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The fallout continues from President Trump's economic policies, with the stock market plunging today in reaction to the trade war he started. Meanwhile, unemployment is rising and there are many disgruntled Trump supporters among the tens of thousands of federal workers he has fired. Is this mass reduction in the federal workforce really going to make government work better and save money in the long run? For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Patti Reising and KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern spoke with William Resh, associate professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy and an expert on the presidency and policy implementation.

President-elect Trump defended his cabinet selections today, as some of his more controversial nominees make the rounds on Capitol Hill to shore up support. Both Mr. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, his choice for secretary of health and human services, insisted they support the polio vaccine and will not try to revoke its authorization. That is among the many controversial questions surrounding Kennedy, as well as defense secretary-designate Pete Hegseth, intelligence chief nominee Tulsi Gabbard and others, as Trump tries to get his administration organized before he takes office just five weeks from today. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart and KCBS Radio political reporter Doug Sovern spoke with political scientist and professor William Resh, an expert in public management and executive politics at the USC Price School of Public Policy.

Experts on electoral politics, political strategy, economic development, and immigration will have a wide-ranging discussion on the 2024 election and the systems that influence and inform voter beliefs and engagement. Brett Carter is an assistant professor of Political Science and International Relations at USC and a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is the author of Propaganda in Autocracies: Institutions, Information, and the Politics of Belief, and his work has been featured by the New York Times, The Economist, and NPR's Radio Lab, among others. Elizabeth Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and professor of Public Policy at USC. A recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship, she holds the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture at the Library of Congress. Currid-Halkett is the author of four books, including most recently The Overlooked Americans. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and The New Yorker. Roberto A. Suro holds a joint appointment as a professor at USC Annenberg and the USC Price School of Public Policy. He is a long-time journalists' TIME, New York Times, Washington Post and a specialist on immigration and the Latino population. He was awarded a Berlin Prize for his scholarship on immigration and was the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Humanities at the American Academy in Berlin in 2019. Moderator: Manuel Pastor is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at USC, where he directs the Equity Research Institute and holds the Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change at USC. A member of the California Governor's Council of Economic Advisors and the California Racial Equity Commission, his most recent book is Solidarity Economics: Why Mutuality and Movements Matter, co-authored with Chris Benner. Forthcoming in 2024 is Charging Forward: Lithium Valley, Electric Vehicles, and a Just Future, also co-authored with Chris Benner ·  

Authors, artists, and activists will share how film, music, public art, and other art practices can help build communities and imagine new futures. Ben Caldwell is an arts educator, independent filmmaker, and creator of the KAOS Network, whose goal is to be the bridge that connects South LA communities with the new technology of the 21st century as a vanguard in all the art forms. Caldwell is the co-author and subject of KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell.  Robeson Taj Frazier is a writer, associate professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and director of the Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg (IDEA). He is the author of The East is Black: Cold War China in the Black Radical Imagination, producer of the documentary film It's Yours: A Story About Hip Hop and the Internet, and host of the PBS Digital Studios production, Hip Hop and the Metaverse. Jonathan Leal is an assistant professor of English at USC. Originally from the Rio Grande Valley, the South Texas region located at the border of the U.S. and Mexico, and now based in Los Angeles, the Latino author, composer, and scholar creates writing, music, and integrative arts projects that amplify creative resistances to bordered life. He is the author of Dreams in Double Time: On Race, Freedom, and Bebop, co-editor of Cybermedia: Explorations in Science, Sound, and Vision, and co-creator of numerous musical projects, including, most recently, After Now. Brettany Shannon, co-author of Co-Creative Placekeeping in Los Angeles: Artists and Communities Working Together, is an urban scholar researching the intersection of art, technology, public space, and community participation. Shannon is the co-editor of Planning for AuthentiCITIES and is an adjunct professor at California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona; California State University, Northridge; and Woodbury University. Moderator: Annette Kim is associate professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy and affiliated faculty at the USC Roski School of Art and Design. Her books include Sidewalk City: Re-Mapping Public Space in Ho Chi Minh City and Learning to be Capitalists: Entrepreneurs in Vietnam's Transition Economy. Her current research project, ethniCITY, remaps how race and ethnicity shapes spatial patterns in Los Angeles. She founded and directs SLAB (USC's Spacial Analysis Lab) an helped found the RAP collective about race, arts, and placemaking.

Why is a simple treatment not reaching children who need it? Neeraj Sood, professor in the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, explores this preventable problem. Neeraj is a professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy with joint appointments at the USC Keck School of Medicine and USC […]

In light of the growing divisions among Americans, this panel will address the intersection of culture and politics in society, how we can better understand divisiveness, and find common ground. Geoffrey Cowan is an award-winning writer, television producer, and University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. He is the author of several books, including Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary, See No Evil: The Backstage Battle Over Sex and Violence on Television, and The People v. Clarence Darrow: The Bribery Trial of America's Greatest Lawyer. Elizabeth Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and professor of Public Policy at the USC Price School of Public Policy, whose research focuses on arts and culture, the American consumer economy, and the role of cultural capital in geographic and class divides. She is the author of several books, including The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class and The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Country (forthcoming). Jeffery Jenkins is the Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law, Maria B. Crutcher Professor of Citizenship and Democratic Values, and director of the Political Institutions and Political Economy (PIPE) Collaborative at USC. His book, Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968, shows how the GOP evolved from a biracial party into one dominated by whites, with lessons that inform today's politics. Moderator: Robert Shrum is the director of the Center for the Political Future and the Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. A legendary political strategist, he was once described as “the most sought-after consultant in the Democratic Party,” by The Atlantic Monthly. 

