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Building the Power to Reclaim Our Schools - July 30, 2019
Give Kids A Chance: Stop Starving Our Public Schools - January 14, 2019
Helping Renters Save Through Shared Solar and Energy Efficiency - September 18, 2018
Unmasking the Hidden Power of Cities: Using Their Authorities, Energy and Promise to Secure The Common Good - June 5, 2018
Liquid Assets Technical Appendix - March 21, 2018
Liquid Assets: How Stormwater Infrastructure Builds Resilience, Health, Jobs, & Equity -
Hour Crisis: Unstable Schedules in the Los Angeles Retail Sector - March 14, 2018
Reclaim Our Schools LA: A Vision to Support Every Student - December 17, 2016
Advancing Equity in California Climate Policy: A New Social Contract for Low-Carbon Transition - September 13, 2016
Training for the Future II: Los Angeles’s Utility Pre-Craft Trainee Program: Progress to Date - May 24, 2016
The Case for Solar Equity - September 18, 2015
Short-Term Rentals and L.A.’s Lost Housing - August 24, 2015
Cleaning Up Waste and Recycling Management and Securing the Benefits: A Blueprint for Cities - July 19, 2015
UPCT Factsheet - June 12, 2015
AirBnB, Rising Rent, and the Housing Crisis in Los Angeles - March 10, 2015
Keeping the Score: The Impact of Recapturing North American Film and Television Sound Recording Work - December 15, 2014
Successes of Construction Careers - August 17, 2014
Out of Step: How Skechers Harms Its California Supply Chain Workers - June 24, 2014
From Waste to Resource: Restoring Our Economy with Recycling Careers - May 27, 2014
The Big Rig Overhaul: Restoring Middle-Class Jobs at America’s Ports Though Labor Law Enforcement - February 26, 2014
Raise LA: How Good Hotel Jobs Will Boost Local Businesses, Strengthen Neighborhoods and Renew Our Economy - July 9, 2013
UC Berkeley – Training for the Future: Workforce Development for a 21st Century Utility Los Angeles’s Utility Pre-Craft Trainee Program - February 10, 2013
Stabilizing Customer Rates in Exclusive Franchise Waste and Recycling Systems: An Analysis of Commercial Rates and Cost Drivers in LA County - July 23, 2012
Clean Power, Good Jobs: Realizing the Promise of Energy Efficiency in Los Angeles - February 11, 2012
Moving LA Forward: Promoting Construction Careers at Metro - January 31, 2011
Beyond Unemployment: Rebuilding the Economy With Good Jobs -
Don’t Waste LA: A Path to Green Jobs, Clean Air and Recycling for All - January 26, 2011
Flying Higher at LAX: Family Healthcare for Airline Service Workers - May 15, 2010
From Clean to Clunker: The Economics of Emissions Control - April 15, 2010
Transforming the Gateway to L.A.: The Economic Benefits of a Sustainable Tourism Model - December 2, 2009
Los Angeles On The Edge Part II: An Analysis of Poverty Data from the U.S. Census Bureau - September 29, 2009
Los Angeles On the Edge Part I: An Analysis of Health and Income Data from the U.S. Census Bureau - September 22, 2009
Self-Checkout: Is It Reliable for Selling Alcohol? - August 26, 2009
Building Opportunity: Investing in Our Future Through a Port Construction Careers Policy - June 1, 2009
Health Care for Airport Workers: Protecting Our Security and Safeguarding Our Children’s Future - April 15, 2009
A Tale of Two Cities: How Long Beach’s Investment in Downtown Tourism Has Contributed to Poverty Next Door - February 10, 2009
Poverty, Jobs and the Los Angeles Economy: An Analysis of U.S. Census Data and the Challenges Facing Our Region - August 26, 2008
Foreclosure on Wheels: Long Beach’s Truck Program Puts Drivers at High Risk for Default -
Shortchanged: How Airlines Can Repay Taxpayers for Billions in Subsidies by Improving Jobs, Security and Services - July 20, 2008
Lost Wages, Soaring Revenue: An Analysis of the Impact of the Failure of Hotels to Implement the Century Corridor Living Wage - March 26, 2008
The Road to Shared Prosperity: The Regional Economic Benefits of the San Pedro Bay Ports’ Clean Trucks Program - August 26, 2007
Under the Radar: How Airline Outsourcing of Passenger Services Compromises Security and Service Quality at LAX - July 26, 2007
City at a Crossroads: Poverty, Jobs and the Future of Los Angeles - June 26, 2006
Undertrained, Underpaid and Unprepared: How L.A.’s Commercial Office Building Owners Are Failing Security Officers and Compromising Public Safety - April 12, 2006
Century Corridor: Turning the Gateway to Los Angeles Into a Gateway to Prosperity - February 20, 2006
Community Benefits Agreements: Making Development Projects Accountable - August 26, 2005
Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses - May 26, 2005
Left Behind: The Impact of Secession on Low-Income Residents and Workers in the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood - August 26, 2002
A Study in Corporate Irresponsibility: McDonald’s Corporation’s Operations at LAX - February 26, 2002
The Other Los Angeles: The Working Poor in the City of the 21st Century - August 26, 2000
Taking Care of Business: An Evaluation of the Los Angeles Business Team - June 26, 2000
Who Benefits From Redevelopment in Los Angeles?: An Evaluation of Commercial Development Activities in the 1990s - August 26, 1999
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