Price Research Center Collaboratives
The Price Research Collaborative aims to foster critical discussion about both specific policy areas as well as the ways in which those policy areas are being implemented. The Bedrosian Center plans conversations with other USC Price research centers throughout the year to get at the intersection of policy and governance.
In October 2013 the Bedrosian Center kicked off the Price Research Collaborative series with a panel discussion entitled “NextGen Transportation: Private Sector Alternatives” in collaboration with METRANS Transportation Center. We believe these conversations that pairing subject policy areas and the governance issues in in-depth discussion can lead to better understanding of implementation and areas for improvement.

Photo by Ty Washington. Paula Daniels and Rick Cole at CEQA Workshop December 10, 2015
California Central, a USC Villaraigosa Initiative
California Environmental Quality Act (CEAQ) Workshop
On December 10, 2015 we co-hosted a CEQA workshop with California Central, a USC Villaraigosa Initiative.
CEQA has been in the cross-hairs of discussion about development since its enactment in 1970 by then Governor Ronald Reagan. It was adopted in the spirit of environmental protection that also led to many regulatory and other initiatives in California that have reduced smog, protected open space, and tackled greenhouse gas emissions.
The drumbeat, of late, is that CEQA is an impediment to infill and transit development.
In this workshop, we will explore questions such as:
- What are the specific critiques of CEQA and are there any misconceptions in any aspect of the critical meme?
- Are there any modifications to CEQA that would address the critiques without losing the basic principles of environmental protection, public transparency, and accountability in the development process?
Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
Making a Difference through Health Policy
Mitchell H. Katz
Quintiles Distinguished Lecture, Price Research Center Collaborative
March 3, 2015
University Park Campus
This Price Research Center Collaborative teams the Bedrosian Center with the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and their Quintiles Distinguished Lecture series to bring Mitchell H. Katz to campus. Katz is the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
CREATE Homeland Security Center
The Paris Massacre: What are the Implications for the US?
January 22, 2015
University Park Campus
The Price Research Collaborative aims to foster critical discussion about both specific policy areas as well as the ways in which those policy areas are being implemented. This Price Research Center Collaboratives brings together the Bedrosian Center on Governance and CREATE Homeland Security Center to discuss the recent events in Paris and the terrorism implications for the US.
For the full video, click here.
Lusk Center for Real Estate
CEQA and Infill Development: Should there be a safe haven?
November 18, 2014
This Price Research Center Collaborative teams the Bedrosian Center with the Lusk Center for Real Estate to bring a discussion on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
For the full video, click here.
Tomás Rivera Policy Institute
America’s Fiscal Constitution with Bill White
April 17, 2014
This Price Research Center Collaborative brings together the Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute in conversation with Bill White, the former Mayor of Houston, TX.
METRANS Transportation Center
NextGen Transportation: Private Sector Alternatives
October 30, 2013
This Price Research Center Collaborative brings together the Bedrosian Center on Governance and the METRANS Transportation Center to discuss the future of transportation.