Increasing rents and home prices, gentrification, and historic inequities have contributed to a major housing crisis in Los Angeles. Yet, L.A. has a rich residential legacy that includes innovative housing design, successful housing developments, and leadership in historical preservation. Panelists will draw upon their interrelated recent books on housing, architecture, and preservation to offer compelling approaches to help address L.A.'s housing crisis. Frances Anderton covers Los Angeles design and architecture in print, broadcast media, and public events. She is the author of Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles and co-producer of the short film, 40 Years of Building Community. For many years, Anderton hosted the radio show, DnA: Design and Architecture, on KCRW. She is adjunct faculty at the USC School of Architecture. Ken Bernstein is a Principal City Planner for the Los Angeles Department of City Planning where he directs L.A.'s historic preservation policies. He serves as lead staff member for the city's Cultural Heritage Commission and oversaw the completion of SurveyLA, a multi-year citywide survey of historical resources. He is adjunct faculty at the USC Price School of Public Policy and the author of Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can Transform America's Cities. Liz Falletta is a professor of Architectural and Urban Design, Vice Chair of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis, and faculty director of the Executive Master of Urban Planning at the USC Price School of Public Policy. She is the author of By Right, By Design: Housing Development vs. Housing Design in Los Angeles, an interdisciplinary study of significant Los Angeles housing design precedents and developments that offers insights for future housing production in L.A. and beyond. Moderator: Todd Gish is an urban designer, licensed architect, and adjunct professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy. He is a published author on planning and architectural subjects (especially housing) and trained historian with extensive expertise in the research and analysis of buildings, sites, land uses, and urban environments.

Access to safe drinking water is a pressing global issue, with approximately 2 billion people currently lacking consistent access to this fundamental resource — a sobering statistic that is projected to soar to 5 billion by 2050. We caught up with researchers Wändi Bruine de Bruin, a Provost Professor of public policy, psychology and behavioral science at the USC Price School of Public Policy and the Department of Psychology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and Joshua Inwald, a USC psychology doctoral student, whose research focuses on the relationships between water safety concerns, climate change and severe weather.    

In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Dr. Karen Van Nuys and Dr. Neeraj Sood about the pricing of insulin in the United States. It's no secret that insulin is unaffordable for many Americans who need it. This discussion will center around how the price of insulin is set, all the players involved, and who is to blame for the high price of insulin in the US. We will explore who benefits the most from increasing insulin prices, whether or not the Inflation Reduction Act will make a significant difference, and what can practically be done to make insulin more affordable for more Americans. Dr. Van Nuys is the executive director of the Value of Life Sciences Innovation program and a fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center. She is also a research assitant professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy.  You can learn more about her work here. Dr. Sood is a professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy with joint appointments at the USC Keck School of Medicine and USC Marshall School of Business. He is also a senior fellow at the USC Schaeffer center and you can learn more about his work here.You can contact Dr. Eeks at bloomingwellness.com.Follow Dr. Eeks on Instagram here.Or Facebook here.Or Twitter.Subcribe to her newsletter here. Thanks for listening! :)Support the show

We're less than two weeks until Election Day, and today we continue our special edition of the State of California taking a closer look at the issues at hand for the midterms. KCBS Political reporter Doug Sovern assembled a special roundtable of guests at the Top of the Mark, the historic bar high atop Nob Hill, at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, for an extended conversation to break down the key issues Doug's guests are political sociologist Mindy Romero, Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the USC Price School of Public Policy, veteran California Republican campaign consultant Mike Madrid, one of the co-founders of the Lincoln Project, and Carla Marinucci, longtime political writer, formerly with Politico and the San Francisco Chronicle. 

Less than two weeks before Election Day, we've got a special edition of the State of California, with more on the way. KCBS political reporter Doug Souvern has assembled a special roundtable of guests to break down the midterm elections and the key issues. This round table includes political sociologist Mindy Romero, Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the USC Price School of Public Policy, veteran California Republican campaign consultant Mike Madrid, one of the co-founders of the Lincoln Project, and Carla Marinucci, longtime politcal writer, formerly with Politico and the San Francisco Chronicle.

The State Attorney General is launching an investigation into that recording of a racist conversation among three members of the Los Angeles City Council.  This, as President Biden arrives in Los Angeles. He is among the many elected officials demanding those council members resign their seats This controversy continues to dominate the political headlines, and its fallout could extend to changing the way LA draws its districts. There's already a proposal to expand that City Council beyond its current 15 seats, and there's growing momentum for having an independent commission draw the district boundaries in Los Angeles.  It's done statewide and in many California counties, including San Francisco. The scandal is exposing just how racially charged LA politics can be, and how those in power use their offices to consolidate that power. For more, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern, Patti Reising, and Bret Burkhart are joined by Mindy Romero, a political sociologist who is Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the USC Price School of Public Policy. Their research focuses on political behavior among communities of color in California.

The January 6th Committee resumes its nationally televised hearings tomorrow, as it continues to explore how then-President Trump tried to overturn the election of Joe Biden Tomorrow's hearing will focus on the pressure Trump put on officials in Georgia and Arizona to change their state's results, to favor him instead For more, KCBS Radio News anchors Patti Reising and Jeff Bell, along with host and political reporter Doug Sovern were joined by William Resh, a professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy and an expert in the U.S. presidency and executive branch politics and management. 

