Fox & Hounds Daily published an editorial by Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School and Doug Jeffe on how politicians must address health care among highly partisan constituents. The health care system, in America and in California, is far from perfect and a number of fixes and upgrades are clearly in Read more…
Los Angeles Daily News (in a CALmatters story) quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center about the California housing crisis and what a healthy vacancy rate would be for rental units. Vacancy rates are kind of like unemployment rates or even inflation, says Richard Green, director of the University of Southern California’s Lusk Center Read more…
San Francisco Chronicle quoted Richard Green, director of the USC Lusk Center, on how the GOP tax reform bills might influence homeownership trends in California. Richard Green, a real estate professor at the University of Southern California, calculated that if Congress got rid of the mortgage interest deduction entirely, it might reduce Read more…
The New York Times’ “California Today” newsletter quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about the national attention Californian elections will capture next year. On Tuesday, voters across the country returned to the polls. Believe it or not, Wednesday marks one full year since Election Day 2016. And while some states Read more…
Long Beach Business Journal noted research by Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center about the declining number of available units for Los Angeles County’s growing population. “We’re not building enough housing. We calculated that Los Angeles County should be building about 35,000 units per year. It’s building about 25,000 units,” Richard Green, Read more…
Agence France Presse quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School on why California is leading the resistance against President Donald Trump’s far-right policies. “Every time there’s a policy decision, California gets hit in the gut,” says Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, an analyst and professor in public policy at USC. “Without question we’re Read more…
Fox and Hounds published an op-ed by Sherry Bebitch Jeffeof the USC Price School and Doug Jeffe on the recent California Republican Party convention held in Anaheim and keynoted by Stephen Bannon. The Republican State Central Committee convened in Anaheim last weekend and gave every appearance of settling into a long-term tenure Read more…
KPCC-FM interviewed Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School on why a crowded Republican field will make it easier for two Democratic candidates to qualify in the top-two primary in California’s governor race. Second interview on “Take Two” here. There could be further ripple effects as well should Mayes enter Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about the prospects of the Democratic Party picking up seats in the House of Representatives through California-based midterm elections. “Every little bit of conventional wisdom was overturned in 2016,” says Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a fellow at the USC Price School of Read more…
San Francisco Chronicle quoted Richard Green, director of the USC Lusk Center, about the lack of new middle-class housing in California. “Nowhere in California is there lots of new construction,” said Richard Green, chairman of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California. “That’s why you are not Read more…
The New York Times, in a Reuters story, quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Dornsife College on the efforts of California’s state government to challenge federal leadership. “It’s a purposeful positioning,” said political analyst Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a senior fellow at the University of Southern California. “We have a different political path and Read more…
California is drifting to the political center, even as national politics is lurching both left and right. It remains to be seen, however, whether this is another instance of the Golden State’s being out in front of the rest of the country or just inhabiting a parallel universe. Read the full article Read more…
Faculty affiliate, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe says that’s the bill to cut taxes on tampons “is a smart move, since the measure would appeal to half of the state’s population,” speaking with Katie Orr, KQED. “Politically I’m not seeing a downside at this point for either Democrats or Republicans,” she says. Read Read more…
Sherry Bebich joined radio station KPCC 89.3’s Take Two segment which focuses on California’s state of affairs. Discussion topics were sentencing reform, independent voters, and the race for LA mayor.
by Robyn Burleson On January 26, the Bedrosian Center welcomes Nick Griffin to USC for our first Lunch with a Leader of the 2016! Mr. Griffin is the Director of Economic Development for the Downtown Center Business Improvement District (DCBID). He will join us for a discussion about the recent growth of Downtown Read more…
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the focus of much discussion about development since its enactment in 1970, was front and center at a recent debate at the Galen Center. The California Central-USC Villaraigosa Initiative at the USC Price School of Public Policy hosted the event, which convened leading practitioners Read more…
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Communication at USC Price, spoke with the LATimes about California Governor Brown’s priorities. “He’s constructing the agenda for the next session. It feels a lot like Barack Obama’s last two years: ‘This is what I want, this is what I’m going to do.’ Read more…
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Communication at USC Price, spoke with Jessica Calefati from the San Jose Mercury News on California Governor Brown’s use of the veto in recent weeks to help set the agenda for this next year. “He’s trying to get the Legislature to focus on Read more…
Bedrosian Center faculty Sherry Bebitch Jeffe published an opinion piece on Fox & Hounds about the loss of two long-time politicians Ross Bates and Allan Hoffenblum. She concludes the piece with “In today’s increasingly self-indulgent political world, there aren’t enough real professionals—in the best sense of the word—practitioners like Ross 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…
by Jeremy Loudenback Aside from robust voter turnout in last week’s city election, the most positive result of protests in Ferguson over policing practices may be attention to inequities in other parts of its criminal-justice system. Accounts by the Washington Post and last month’s Department of Justice report about Ferguson have called Read more…
by Justine Dodgen As many of us are aware, climate change is a key public policy issue that has been garnering greater attention in recent years. According to Dr. Shui-Yan Tang, Professor of Public Administration at the USC Price School and Dr. Myungjung Kwon, Professor at California State University, Fullerton, local Read more…
Our amazing faculty affiliate, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe will be livestreamed straight into your computers or mobile devices tomorrow night as part of KPCCs Props and Pints “ballot party.” This event, in Pasadena, has sold out. However, if you would like to be added to the wait list, please e-mail Liz Brown Read more…
by Jeremy Loudenback What do Newt Gingrich and the American Civil Liberties Union of California have in common? If you guessed shared support for a measure that would reduce some felony drug and theft convictions to misdemeanors, you would be right. Gingrich and the A.C.L.U. have both backed California’s Proposition 47, which Read more…
