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Interesting ride-along profile of SoCal port truck driver. Dock workers in the ports were unloading ships around the clock, on three shifts, even during COVID. nytimes.com/2022/10/28/busin…
CALMatters' summer/fall 2022 investigative, 5-part series on wage theft, "Unpaid Wages: A Waiting Game" is part if their "California Divide," and worth reading...
calmatters.org/series/unpaid…
Reducing > ending homelessness is a challenging public problem, and one that require sustained public interest, policy innovation and investment. Media attention to this particular social failing is also challenging and a bit thankless: newyorker.com/news/our-colum…
Stay Housed LA: A partnership between LA Co, the City of LA, and local cmty and legal service providers to provide tenants with the information and support needed to exercise their rights so that they can remain safely in their homes.
stayhousedla.org/
On the statewide ballot this November will be a proposition to raise California’s minimum wage to $18 per hour. Due to an inflation rate above 7%, the minimum wage will otherwise stand at $15.50 per hour, starting Jan. 1, 2023. ballotpedia.org/California_$…
Good explainer about data issues concerning the 2020 US Census of Population & Housing, aside form not revealing the fate of Census Tract-level data reliability.
nytimes.com/2022/04/21/us/ce…
A mix of residential zoning is crucial for housing access and equity... belonging.berkeley.edu/singl…
Street vending is an entry point in our economy for some workers, often sharing foods reflecting their family heritage. Their economic impacts are measurable, and SB 972 can enable more to become permitted. latimes.com/espanol/californ…
Researchers at ERt & Occidental College found that > 2/3rds of Kroger workers struggle to pay for rent & food, due to low wages & part time schedules. Company cost cutting & resulting staff shortages threaten safety during the pandemic. #Wages #PartTime economicrt.org/publication/h…
U.S. Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, showing the declining rates of Americans without health insurance coverage after the ACA, by county: census.gov/newsroom/press-re…
Daniel Flaming and Gary Blasi on "why tens of thousands of people sleep rough" in #LosAngeles , from #bbcnews bbc.com/news/world-us-canada…
"The promise and peril of algorithms in local government" shared by colleague Halil Toros medium.com/@BloombergCities/…
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LA Times: Is L.A.'s homeless population closer to 100,000? The nonprofit @economicrt , a local public policy research group, offers an alternative analysis of the data with suggestions for improving estimates of the annual homeless population size... latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m…
Our #datadive with @DataKind is up and running, today and tomorrow. Our goal: to build knowledge around long-term dynamics of #homelessness in Los Angeles. We'll be sharing the findings soon afterwards.
Raising airport worker wages will help NY and NJ, new report by @EconomicRT finds. nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-o… Download the report today from economicrt.org #PovertyDoesntFly #minimumwage
Results of the 2018 Los Angeles CoC homeless count released. (The count was carried out in late January.) latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m…
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For the #homeless, it's often not easy to "just go to a shelter." capitalandmain.com/living-ho… @LAHomeless @EndLAHomeless @HopeForLA @HomelessnessUSC @MHA_Los_Angeles
ERt board member Jennifer Ito & her @PERE_USC colleagues' new report, "A Pivot to Power: Lessons from TCE’s Building Healthy Communities about Place, Health, and Philanthropy offers a mid-initiative assessment of building capacity in 14 communities. " dornsife.usc.edu/pere/tce-or…
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The Homelessness Policy Research Institute, @HPRI_LA, includes over 30 scholars and policymakers coming together to collaborate on research to #endhomelessness in LA. @EconomicRT is proud to be a member!
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