In this episode with Prof. Christine Beckman and Prof. Melissa Mazmanian, we talk aboutthe promises and challenges involved in conducting research in intimate spaces, such as inpeople's homes, instead of the workplace, where most organization and management research usually takes place. Christine and Melissa reflect on the research for their recent book “Dreams of the Overworked” where they explored nine families in California and what it means to live, work, and parent in a world of growing expectations about one's productivity amplified by smart devices. Christine and Melissa share tips on the relational work in fieldwork, the value of working in teams to gain reflexive distance, and how observing work and organization topics from intimate spaces can bring new insights.Christine Beckman is the Price Family Chair in Social Innovation and Professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy. She is the current Editor at Administrative Science Quarterly and Past Division Chair of the Organization and Management Theory division of the Academy of Management. Her work has focused on a range of topics including social innovation and inequality, organizational learning, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship; technology and work, and organizational control.Melissa Mazmanian is a Chancellors Fellow, Professor and Chair of the Department of Informatics in the School of Information and Computer Sciences, and Professor of Organization and Management in the Paul Merage School of Management (joint) at University of California, Irvine. Her work revolves around the experience of communicationtechnologies as used in-practice within organizational and personal contexts, specifically in relation to identity projection and the nature of time in the digital age.Further information:Beckman, C. M., & Mazmanian, M. (2020). Dreams of the Overworked. In Dreams of the Overworked. Stanford University Press.Mazmanian, M., & Beckman, C. M. (2018). “Making” your numbers: Engendering organizational control through a ritual of quantification. Organization Science, 29(3), 357-379.Mazmanian, M., & Lanette, S. (2017, February). “Okay, One More Episode” An Ethnography of Parenting in the Digital Age. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM conference on computer supported cooperative work and social computing (pp. 2273-2286).Mazmanian, M., Beckman, C. M., & Harmon, E. (2015). Ethnography across the workboundary: Benefits and considerations for organizational studies. In Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research (pp. 294-303). RoutledgeMazmanian, M., Orlikowski, W. J., & Yates, J. (2013). The autonomy paradox: The implications of mobile email devices for knowledge professionals. Organization science, 24(5), 1337-1357.

Today was the third day of the Jan. 6 committee hearings exploring the attack on the U.S Capitol last year. Three of the nine members of that select committee are from California. Today's focus was on the role of Vice President's Mike Pence and the pressure brought to bear on him to try to help then President Donald Trump's illegally overturn the election of Joe Biden.  For more, KCBS Radio political reporter and host of this segment Doug Sovern spoke with Erroll Southers, Professor of the Practice in National and Homeland Security at the USC Price School of Public Policy. He is also a former FBI special agent and he was deputy director of Homeland Security under California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

Center Fellow Gloria Molina is joined by Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, strategist Cesar Martinez, and USC Professor Mindy Romero to discuss the growing impact of Latino voters and assess how political parties are reaching them, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.Featuring:Gloria Molina - Fall 2021 Fellow, Center for the Political Future; Former LA County Supervisor and CA AssemblymemberCesar Martinez - Media strategist for Jeb Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney's presidential campaignsMindy Romero - Founder and Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy; Research Assistant Professor at USC Price School of Public PolicyAntonio Villaraigosa - 41st Mayor of Los Angeles; Partner and Co-Chair, Mercury Public AffairsAdditional InformationThe Bully Pulpit PodcastMore shows from The Democracy Group

Center Fellow Gloria Molina is joined by Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, strategist Cesar Martinez, and USC Professor Mindy Romero to discuss the growing impact of Latino voters and assess how political parties are reaching them, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Featuring: Gloria Molina - Fall 2021 Fellow, Center for the Political Future; Former LA County Supervisor and CA Assemblymember Cesar Martinez - Media strategist for Jeb Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns Mindy Romero - Founder and Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy; Research Assistant Professor at USC Price School of Public Policy Antonio Villaraigosa - 41st Mayor of Los Angeles; Partner and Co-Chair, Mercury Public Affairs

Center Fellow Gloria Molina is joined by Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, strategist Cesar Martinez, and USC Professor Mindy Romero to discuss the growing impact of Latino voters and assess how political parties are reaching them, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Featuring: Gloria Molina - Fall 2021 Fellow, Center for the Political Future; Former LA County Supervisor and CA Assemblymember Cesar Martinez - Media strategist for Jeb Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns Mindy Romero - Founder and Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy; Research Assistant Professor at USC Price School of Public Policy Antonio Villaraigosa - 41st Mayor of Los Angeles; Partner and Co-Chair, Mercury Public Affairs

This week Hal is joined by Dr. Mindy Romero, the Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the USC Price School,  Assemblyman Miguel Santiago and LAUSD redistricting commission vice chair Andrea Ambriz.

Netflix revolutionized television by providing a subscription based experience. What if the pharmaceutical industry did the same? A conversation with USC Price School's Interim Dean, and Director of the Scheaffer Center, Dana Goldman.  

On today's episode, we invite Dr. Chris Whaley of RAND and Dr. Neeraj Sood of the USC Price School of Public Policy to discuss their new paper titled "Back to School: The Effect of School Visits During COVID-19 on COVID-19 Transmission", out now in the National Bureau of Economic Research. Back to School: doi.org/10.3386/w28645 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

