A Conversation with Paula Daniels: Lessons Learned
by Patricia Quintero Estades On Tuesday, November 17 the Bedrosian Center welcomed the Executive Director of California Central, Paula Daniels for our third Lunch with a Leader event of the semester. Daniels has worked extensively on sustainability policy, holding important positions in both the nonprofit and public sector. She started her Read more…
Paula Daniels: Championing environmental sustainability
by Justine Dodgen Paula Daniels has long been an advocate for environmental causes. Raised in Hawaii, Daniels has said she’s cared about water from a young age, and remembers learning about the importance of malama aina – stewardship of the land- from her grandfather. In a LA Weekly interview in 2012, Read more…
Planning for Environmental Sustainability in California Cities
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…
USC Price professors lead UN sustainability workshops in Armenia
Originally posted on the USC Price News, October 28, 2014 Frank Zerunyan and Dan Mazmanian enhance knowledge about new trends and emerging issues in governance USC Price School of Public Policy professors Frank Zerunyan and Dan Mazmanian traveled to Armenia to participate in a United Nations workshop titled “Developing Government Read more…
Framing the Sustainable Future
Elgar Companion to Sustainable Cities: Strategies, Methods and Outlook Edited by Daniel A. Mazmanian, Professor of Public Policy, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California and Hilda Blanco, Research Professor and Interim Director, Center for Sustainable Cities, Sol Price School of Public Policy University of Southern California, Read more…
Governing the Sustainable Future of Los Angeles
by Caroline Stevens What could Southern California’s urban metropolis look like 20 years? Picture algae encased skyscrapers that absorb carbon dioxide and organically recycle water from within their walls. Imagine community hospitals that never use a single kilowatt-hour of energy from the utility grid. Envision an international airport that recycles 417 Read more…
The Role of California State Agencies in Facilitating Local Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
Bedrosian Center Research Presentations Hilda Blanco The Bedrosian Center funds several grants for USC Price faculty research on governance issues. Preference for the awards is given to research focused on collaborative governance, relationships between governance and planning, and government accountability issues. As a condition of the grant, each principal investigator Read more…
Water supply scarcity in Southern California
(originally posted in The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation 2011 and 2012 Report) Water shortages are an unfortunate reality in Southern California, a desert region characterized by an arid climate, flash floods, and cyclical droughts. Beginning with the 1913 arrival of aqueduct water, the Los Angeles area has relied Read more…
A Student’s Perspective: A Conversation with Ronald Loveridge
By Benjamin Robinson When Ron Loveridge talks, people listen. The former Mayor and City Councilman of the City of Riverside has been a local, State-wide, and national figure over a 30 plus year career in public service. Over that time, Riverside’s stature has grown in leaps and bounds with a Read more…
A Conversation with Ronald Loveridge – Urban and Suburban Sustainability
Students Talk Back: A Weekly Politics and Public Policy Forum February 27, 2013 12:00pm to 1:00pm Students Talk Back is a weekly series presented in partnership with USC Dornsife College’s Unruh Institute of Politics, the USC Price Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, and the USC Price Bedrosian Center on Governance. Join Read more…