Urban Planning Faculty Public Service Contributions
Co-chair [appointed by LA City Councilmember Jackie Goldberg] of the
Los Angeles City Economic Development Task Force. (Goetz Wolff).
Member, Executive Board, Southern California Library for Social Studies
and Research. (Goetz Wolff).
Member of the Board of Directors of 1010 Development Corporation, a nonprofit
organization that specializes in the development of low income housing
in Downtown. (Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris)
Member [appointed by LA City Councilmember Michael Hernandez] of the
Byzantine-Latino Quarter Recognized Community Organization that oversees
the implementation of revitalization activities in Pico-Union. (Anastasia
Loukaitou-Sideris)
Member of the Technical Committee of the Center for Sustainable Urban
Design at Playa Vista. (Anastasia Loukaitou Sideris)
Member of the Transportation Research Board Panel (for the evaluation
of research proposals on transit oriented and joint development (Anastasia
Loukaitou Sideris)
Member, Blue Ribbon Panel of Transportation Experts, appointed advisors
to the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission,
created by Congress in 2004 (www.surfacecomission.gov) (Brian Taylor)
Chair, Finance and Pricing Committee, Transportation Research and Technology
Advisory Panel, Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency, State of
California (Brian Taylor)
Member, Executive Committee, Transportation Research and Technology Advisory
Panel, Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency, State of California
(Brian Taylor)
Steering Committee Member, Mayor's Innovations Roundtable, City of Los
Angeles, CA (Brian Taylor)
Member of the Management Review Team for the Los Angeles/Ventura Counties
Advanced Traveler Information System Project, cosponsored by the California
Department of Transportation and the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation
Authorit. (Brian Taylor)
Invited testimony to the California State Assembly Select Committee on
the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("MTA Governance:
Can the MTA Effectively Handle Its Scope of Responsibility") (Brian
Taylor)
Appointed Member, National Research Council Study Committee on Contracting-Out
Transit Services, committee charged by Congress and convened by the Transportation
Research Board (Brian Taylor)
Member of the Economic Well-Being Workgroup of the Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency
Planning Process, Los Angeles Department of Social Services. (Evelyn
Blumenberg)
Member of the Southern California Inter-University Consortium on Homelessness
and Poverty. (Evelyn Blumenberg)
Member of the Race and Ethnic Advisory Committee, U.S. Bureau of the
Census (Paul Ong)
Member of the Labor Market Information Division Advisory Committee, California
Employment Development Department (Paul Ong)
Member of the Board of Directors of the California Endowment. (Leo
Estrada)
Member of the Board of Directors of New Economics for Women. (Leo
Estrada)
Member of the Advisory Board of the Governor's Complete Count Committee
for Census 2000. (Leo Estrada)
Member of the Advisory Board of the GTE/Community Partnership Program.
(Leo Estrada)
Member of the Advisory Committee of the El Rinconcito del Sol Alzheimer's
Program. (Abel Valenzuela)
Member of the Board of Directors of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant
Rights. (Abel Valenzuela)
Member of the Board of Directors the Delhi Community Center of Santa
Ana. (Randall Crane)
Member of the Board of Directors of the Womanship Foundation, Beverly
Hills. (Jacqueline Leavitt)
Member of the FannieMae Foundation Regional Advisory Board for the James
Johnson Awards. (Neal Richman)
Member of the Board of Directors of the Skid Row Housing Trust Property
Management Company. (Carol Goldstein)
Member of the InterUniversity Consortium on Homelessness and Poverty
(Lois Takahashi)
Member of the Geographers Network on Politics in America (Lois
Takahashi)
Member of the Orange CountryHIV Planning advisory Council (Lois
Takahashi)
Public Service by the Department of Urban Planning
Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles
(NKLA)
NKLA is a Web site (http://nkla.sppsr.ucla.edu) that provides easy access
to a vast collection of data about properties and neighborhoods that are
in danger of falling into urban blight. NKLA allows citizens and housing
activists to look for properties with tax problems, code violations, and
tenant complaints that could be precursors to abandonment, neighborhood
deterioration, and urban decline. According to an article in the Los Angeles
Times, NKLA is "an inspirational way to use computers and the Internet
for hope instead of hype. The people doing this kind of work are local
heroes."
Community
Scholars
The Community Scholars program offers community leaders the opportunity
to study with graduate students and faculty on collaborative projects.
Selected through a competitive process, 8 to 10 community activists take
a two-sequence course in Winter and Spring. Past projects have included
research on the tourism industry's impact in low-income communities, opportunities
for growth around the Alameda Corridor, and tools for popular education.
These projects have led to the creation of the nonprofit Tourism Industry
Development Council in Los Angeles, the city's first African-American
garment industry association, and a bilingual workshop on money and banking.
Institute of Transportation
Studies (ITS)
ITS research has had major impacts on transportation policy in Los Angeles,
California, and the nation. The ITS has sponsored two national conferences
on improving transportation for welfare recipients who are making the
transition to work. ITS research made an important contribution to the
successful civil rights litigation that requires the Los Angeles Metropolitan
Transportation Authority to improve local bus service. ITS research on
employer-paid parking also led to a federal tax reform that saves UCLA
and its employees approximately $2 million a year.
Client/Comprehensive Projects
Most students undertake a community-oriented project to complete their
Master's degree requirements. For example, during 1998-1999, a team of
students worked with civic, religious, business, and community leaders
to help revive the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles. The students' work
led to the formation of a merchants' association, a work plan for physical
improvements, a cultural tour, a youth-centered public art project, a
transportation plan, and a website. The students' project won top honors
from the American Institute of Certified Planners—the seventh Urban
Planning project to receive the national Student Project Award since 1986.
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