that it might push certain workers out of state and affect the California economy.
“Top Two” Takes California
Fox & Hounds Daily published commentary by Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School and Doug Jeffe on the California primaries. Despite the grumbling of pundits and partisans, California’s top-two primary is almost certainly here to stay. The voters like it and the system fits the realities of this state’s politics. Full op-ed here