Lessons from a pandemic: 1918 and Beyond

Lessons from a pandemic: 1918 and Beyond

This post is the second in a series: Lessons from a Pandemic. Read the first post here. Housing after the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic It’s too soon to answer these questions. But one factor worth considering is what happened after past pandemics. Just over a century...
Post-COVID-19, another killer may return

Post-COVID-19, another killer may return

Car traffic is low. The air is crisp and clean, and I’m consumed with guilt. I now fully appreciate how poisonous and harmful the air my family has been living in, the air I’ve been raising my kids in. When I was pregnant, I traveled every day in a long car commute to...
LA: Overcrowded and Infected

LA: Overcrowded and Infected

For many, Los Angeles is symbolic of success in America: glamor, celebrity, and money. However, for many of the citizens of Los Angeles, daily life involves significant hardship, and one major source of hardship is the high cost of housing. Beyond the over sixty...