Julie Zissimopoulos is an associate professor in the USC Price School of Public Policy and the co-director of the Aging and Cognition Program at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, where she’s also a senior fellow and the director of two NIA-funded centers that support innovative social science research on dementia. She recently spoke to us about her research using economic insights to better understand the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on individuals, families, caregivers, and society. On the demographics of Alzheimer’s disease: “People are living longer than ever. So, for example, today about 50 million Americans are aged 65 and older. It was about half that in 1950. And by 2050, US census projects about 20% of the population will be 65 and older. And age is one of the foremost risk factors for Alzheimer's and other dementias. So what does this mean for our future? Well, it means that without new treatments or innovations or ways to prevent or delay Alzheimer's and dementia, the number of persons living with this disease will be about 12 million by 2050. The risk of Alzheimer's is really a risk at older ages and it rises dramatically with age. So for individuals 65 to 79, about 7% of them will have dementia. But in your eighties, the risk of dementia is about 20% prevalence. And by 85 and older, if you live that long, about 40% of those persons will have Alzheimer's. It's also much higher for women than men. And that difference is not explained just by the longer lifespans of women compared to men. It's also about one and a half to two times higher for Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, and indigenous Americans compared to whites. And we know a little bit about what explains some of the differences by race. Some of its explained by education and prevalence of chronic conditions that are associated with higher risk of dementia, like hypertension and diabetes, but it does not explain it all.” On cognitive assessments at wellness visits “We collected data from a nationally representative sample of older Americans to understand better their use of annual wellness visit and the cognitive assessments. And what we found that was only about a quarter of them who received an annual visit also reported receiving a cognitive assessment. And this was higher for beneficiaries who were in Medicare Advantage-type plans versus those who were in the traditional Medicare plans. And this might have an important indication that these traditional benefit plans, the Medicare benefit plans, where there's direct service-related payment for a set of bundled services, like at the annual wellness visit, may not be a very efficient way to increase our cognitive assessments. We also, I think, have some opportunities to improve our policy around cognitive assessments. Right now there's no guidance about what constitutes a cognitive assessment or how it should be performed. So a clinician can use a structured tool, which we have many of, or they might just ask the beneficiary, the patient, if they're concerned about their memory. And so all of these factors may affect whether we are actually providing good early detection or not.” On the costs of Alzheimer’s “Along with the incredible health toll that Alzheimer's and dementia takes on a person and their families, it also takes an incredible, tremendous financial on the person who's living with dementia and their family. Alzheimer's disease leads to cognitive decline slowly destroying the brain functioning. It also leads for many to behavioral and psychiatric disorders and declines in ability to self-care, functional status. And all of this is extremely, extremely costly. So we estimated the costs for all the persons with Alzheimer's disease, other medical care costs in long-term care costs, and it's about $200 billion. But that's only a partial a portion of the costs. So as I mentioned persons with dementia need a lot of care and much of this care is provided by family members, unpaid care. And if you value the hours of family members caregiving, that's about a hundred billion dollars So we're talking about over $300 billion in costs of care for dementia. And this is more than the cost of cancer and heart disease combined . There is a growing literature… looking at what are these impacts on the unpaid care provided by family members and other caregivers. And there's very consistent evidence that there is negative health effects, particularly on mental health. Caregiving for a person with dementia, particularly as the disease progresses from mild symptoms to severe is a very stressful type of caregiving. There's a very long arm of financial impacts. For spouses, wealth is consumed to pay for long-term care. So care in a facility such as a nursing home can cost anywhere between $50-100 thousand a year. And most families don't qualify for Medicare that reimburses for the cost of long-term care. And for adult children who are caregivers there's impacts on their work productivity, their ability to maintain work in the labor force on their income. We don't have, as a nation, national family leave policies to support and pay for time away from work for caring for older family members with dementia or other conditions.” On the need for policy changes “I think one important policy change is we need solutions to support family caregivers in the workplace, compensation programs. But this isn't going to be enough. Demographic trends suggest that family caregiving as the main source of care is likely not sustainable. People are having fewer children and they are more Americans with dementia. So we really need an insurance system to cover long-term care. The current system does not function well who, who take it up, tend to only be those at high risk with very high healthcare costs. So we need to be a little innovative here, maybe consider a voluntary auto enrollment in long-term care insurance with an opt-out much like what has worked well in the retirement savings market. Medicare could also help; we had a new benefit of Part D that covers drug expenditures and protects against very high out-of-pocket spending for those beneficiaries with high drug expenditures. This was very successful. Medicare could do something similar for long-term care, but it will be very costly. So we will need to figure out who will pay, how we will finance this and, and, and who is going to bear the costs of this. Will it be the younger generation through taxes on, say, health insurance premiums? If so, how are we going to make sure that they don't bear the full burden?” On future research goals “I'm very interested in continuing to try to understand how drugs for our chronic conditions are affecting our risk of Alzheimer's. Looking at anti-diabetics right now, and some of those drugs that are potentially increasing risk of Alzheimer's and dementia. I've been working on understanding and reducing barriers to early detection, how we might improve that and have some real impact there. And then there are many policy changes that are happening to Medicare, new benefits and Medicare advantage and these could all impact the care and quality of life for persons living with dementia. And it's important for us to understand what care systems best serve the needs of those individuals, protect against financial impacts for them and their families.” On the importance of social science research “…Social science has a lot to offer in terms of identifying opportunities to reduce risk, reduce disparities in risk and improve quality of life and care, and really reduce financial burden. And at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and in collaboration with the school of gerontology, we have two NIH funded centers that support grant awards and mentorship opportunities for social science scholars who are interested in this area of research. Through efforts like this and growing this area of research, I think we can make immediate impact while we hopefully wait for clinical development of that drug that everyone is hoping for.”

Working with the federal government and the city of Los Angeles, USC researchers have identified pathways to a zero-emissions future for the megalopolis in 25 years, a new report shows. But how do you get there from here? What are the challenges and benefits? And can L.A. become a clean-energy model for other cities? Join Sammy Roth, energy reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Lauren Faber O'Connor, city of Los Angeles' chief sustainability officer, Adam Rose, professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy, and Kelly Sanders, professor at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, for a lively discussion about Southern California's sustainable future.

