Kate

I put together some data on LA City Council Members' handling of encampments and housing policy. The data show council members differ sharply in sweeps, arrests, and housing-based solutions. Some are following the science; others are not. Check it out! arcg.is/199qmv2

@dgsomucla press release here: uclahealth.org/news/release/e…

New article in @AMJPublicHealth led by @NCSP_UCLA fellow @CecileYaks! We find that 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit reduced energy insecurity (difficulty paying utility bills) among US families. Open Access link here: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.210…

Pleased to share our paper published today in Hypertension. Using data from the Jackson Heart Study and a computer simulation, we found maintaining normal BP over the lifecourse could add up to 4.5 years of life and 6 years of healthy life.

NEW #Article: Rental deserts, segregation, and zoning by Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, @MagdaMaaoui & @SophiaWedeen buff.ly/3CS8TIm #Rent #housing #segregation #UrbanEquality

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AFTER THE LA FIRES: RENT-GOUGING IN THE WAKE OF DISASTER Read the report: rentbrigade.org/report

Collectively, these listings appear to have sought to illegally overcharge tenants by $92.4 million / year. Likely rent gouging wasn't limited to mansions in the hills. Many listings were in Koreatown and South L.A. Get more details in the full story: laist.com/news/housing-h…

Homes in L.A. were still smoldering when Zillow rents started to spike. Volunteer rent gouging sleuths quickly started tracking the data. They found 1,343 listings that appear to have broken the law. My @LAist story is the first to report on their findings.

A furnished Bel Air home went on Zillow today for $29,500 / month. A few months ago, it was asking $15,900. I called up the agent. She said she told her client to re-list the home after this week's L.A. fires. "People are desperate," she said. "You can probably get good money."

Landlords are raising rental listing prices by more than 50% to profit from the fires. Penal Code 396 prohibits price-gouging during a state of emergency. @bad_tenant has started a doc of the listings: bit.ly/price-gouging-… Contributions welcome!

@LATenantsUnion is tracking price gouging here

Beware of price gouging, LosAngeles! The rental house next door to me (which has been on the market and sitting vacant since August) just tried to increase the asking rent by over 50% ! Report bad actors at oag.ca.gov/report

More info on CA’s price gouging ban here: oag.ca.gov/consumers/pric…

🚨 New in @JAMANetworkOpen, co-led by myself and @TrishaSantosMD, examining #AsianAmerican representation in medicine! jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… 🧵 1/9 While the group is often seen as overrepresented, our disaggregated analysis reveals stark disparities for Southeast Asians.

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New Research Brief out with @YiyuCh @Gabrielpinab and @ElianaPerrin on the role of Pandemic Emergency Rental Assistance in addressing material hardships among low-income renter families with children. Work funded by @RWJF @HEResearch! childtrends.org/publications/e…