Entries by CNK Staff

Lessons from California’s Historical Alien Land Law: Racial Xenophobia and Home Ownership

CNK Director Paul Ong and researchers recently published a research project at the UCLA Ziman Real Estate, through the Rosalinde and Gilbert Research Program. The project examines the direct consequences of California’s Alien Land Laws on homeownership among Asians during the first half of the 20th century. The project utilized multiple data sources, showcasing the […]

Entrepreneurs of Color in Arizona Face Challenges in Technology, Climate Change, and Sustainability in a Post-COVID Economy

CNK Team and researchers from the UCLA Latino Politics and Policy Instituted recently released a new report about the experiences of ethnic small business owners in Arizona. This report is the third one of the series of reports for CNK’s COVID-19 Equity Research Initiative, CNK’s initiative that focuses on empirical and quantitative analyses of informing […]

Entrepreneurs of Color in Texas Face Challenges in Technology, Climate Change, and Sustainability in a Post-COVID Economy

CNK Team and researchers from the UCLA Latino Politics and Policy Instituted recently released a new report about the experiences of ethnic small business owners in Texas. This report is the second one of the series of reports for CNK’s COVID-19 Equity Research Initiative, CNK’s initiative that focuses on empirical and quantitative analyses of informing […]

Sustainability and Confronting Climate Change: How are Ethnic-Owned Businesses in Los Angeles Affected?

CNK Director Paul Ong and researchers from the UCLA Latino Politics and Policy Institute and UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation collaborated on a research project regarding ethnic-owned businesses (EOBs). Using various data sources, the study explores the challenges and structural barriers EOBs face when it comes to transitioning to 100% renewable energy sources and responding […]

Ong on How to Prepare for U.S. Demographic Changes

CNK Director Paul Ong was featured in an Associated Press (AP) article regarding the implications and significance of the new Census Bureau projections. By the end of the 21st century, the new Census Bureau projections demonstrates an older, more diverse population, where older adults outnumber children, and white, non-Hispanic residents accounts for less than half […]

Systemic Causes and Impacts of Stockton’s Crosstown Freeway on Asian American Communities

In partnership with the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS), CNK recently published a report regarding the systemic causes and consequences of Stockton Crosstown freeway’s construction on Asian American communities. Using a mixed-methods approach, the project investigates how spatial reconstruction, through connected freeway and urban renewal programs, such as the Stockton’s Crosstown Freeway were racially […]

Entrepreneurs of Color in California Face Challenges in Technology, Climate Change, and Sustainability in a Post-COVID Economy

CNK Team and researchers from the UCLA Latino Politics and Policy Institute delved deeper on the experiences of ethnic small business owners in California. This report is the first one of the series of reports for CNK’s COVID-19 Equity Research Initiative, CNK’s initiative that focuses on empirical and quantitative analyses of informing a just recovery […]

Beyond Redlining: HOLC Spaces Development in Los Angeles County

CNK Director Paul Ong and researchers recently published a research project at the UCLA Ziman Real Estate, through the Rosalinde and Gilbert Research Program. The project explores the legacy of the Home Owners Loan Corporation’s (HOLC) redlining practices on urban development in the context of Los Angeles. The project draws upon multiple data sources to compare the […]

Redevelopment and displacement in Stockton’s first Asian enclaves

CNK Director Paul Ong and researchers was recently featured in a Zocalo article regarding the displacement of original Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino enclaves in Stockton, California, due to urban redevelopments. During the 1960s and ‘70s, the West End Redevelopment Project and CalTrans’ construction of Crosstown Freeway or State Route 4, tore down the vibrant and […]