This episode is a bit different but we decided this was too good to pass up. We aren’t discussing a book today, rather we’re going to cover another important report out of the USC Price School of Public Policy. In October we spoke to folks from the Price Center for Social Innovation and the Safe Communities institute about criminal justice. Today ... we're going back to the Price Center to discuss a new report on housing affordability in Los Angeles. The report covers findings from a door-to-door survey done in 2019 to uncover the realities of families living with rent burden. Aubrey Hicks (our ED) speaks to Gary Painter (Social Innovation), Jovanna Rosen, Sean Angst, and Soledad De Gregorio about the impact of rent burden on two neighborhoods in Los Angeles. These findings "must be taken into account when creating policy responses to protect renters during the COVID-19 pandemic, underscore the rental precarity that, which, as rental precarity existed prior to the pandemic. Researcher and practitioner efforts must address the impending eviction crisis stemming from the pandemic shut-down as well as the more enduring task of tackling long-term rental affordability." To learn more about this project, including an overview of the project strategy, as well as key findings from analyses of listening sessions and public safety data, check out the report webpage here.

This episode is a bit different but we decided this was too good to pass up. We aren't discussing a book today, rather we're going to cover an important report out of the USC Price School of Public Policy. Given recent events, the findings of this report can help us understand why and how the dialogue between communities and law enforcement is so fraught. Perhaps the two stakeholders are thinking about public safety in very different ways. This project can help us understand both the conflict and where to go from here. "The past decade has elevated the urgent need for police reform, brought to the forefront by high-profile police killings and movements like #BlackLivesMatter. To better understand conceptions of public safety and support the growing public interest in criminal justice reform, the USC Price Center for Social Innovation partnered with Microsoft and the USC Price Safe Communities Institute to launch the NDSC Criminal Justice Data Initiative in the spring of 2019." Today, Aubrey Hicks (our ED) speaks to Gary Painter (Social Innovation) and Erroll Southers (Safe Communities Institute) about the impetus behind the collaboration, the process of understanding community needs, the impact they hope to see, and thoughts on the next stages of research. For links to some of the things we talk about, please see the showpage.  

William Spriggs, Professor in, and Former Chair of, the Department of Economics at Howard University and Chief Economist for AFL-CIO Richard Green, Director and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and Chair of the Department of Real Estate Development Dana Goldman, Interim Dean, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and Leonard D. Schaeffer Director’s Chair, USC Schaeffer Center The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy presents virtual events that examine timely public policy and development topics. Events are broadcast live over Zoom. A selection of recordings are available on our YouTube channel for viewing after events have passed. Watch the most recent talks below, and visit the event playlists to explore past events. The USC Price School is committed to providing relevant information on critical subjects that matter to us, and we look forward to continuing virtual programming that brings us together during these remote times.

Richard Green, Director and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and Chair of the Department of Real Estate Development The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy presents Price Talks: Policy in a Pandemic, a virtual series examining policy challenges around the COVID-19 pandemic. USC Price faculty share their expert perspective on the critical policy issues that are important to us all in 30-minute lunchtime Zoom presentations open to the entire Price community. Topics will include examining the impact of the crisis on the economy, the homeless crisis, voter turn-out in this year’s election, local government services and our public health infrastructure. These are unprecedented times, and the USC Price School is committed to providing relevant information on critical subjects that matter to us. We look forward to connecting with you soon!

Richard Green, Director and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and Chair of the Department of Real Estate Development The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy presents Price Talks: Policy in a Pandemic, a virtual series examining policy challenges around the COVID-19 pandemic. USC Price faculty share their expert perspective on the critical policy issues that are important to us all in 30-minute lunchtime Zoom presentations open to the entire Price community. Topics will include examining the impact of the crisis on the economy, the homeless crisis, voter turn-out in this year’s election, local government services and our public health infrastructure. These are unprecedented times, and the USC Price School is committed to providing relevant information on critical subjects that matter to us. We look forward to connecting with you soon!

Episode 39 is about Faithful Citizenship and what that is about. Along with middle school and high school co-hosts Carlos the Goose Guzman and Catholic girl periot Valeria Quezada Romo. We listen to our special guest Victoria Ciudad Real. We listen to how she shares her passion, desires about Public Policy, how to be a faithful citizen, the census and all things Victoria. An amazing young adult, the present and future of our faith community and the world. Victoria is an inspiration to young and old.She is an Inland Empire native and holds a masters of Public Policy from the USC Price School of Public Policy. As a proud daughter of Salvadoran immigrants, Victoria is committed to using research and data to inform good public policy and social change. Victoria completed her undergraduate education in Public Policy and Global Studies from UC Riverside.Currently Victoria works full time as a policy researcher working on projects related to homelessness, re-entry populations, economic opportunity, and housing. She is also the high school youth ministry coordinator and volunteers with the Diocesan Justice for Immigrants campaign. You may find her on Instagram @victoriamariacrIn addition you may also follow her in her Instagram Blog called A Step Along the Way or @step.along.the.wayIt is a resource for faithful people seeking to promote God's love through systems change and a just society.IF you are liking our content, please subscribe to be and share our podcast. Send us an email at Catholic.dad50@gmail.com for ideas or comments and also consider supporting by sending donations to https://stmary.weshareonline.org/ write in comment This Connected Podcast.Your donations goes to support youth ministries.Remember:LIVE A LIFE OF HOLINESS.WE WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU, PLEASE PRAY FOR US. And most importantly---B Blessed & B3rd.**The This Connected Theme Song was created by and sung by Diego and Elizabeth Gamboa of @ParousiaBand.**Support the show (http://Patreon.com/ThisConnected)

