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 […]
In partnership with the UC California Initiative for Health Equity & Action, the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge is developing a user guide to support health and health policy stakeholders design data-informed programs and policies that address transportation and health disparities. This project is based on research funded by the California Air Resource Board (CARB) to […]
Los Angeles is powerful case study for understanding spatialized racial and ethnic stratification. In this new book, Ong & Gonzalez describe the different elements that make up the urban spatial structure — place, relative location and networks — and examine how these elements produces and reproduces ethnoracial inequality in housing, employment and education. Ong and […]
Join CNK director at Urban Humanities Initiative Salon 02 panel, “How is a map not a plan?,” to discuss our pilot StoryMap platform, which hosts narratives of lived experiences of Angeleños in neighborhoods experiencing gentrification. The platform hosts written words, audio files, and visuals from a sonic archive and mapping project by high school students […]
The CNK is excited to be part of a historic collaborative effort that directs $23 million in state funding, matched by an additional $47 million in leveraged funds, into a wide range of alternative energy, active transportation, and greening projects in the Pacoima-Sun Valley area of northeast Los Angeles. The CNK will be assisting Pacoima […]
Unacceptable and unsustainable — 1 in 4 Bay Area renters and 1 in 3 LA renters spend 50% of their income or more on rent. Check out our latest analysis of the rent crisis in Los Angeles and the Bay Area.
The Center for Neighborhood Knowledge is happy to have Dr. Deirdre Pfeiffer join the team as a Visiting Scholar for the academic year. Dr. Pfeiffer is an associate professor at Arizona State University (ASU) in the School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning. Her research focuses on housing strategies in the U.S. for an aging […]