Our second research report in our 2020 Census series, in partnership with the public interest firm Ong & Associates, shows Los Angeles County is facing the unprecedented challenge of completing the 2020 census enumeration, the once in a decade effort to count every American for critically important political, economic and social reasons. On April 30, […]
Los Angeles County has nearly two-thirds of a million residents living in low-income renter households that are one paycheck away from being unable to cover their monthly housing cost. The workers in these households are at high risk of losing their jobs because of the COVID-19 crisis, placing them and their family in imminent danger […]
New analysis shows the current rate of response is at least 11 percentage points lower than in 2010 The national response rate to the U.S. Census is lagging well behind where it was at a similar point a decade ago, according to an analysis spearheaded by Paul Ong, research professor and director of the UCLA […]
Orange County’s low-income and immigrant neighborhoods and communities of color are most at risk of not receiving state and federal unemployment benefits, according to a new report, authored by Virginia Parks, professor and chair of urban planning and public policy; Douglas Houston, associate professor of urban planning and public policy, CNK Director Paul Ong; and Youjin B. Kim, UCI doctoral student […]
CNK’s latest research briefs on vulnerable neighborhoods and those left behind by the CARES Act will be showcased at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative’s webinar to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on California’s most vulnerable communities. Participants will include California State Controller Betty Yee, Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo and Dr. Carmen Rojas, President […]
Across the United States, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed and deepened race and class inequalities. What is less known is how these inequalities are manifested at the level of neighborhoods. A new report in a collaboration between CNK Director Paul Ong and colleagues, and the Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin, examines the […]
Fifty-six percent of Latino-majority neighborhoods in Los Angeles County have a high proportion of residents at high risk for not receiving individual relief funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, known as the CARES Act, according to our report, in partnership with UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative. The findings provide […]
Our new report in partnership with the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative and Ong & Associates, found that neighborhoods with significant Latino and Asian-American populations in Los Angeles County are particularly vulnerable to economic uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic due to workforce concentration in service and retail jobs that have been severely affected during […]
Janitors play a crucial role in our economy while also being some of the most exploited workers. Our new report documents the challenges facing janitors in Florida and how they’re fighting back. This report situates the experiences of office janitors within South Florida’s real estate market, primarily Miami. The report analyses statistics published by sources […]