It's the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Amid COVID-19 and climate crises, USC experts discuss causes and solutions to disruption and the USC sustainability response. USC President Carol L. Folt provides an introduction, speakers include: Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology and Behavioral Science, USC Price School of Public Policy Dan Mazmanian, Professor of Public Policy, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and Chairman of the USC Presidential Working Group on Sustainability Gale Sinatra, Professor of Education, USC Rossier School of Education #LiveGreenFightOn #EarthDay2020

Dana Goldman, USC Distinguished Professor in public policy, pharmacy, and economics and director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics at the USC Price School of Public Policy, is working to improve health – and reduce spending - by calling for policy changes that reward prevention, innovation and long-term investments in people of all ages. “I'm a little concerned that in the current debate, we tend to focus mainly on costs and insurance. And the questions around aging are much broader and more dynamic than the current policy debate gives it attention.” “There's a very good drug, for example, that's under development … it reduces cancer, reduces cardiovascular disease, may be protective for all Alzheimer's, helps with diabetes. And that drug is called exercise. And we've done a lot of research on it, and we know it's very good, but there's no incentive for anyone in our healthcare system to take older people for a walk. And yet, we know that would be extremely valuable.”  “If I develop a pill, I have a patent system that gives me some protection. And if I take the risk to figure out some way to get this to patients, I know that someone can't copy it until my patent has expired. And that has encouraged the development of a lot of pills. But if I come up with a way to get you to walk or eat better or something like that, it's very easy for someone to copy that. And so you can see that the playing field is tilted more towards treatment and less away from prevention just because of the way we think about intellectual property.” “Historically, the way we've paid for health care is we paid dollars for volume of services. So you have an office visit, you get paid. And the system has responded by giving us lots of volume of healthcare services. But that's not actually what people want. I mean, they aren't looking to go to the doctor every week. What we really want as a society is good health.”  “We need to pay for health, not health care. And if we do that, then we'll be able to accumulate some savings out of the system that I think would help pay for all the other types of infrastructure investments that would make sure that people lead wholesome, long, productive lives.”  Learn more about Professor Goldman and his work at https://priceschool.usc.edu/people/dana-goldman/.

John Myers (LA Times), Dan Walters and Laurel Rosenhall (CALmatters), Scott Lay with The Nooner, Mindy Romero with USC Price School of Public Policy and Joel Fox with Fox & Hounds

On this week's episode, Mark Keppler is joined by Mindy Romero of the USC Price School of Public Policy, John Myers of the LA Times, and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to discuss voter turnout in the 2018 Midterm elections. Then you'll hear from State Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), State Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), State Sen. Andreas Borgeas (R- Fresno) about the new state senators out of the Valley.

State Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), State Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), State Sen. Andreas Borgeas (R- Fresno), Mindy Romero, USC Price School of Public Policy; John Myers, LA Times; and SOS Padilla

State Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), State Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), State Sen. Andreas Borgeas (R- Fresno), Mindy Romero, USC Price School of Public Policy; John Myers, LA Times; and SOS Padilla

Mark Keppler discusses future legislation with John Myers (LA Times), Dan Walters and Laurel Rosenhall (CALmatters), Scott Lay with The Nooner, Mindy Romero with USC Price School of Public Policy, and Joel Fox with Fox & Hounds

Listen in on Mark Keppler's discussion with Mindy Romero of the USC Price School of Public Policy, John Myers with the LA Times, Laurel Rosenhall with CALmatters, and Joel Fox with Fox & Hounds to discuss the 2018 election results. Then hear from Mike Dunbar with the Merced Sun Star and Modesto Bee, Rory Appleton with the Frenso Bee, Paul Hurley, formerly with the Visalia Times Delta, and Ivy Cargile, Prof. of Political Science at CSU Bakersfield about the Valley results.

How It’s Possible to Talk About and Improve Diversity and Inclusion Diversity and inclusion sound like universally accepted ideas, but when we try to talk about how we fall short of them and how we can improve, they become two of the most controversial political sparks in the fire that rages around our American discourse. Many people believe they can’t speak the truth in their hearts, and so they see no path forward. At the USC Price School, we have been challenging this assumption and lifting up these voices to unfurl a path that had been blocked until only recently. In this episode, LaVonna B. Lewis tells the story of this new effort, known as the Initiative on Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, and she implores us to follow the Price School’s lead in our everyday lives. Prof. Lewis is a teaching professor in the Sol Price of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, where she currently serves as Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives. You can read more about these initiatives on the “Moving Forward” website at pricediversity.usc.edu. To listen to this episode of Our American Discourse, click the arrow in the player here. Or  download it and subscribe through ApplePodcasts, Soundcloud, Google Play,  Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app – click the links or search “usc bedrosian.” Follow us on Twitter! @BedrosianCenter, @AnthonyWOrlando  For links and more, check out the showpage.

