The Nine is Jeffrey Toobin’s reveals the lives of post-WWII Supreme Court Justices. He explores the notion of ideology and politics within the role of the judicial branch. We’ve chosen this 2007 title as a general look at the Supreme Court in order to discuss rule of law, personal politics, and the judicial branch more broadly.
by Raphael Bostic When people talk about home, usually they have in mind the place where they cook their food, store their belongings, relax and recover from the day’s activities, bathe, and lay their heads to sleep. But for many, this isn’t right. For them, home is quite a different thing. Read more…
by Raphael Bostic It’s hard to write about education knowing I could have been, but wasn’t, denied all the opportunities that have come my way. For all the decisions we have control over in life, where we go to school as children is not one of them. Yet, of course, it’s Read more…
Michael Storper, co-author of our latest book club pick, The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies said recently in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times: “To succeed in the new economy … Southern California has to face its mistakes over the last 30 years.” The claim is that the Bay Area has been “better” at doing business than we have in SoCal.
by Raphael Bostic They say that twilight is the most dangerous time on the battlefield. Half day, half night, the light plays tricks on your eyes, and the time plays tricks on your body. It is in this moment of transition that you are most vulnerable to an attack. But this Read more…
by Raphael Bostic We may—or may not—be on the brink of a housing revolution. You may not have noticed yet, but this moment is an opportunity. Whether we seize it is entirely up to us. It reminds me a bit of the wonderful work by the economist Alexander Field. In his Read more…
Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Water Knife looks at our use and manipulation of water and water rights in the US and brings us to an ultimate conclusion.
Inglewood Mayor James Butts envisions a future in which people on every flight landing at LAX look out the small cabin windows and see a gigantic multilayered sports entertainment district – a city within a city – lit up like Las Vegas. With the NFL choosing the Hollywood Park site Read more…
Raphael Bostic, along with the Casden Multifamily Forecast co-author Chris Thornberg, discussed the high cost of living in Southern California on KPCC’s Take Two. “Part of our challenge,” say co-author Raphael Bostic from USC, “is to create a narrative about who we are as California that acknowledges that it’s the Read more…
According to the 2016 USC Casden Multifamily Forecast, rents are expected to jump from 2015 levels by $149 in Orange County by 2018. Raphael Bostic explains why.
The annual USC Casden Multifamily Forecast released this week noted the unemployment rate for the Inland area is the lowest in eight years, with growth in transportation and logistics accounting for nearly one-quarter of the area’s new jobs in 2014. Job and population increases over the next two years, the forecast Read more…
Raphael Bostic was quoted in a recent San Diego Union Tribune article on SoCal housing. Raphael Bostic, interim director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, said the university’s findings are not overly negative. He said it shows there is strong job growth and the rate of rent increases could Read more…
Apartment-dwellers in San Diego County can look forward to the highest projected rent increases in Southern California over the next two years, thanks to growing demand and low vacancy rates, according to a report [USC Casden Multifamily Forecast] released Tuesday. “Though multifamily construction permits are back to pre-recession levels and Read more…
Laist, a Los Angeles webpage, amplified rent is too damn high. This hip site included quotes Raphael Bostic made at the USC Casden Multifamily Forecast.
“Population and employment growth are driving up demand faster than new inventory can hit the market,” said Raphael Bostic, interim director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, which collaborated on this week’s [USC Casden Multifamily] forecast with Beacon Economics, a Los Angeles consulting firm.
by Raphael Bostic I heard a story recently about a man who lived in a crooked apartment. The floor was sloped, so that if you placed a bottle at one end of the room, it would roll downhill until it hit the other wall. The apartment was rent-controlled, and the man Read more…
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Graduate students from the various programs are seeking panelists to explain how they use their work experience to solve real-world challenges. This panel will focus on the redevelopment of Hollywood Park in Inglewood. Why is redevelopment necessary for Inglewood? What are the benefits and consequences of redevelopment? Read more…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. today launched PRO Neighborhoods, a $125 million, five-year initiative to identify and support solutions for creating economic opportunity in disadvantaged neighborhoods around the country. PRO Neighborhoods will invest in collaborative partnerships, innovative data-driven ideas to revitalize neighborhoods left behind by the recovery. Raphael Bostic was one of several industry Read more…
Evicted is written by Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Matthew Desmond. It is being hailed as a “landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America.”
by Raphael Bostic On the afternoon of August 15, 2015, Jamyla Bolden came home from Koch Elementary School in eastern Missouri to play with her friend Akeelah on Ellison Drive, where the Bolden family lived. They probably danced until the sun set. (Jamyla was known for making up new dance Read more…
Wednesday, March 23 at 8:30am to 12:00pm When you think about civics … what comes to mind?Voting? Checks and balances? Locally, civics is so much more than that! Usually, the conversation doesn’t go far enough for deep understanding of our civic life in Los Angeles. Join us for our kickoff Read more…
In the fall, seven presidential candidates showed up at a New Hampshire housing summit to hear about the affordable housing crisis affecting millions of Americans, and organizers deemed the event a success. But all seven have dropped out of the race, and there has been little acknowledgement of housing issues since…. Read more…
Raphael Bostic was quoted in a piece on KPCC by Josie Huang on large-scale housing developments in Los Angeles. Raphael Bostic of the USC Price School agreed it should be less confusing to voters than if there were two measures. But he questioned if it would pass. He noted that the Read more…
USC housing expert Raphael Bostic joins 89.3 KPCC’s Take Two to look at the public support for denser neighborhoods. There is a housing crisis in Southern California, but many communities aren’t down with one of the solutions: density. Advocates suggest a range of alternatives, from creating more affordable apartments to increasing rent Read more…
High housing costs may be causing trouble for the Southern California housing market. Despite the fact that the state has some of the highest wages and job growth, many potential buyers are choosing to go out-of-state and foreign buyers are even pulling back. A stronger U.S. dollar could be to blame… Raphael Read more…