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Going Green, Including All: Transformative Climate Communities in California

By Manuel Pastor

Huffington Post

As someone deeply concerned about climate equity in California – that is, ensuring that those communities most at risk from climate change are directly included in our state’s cutting-edge efforts to address global warming – I’ve been in a bit of suspense. Specifically, I’ve been concerned because one key bill to advance these goals, AB 2722, has been in a so-called “suspense” file in the Senate Appropriations committee, the place where bills with a fiscal impact wait to move forward.

Access to Jobs Is About Access to Transit

By Dian Nostikasari

Future Structure

Houston’s sprawl may not be so bad by certain measures, but when it comes to access to jobs for workers in low-income neighborhoods in auto-oriented, transit-light Houston, sprawl matters. A new study on commuting in the San Diego region captures just how significant some of those barriers to jobs can be.

California’s poorest may finally be feeling rising economy

By Rina Palta

KPCC

Applications for cash welfare reached their lowest point in at least six years in 2016, which economists say might indicate California’s poorest are finally feeling the effects of an improving economy.

Immigrants put down roots in communities

By Gary Painter

USC Dornsife

Exploring the changes and drivers of housing demand among immigrants in U.S. metropolitan areas

Painter reports on LA Promise Zone efforts at White House workshop

By Cristy Lytal

Price News

The White House recently hosted a “Workshop on Research and University Engagement in Promise Zones,” bringing government officials, community leaders and academic researchers – including USC Price School of Public Policy Professor Gary Painter – to explore best practices and examples of success.