Just when you thought the economy was the only good news you could count on, the stock market took a dive on the heels of Janet Yellen’s exit from the Federal Reserve. Suddenly, Americans everywhere wondered whether the volatility and uncertainty in Washington had finally caught up with the long, steady recovery stretching from those dark days in 2009. Should we be worried? Who’s looking out for the economy? And do they have a plan for the risks that await us in 2018 and beyond? In this episode, USC Price School Dean Jack H. Knott interviews Atlanta Fed President Raphael W. Bostic on the state of the economy and the forces that keep it humming along. Dean Knott is the Dean and the C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Chair and Professor of the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Dr. Bostic is the 15th President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He currently serves on the Federal Reserve’s chief monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee. He previously served as the Chair of the Department of Governance, Management, and Policy Process at the USC Price School. To listen to this episode of Our American Discourse, click the arrow in the player here. Or  download it and subscribe through ApplePodcasts, Soundcloud, Google Play,  Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app – click the links or search “usc bedrosian.”  Follow us on Twitter! @BedrosianCenter, @AnthonyWOrlando, @RaphaelBostic, @AtlantaFed For links and more, check out the showpage: https://goo.gl/BeJgLU (or bedrosian.usc.edu/discourse)

This week we’re joined by superwoman, activist and USC Price School of Public Policy  Doctoral Candidate Danielle Williams. Danielle recently spent some time on the Greek Island of Chiros volunteering to support the thousands of refugees who have landed there after fleeing the Syrian civil war and other unstable regions. We learn about the harrowing journey refugees face and what life is like in the camps and get inspired by all the ways each of us can take action.     To learn more about the organizations Danielle mentions: WAHA- http://waha-international.org/ IRC-  https://www.rescue.org/ Chios Eastern Shore Relief Team- https://www.facebook.com/chiosesrt/ twitter @chiosteam For more activism from Danielle:  @bdaniellew twitter 

This November, among the many referenda that Californians will vote on, Angelenos get to vote yes or no on whether to grant a permanent, 1/2-cent sales tax to support transit and transportation projects throughout southern California. Debate about Measure M has become pretty hot. The Mayor of Beverly Hills has called Measure M the “Forever Tax.” But previously passed Prop A and C are permanent, and those found support among LA County voters. Measure M pushes the sales taxes in LA County upwards of 10 percent, and in a region with high housing and cost of living, and relatively low wage growth, that increase is sure to be felt. Nonetheless, the measure boasts some impressive endorsements, from the LA Times and myriad urban advocacy organizations like the LA Bike Coalition. How should you vote? Join us for our panel discussion of the Measure’s pros and cons moderated by Dr. Lisa Schweitzer, Associate Professor in the USC Price School. With us will be Laura Nelson of the LA Times, Stephanie Wiggins, Deputy Chief Executive Office of LA Metro, and Damien Goodman, Executive Director of Crenshaw Subway Coalition and Lead Organizer of No on Measure M, Dr. Jeffrey Sellers, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at USC, and Dr. Mark Phillips, Assistant Professor of economics and tax policy at USC.

Each year the federal government awards Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants to U.S.-based small businesses for the purpose of research and development, and strengthening small business innovation and access to new technology. Once funded, businesses will have six months to conduct a Phase I feasibility study at funding levels up to $150,000. They can then move into Phase II prototyping and testing for two years at levels up to $1 million. Businesses can then convert the funded research project into new commercial products and technologies without giving up equity or paying interest on a business loan. The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership of Southern California (AMP SoCal), led by the Price School – USC Center for Economic Development, offered a free workshop for business owners who wanted to learn how to write successful proposals to any of the 11 government agencies that run these SBIR/STTR programs. The presentation was delivered by Dr. Marie Talnack, an SBIR/STTR program expert with over 30 years of experience in writing and submitting successful grants and proposals. Attendees learned the basics of the program, how the program makes sense for their respective company and the details of how to write a competitive proposal for funding. The USC Center for Economic Development (CED) serves as a leader in facilitating sustainable economic development opportunities throughout Southern and Central California. A research center of the USC Price School of Public Policy, CED partners with community-based organizations, public agencies, and private entities to enhance their functional capacity by tapping the energy, enthusiasm, and talent of the school’s faculty, staff, and students.

Executive Education Lunch Forum Climate Change Strategic Mandates – What do we expect from our Utilities? • Professor Daniel Mazmanian, Ph.D. (moderator) • Gary Stern, Ph.D. Sr. Director of Regulatory Policy at Southern California Edison • Ken Chawkins, Ph.D. Manager of Public Policy at Southern California Gas Company • Grace Chan, M.S. Manager, Resource Planning & Development at MWD The Executive Education Forum for Policy and Administration at USC Price School (EXED) offers a broad base of specialized non-degree certificates for local and global leaders. EXED is a suite of intensive programs targeting public sector and other senior, mid-level, and emerging leaders, and is designed to deepen their understanding of substantive policy issues, augment their ability to leverage and increase existing public sector capacity, and foster leadership all with the purpose of improving public and nonprofit administration and solving public problems. These programs together help build the capacity to implement effective policy, which is central to the goal of the Bedrosian Center. EXED achieves this by bringing together the world-renowned faculty of USC Price School, experienced practitioners and a dynamic curriculum to teach and reach across sectoral boundaries.

USC Price Executive Education Forum Lunch Session: Policing in the 21st Century and Cyber Security • Frank Zerunyan (moderator) Professor of the Practice of Governance, USC Price Director, Executive Education • Jack H. Knott Dean, USC Price C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Chair and Professor • Tamara Bogosian Of Counsel, Best Best & Krieger • Michael Parker Commander, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department • Michael Orosz Assistant Director, Information Sciences Institute, USC Viterbi School • Glenn Haddox Director of Cybersecurity and Compliance, Southern California Edison The Executive Education Forum for Policy and Administration at USC Price School (EXED) offers a broad base of specialized non-degree certificates for local and global leaders. EXED is a suite of intensive programs targeting public sector and other senior, mid-level, and emerging leaders, and is designed to deepen their understanding of substantive policy issues, augment their ability to leverage and increase existing public sector capacity, and foster leadership all with the purpose of improving public and nonprofit administration and solving public problems. These programs together help build the capacity to implement effective policy, which is central to the goal of the Bedrosian Center. EXED achieves this by bringing together the world-renowned faculty of USC Price School, experienced practitioners and a dynamic curriculum to teach and reach across sectoral boundaries.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson discusses transparency, his commitment to risk-based strategy and the current state of the global terrorist threat at a talk hosted by the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events at USC. DHS is the third-largest department of the federal government with 240,000 staff members, a $60 billion budget and 22 components that include Customs and Border Protection, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Transportation Security Administration, Coast Guard and Secret Service. CREATE, which is jointly housed within the USC Price School of Public Policy and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, was established in 2004 as the nation's first DHS Center of Excellence. CREATE evaluates the risks, costs and consequences of terrorism, providing analytical tools and guidance for its partner agencies.

