Journalists from broadcast, cable, print, and online sources turn to Bedrosian faculty and student researchers for their expertise, as resources to inform complex policy issues. Here are links to some of the pieces in which our faculty are quoted.
Director of the Executive Education program, Frank Zerunyan, wrote about his recent global travels. His essay captures his experiences in Saudi Arabia, India, Bahrain, Ethiopia, South Korea, Armenia, South Africa, Georgia, and China both through his work with the United Nations and as Director of Executive Education at USC Price.
Bedrosian Center faculty Sherry Bebitch Jeffe published an opinion piece on Fox & Hounds about recent reforms and the shift of legislative power in California. “The biggest change may result from the resetting of term limits to allow lawmakers to stay for 12 years in one house of the legislature. Read more…
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Communication at USC Price, spoke with the Financial Times about Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti’s plans for Olympics, solving homelessness, and getting traction on transit. She said that “His potential as a candidate for higher office is there but the problem of Read more…
Raphael Bostic, Director of the Bedrosian Center and Interim Director of the Lusk Center for Real Estate, was cited in an opinion piece by Holly Leicht on the website NJ.com. Leicht is the regional administrator covering New York and New Jersey for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Leicht’s Read more…
by Cristy Lytal USC Price School of Public Policy Professor Frank Zerunyan recently served as the first international expert on local governance models brought in to consult with public officials and community leaders from the Bao’an District in the city of Shenzhen, China. Zerunyan – a former two-term mayor and current Read more…
Lisa Schweitzer, Associate Professor and Bedrosian Center faculty affiliate, reviewed the book Majoritarian Cities: Policy Making and Inequality in Urban Politics by Neil Kraus in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association. “What drives local policy decisions? In Majoritarian Cities: Policy Making and Inequality in Urban Read more…
Lisa Schweitzer, Associate Professor and Bedrosian Center faculty affiliate, spoke with KPCC’s Meghan McCarty today about an LA to Vegas high speed train. Regulatory approvals could be sticky: “It’s California,” she said. “It’s hard to build a house here let alone high-speed rail.” She said while getting the cash and expertise Read more…
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Communication at USC Price, spoke with Capital Public Radio about recent California legislature news as several of Gov Brown’s top priorities did not pass. “The party did not march in lockstep behind Gov. Brown this time,” she said. “When one side – the Read more…
USC Price School of Public Policy Professor David Sloane and Price PhD alumni Ellen Shiau and Bryce Lowery won an award for co-authoring the most innovative paper to appear in the academic journal Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design for 2014. Titled “The Prospects and Problems of Integrating Sketch Read more…
Bedrosian faculty members Raphael Bostic and Marlon Boarnet have received a grant fro METRANS UTC Research, for a project titled “Developing Affordable Housing Guidelines Near Rail Transit in Los Angeles.” To inform planning and housing policy in the City of Los Angeles and in the broader Los Angeles metropolitan area, Read more…
Assistant Professor, Alexandra Graddy-Reed and her colleague Lauren Lanahan (University of Oregon) have received an Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). They will examine the effect of receiving federal grant funding as a graduate student on career trajectory and research productivity. The EAGER program Read more…
Jovanna Rosen, a Ph.D. student in Urban Planning and Development at the USC Price School, published an article titled “Climate, Environmental Health Vulnerability, and Physical Planning: A Review of the Forecasting Literature” in the Journal of Planning Literature. In the piece, she ties environmental health, planning, and climate forecasting literature to formulate Read more…
Lisa Schweitzer, Associate Professor and Bedrosian Center faculty affiliate, spoke with The New York Times about the new Los Angeles’s new transportation plan: Mobility Plan 2035. Some of the initial reactions have been that increasing balance for all modes of transportation will create more gridlock. Schweitzer said, ““Even if more people 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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…