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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CNK Director Paul Ong spoke with The Los Angeles Times and NBC Los Angles about California’s continued decline in population. The California exodus has shown no sign of slowing down as the state’s population dropped by more than 500,000 people between April 2020 and July 2022, with the number of residents leaving surpassing those moving in […]
CNK Director Paul Ong was featured in a Los Angeles Times article about long-standing barriers to socioeconomic mobility in South Los Angeles. For decades, residents of South Los Angeles have faced a lack of employment opportunities, housing and labor discrimination, and subpar education access. “If you look overall and compare it over a half-century, it’s […]