Engaging the Asian City: Alternative Approaches to Urban Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice A Half-Day Symposium at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy Opening Remarks by Vinayak Bharne (Symposium Chair) - Joint Adjunct Faculty of Urbanism, USC Price School of Public Policy & USC School of Architecture Bringing together contributors of the recent 24-chapter volume The Emerging Asian City: Concomitant Urbanities & Urbanisms (Routledge 2012), and building upon Price School graduate student work from the India and Japan studios, this half-day symposium will spark a dialogue on how Asian cities are being shaped by different social, political and cultural phenomena compared to European and American ones, and why we should choose to read and ultimately engage with them differently. Many Asian cities are going through the same problems as Western ones: the debacles of single use zoning, FAR regulations, bureaucratic planning, urban disinvestment, sprawl, autopian dominance, etc. However, different governance structures, ambiguous administration and reinforcement, rapid population explosions, massive rural to urban migrations, extreme economic polarizations, large informal economies, the dominance of religion, the ambitions of a rising middle-class, the continuing perceived superiority of the West, all raise perplexing questions on how to intervene with what are essentially very different expectations of urban life in the first place. How Asian cities are manifesting the choices and decisions about their past and present, who in fact is making these choices, in turn for whom, and how they are being implemented, are crucial pointers to how we need to initiate alternative approaches to their deep histories, complex presents and ambitious futures. This discussion will seek to push the definitions of urban theory, pedagogy and practice beyond conventional and ordained readings - not as confident proposals for what a city ought to be, but careful engagements with existing and inherent mechanisms towards strategic change.

Engaging the Asian City: Alternative Approaches to Urban Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice A Half-Day Symposium at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy Engaging the Asian City: Intertwined Engagements - Re-thinking Asian Cities through multiple perspectives and Discussion Panel moderated by Vinayak Bharne (Symposium Chair) - Joint Adjunct Faculty of Urbanism, USC Price School of Public Policy & USC School of Architecture Bringing together contributors of the recent 24-chapter volume The Emerging Asian City: Concomitant Urbanities & Urbanisms (Routledge 2012), and building upon Price School graduate student work from the India and Japan studios, this half-day symposium will spark a dialogue on how Asian cities are being shaped by different social, political and cultural phenomena compared to European and American ones, and why we should choose to read and ultimately engage with them differently. Many Asian cities are going through the same problems as Western ones: the debacles of single use zoning, FAR regulations, bureaucratic planning, urban disinvestment, sprawl, autopian dominance, etc. However, different governance structures, ambiguous administration and reinforcement, rapid population explosions, massive rural to urban migrations, extreme economic polarizations, large informal economies, the dominance of religion, the ambitions of a rising middle-class, the continuing perceived superiority of the West, all raise perplexing questions on how to intervene with what are essentially very different expectations of urban life in the first place. How Asian cities are manifesting the choices and decisions about their past and present, who in fact is making these choices, in turn for whom, and how they are being implemented, are crucial pointers to how we need to initiate alternative approaches to their deep histories, complex presents and ambitious futures. This discussion will seek to push the definitions of urban theory, pedagogy and practice beyond conventional and ordained readings - not as confident proposals for what a city ought to be, but careful engagements with existing and inherent mechanisms towards strategic change.

On February 6, 2013, the USC Price School in Sacramento hosted a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities of the California Health Benefit Exchange. The speakers included: Peter Lee, Executive Director of the CA Health Benefit Exchange; Dana Goldman, founding director of the Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at USC; Bob Kocher, Partner at Venrock and Jay Hansen, Chief Strategy Officer for the California Medical Association.

Announcing an initiative to raise the funding required to help the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy become the undisputed number one ranked school of Public Policy. The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, improving the quality of life for people and their communities, worldwide.

USC President C. L. Max Nikias and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have announced the establishment of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy, which will be housed in the USC Price School of Public Policy. The institute will focus on the responsibility of leaders to transcend partisanship to implement policies that most benefit the people they serve, with five priority areas: education; energy and environment; fiscal and economic policy; health and human wellness; and political reform. For more information, please see: http://www.usc.edu/schools/price/research/centers/schwarzenegger/

Judge Widney Distinguished Lecture Leaders, Managers, or Analysts: Who Will Shape the Future? Leonard D. Schaeffer is the founding Chairman & CEO of WellPoint, the nation's largest health insurance company. WellPoint has over 33 million medical members and annualized revenues of $58 billion. He is currently the Judge Robert Maclay Widney Chair and Professor at the University of Southern California and a Senior Advisor to TPG Capital, a private equity firm. Sponsored by the USC Price School of Public Policy.

Judge Widney Distinguished Lecture Leaders, Managers, or Analysts: Who Will Shape the Future? Leonard D. Schaeffer is the founding Chairman & CEO of WellPoint, the nation's largest health insurance company. WellPoint has over 33 million medical members and annualized revenues of $58 billion. He is currently the Judge Robert Maclay Widney Chair and Professor at the University of Southern California and a Senior Advisor to TPG Capital, a private equity firm. Sponsored by the USC Price School of Public Policy.