UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge

🚨NEW @UCLALatino and @KnowledgeLuskin Research🚨 A new California study sheds light on the experiences of ethnic-owned small businesses with access to capital, digital technology, and environmental sustainability practices, and the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change.

🚨 New research brief: Non-citizens in the highest-rate state were 30x more likely to be arrested than in the lowest. 📊Arrest rates were strongly tied to Trump 2024 support 📈Latino non-citizens were disproportionately impacted 📄bit.ly/45e4v0C

Wildfires continue to devastate LA County, taking lives and homes.

I'll be presenting on this @ucla_its research—the historical biases and current legacy of the siting of the 210—to @PasadenaGov at Pasadena City Hall on Wednesday, March 20 at 6:30 P.M.: #page=3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cityofpasadena.net/city-manager/w…

📊 A recent survey by UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge reveals crucial insights into the emergency preparedness of small businesses in California! A thread🧵:

Research led by Paul Ong, dir. of @KnowledgeLuskin, will help guide a master plan for rebuilding Pasadena neighborhoods razed decades ago to make way for the 710 Freeway extension, a project that has now been abandoned. #UCLALuskin #UCLA @UCLA luskin.ucla.edu/lingering-impa…

Read the Zocalo article authored by researchers from the @KnowledgeLuskin on the thriving Asian enclaves of Stockton, CA, that were razed in the mid-20th century in the name of “progress” — and efforts today to make amends. #UCLALuskin #UCLA @UCLA luskin.ucla.edu/how-stocktons-…

NEW Research: Our new study investigates the experiences of ethnic small business owners in AZ regarding access to capital, enviormental sustainability practices, & the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change. latino.ucla.edu/research/busin… 🧵1/7

This Friday, DEC 8 Paul Ong and @KnowledgeLuskin will present on the impacts of freeways on communities of color during the inaugural Select Committee meeting on Reconnecting Communities. @AlvarezSD SD meeting details below⤵️ a80.asmdc.org/event/20231208…

The team at @KnowledgeLuskin and @ucla_its uncovered another example of the stark racial disparities between alternative freeway routes—and also, a rich description of Stockton's Asian enclaves and their communities' reaction and resistance to the freeway: its.ucla.edu/project/the-im…

Historical research findings from @KnowledgeLuskin and @ucla_its: state and city planners routed the SR 4 freeway through the heart of Stockton’s Asian neighborhoods, displacing over a 1K people and destroying nearly 800 housing units. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/36b94e… (1/4)

Thanks to @JacobLWasserman @annehyoon @CaltransHQ @CaltransDist10 and many more for helping with this research. The full report, brief, and storymap can be found here: knowledge.luskin.ucla.edu/2023/11/12/sys… (4/4)

We are forever grateful to Lillian Galedo, Laurena Cabanero, Luna Jamero, Valerie Lee Acoba, Victor Mow, and Reverend LaVerne Senyo Sasaki for sharing their personal and community histories with us. (3/4)

Led by @UCLASustainLA, UCLA's analysis brought together research expertise from several centers and departments: @UCLAIoES, @CCSCatUCLA, @KnowledgeLuskin, @UCLAlatino, @UCLASustainLA, @UCLAFSPH, @uclanaidcenter, and UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.

💡NEW @UCLALatino Research💡 A new study investigates the experiences of ethnic small business owners in Texas regarding access to capital, digital technology, environmental sustainability practices, and the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change. 🧵1/8 latino.ucla.edu/research/busin…

Information opens up opportunities for action. Read what Paul Ong, dir. of @KnowledgeLuskin, had to say to @AP about new Census Bureau projections showing an older, more diverse U.S. population by the end of the 21st century. #uclaluskin @UCLA #UCLA luskin.ucla.edu/ong-on-how-to-…

In mid-20th century, a Foothill Freeway route displaced nearly 3,000 predominantly Black residents in Pasadena’s NW neighborhoods. Meanwhile, an alt route near the Rose Bowl — which would have impacted far fewer people — was rejected. Learn more ⤵️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c72eba…

The Rose Bowl is a famous sports venue in Southern California, but did you know that it was used as an excuse to upend Black neighborhoods in the mid-20th century? Learn more about the decisions that led to the current location of the Foothill Freeway: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c72eba…

This study was in collaboration with @UCLAlatino and made possible by the generous support of the Wells Fargo Small Business Philanthropy, the JP Morgan Chase Global Philanthropy, and the James Irvine Foundation. Read the report here: latino.ucla.edu/research/busin…

🚨NEW @UCLALatino and @KnowledgeLuskin Research🚨 A new California study sheds light on the experiences of ethnic-owned small businesses with access to capital, digital technology, and environmental sustainability practices, and the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change.