by Casey Fischl The American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2017 Report identified Los Angeles as the number one polluted city by ozone and number four by particulate pollution. Low-income, communities of color in Los Angeles suffer from disproportionate exposure to this health degrading pollution. A key example of Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center on the likelihood Southern California’s housing price surge will continue.
When it comes to a major natural disaster hitting Southern California, experts agree that it isn’t a matter of if, but when. In response to these looming threats, the USC Bedrosian Center on Governance at the Price School of Public Policy is committed to showing that the recovery for a Read more…
The USC Bedrosian Center on Governance has joined with prominent private and public agencies to boost Southern California’s sustainability and resiliency in the face of a natural disasters. The result is the SoCal Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Initiative, a cooperative set of recommendations designed by academia and the private sector to Read more…
“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.
Transit, zoning, traffic density are the most important issues facing Southern California commuters. Lisa Schweitzer shares her insights with CityLab. “If it’s now possible for me to get from Pasadena to Westwood on transit, I’m all for that,” Lisa Schweitzer, a scholar of transportation and urban planning at the University 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…