by Anthony Dedousis | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Resource Library
The long-predicted second wave of COVID-19 is hitting Los Angeles very hard, with over 15,000 new cases daily and hospitals straining to provide care. It has disproportionately impacted lower-income neighborhoods and communities of color, where high rates of poverty...
by Sydney George | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is shifting the nature of education in the United States. While many schools initially planned to fully reopen in the fall, spiking COVID-19 cases have forced them to reevaluate. With approximately 640,000 confirmed cases in California and...
by Mark Vallianatos | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19
This post is the last in a four-part series: Lessons from a Pandemic. Read the third post here. What does this mean for housing post COVID-19? COVID-19 is different than influenza; and cities, demographics, communications, technology and other factors are different...
by Mark Vallianatos | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19
This post is the third in a series: Lessons from a Pandemic. Read the second post here. Was LA’s housing boom a reaction against other, denser cities? Taken in isolation, L.A.’s 1920s housing boom would seem to suggest that pandemics, business closures and other...
by Joshua Baum | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19
The urban planning field, like so many professions during the age of Coronavirus, is having an existential crisis. To most planners, fights over community plans, housing, and transportation projects seem trivial amidst a pandemic that could kill millions and bring...
