UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge

Generating new knowledge about the nature, magnitude and causes of inequality among and within LA neighborhoods.

[UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge @KnowledgeLuskin]

🚨NEW @UCLALatino and @KnowledgeLuskin Research🚨

A new California study sheds light on the experiences of ethnic-owned small businesses with access to capital, digital technology, and environmental sustainability practices, and the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change.

[UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge @KnowledgeLuskin]

🚨 NEW UCLA CNK BRIEF 🚨

📊ICE arrests rose 200% under Trump, but the share classified as the “worst of the worst” fell from 28% ➡️ 12%.

📈Arrests not classified as public-safety threats rose from 22% ➡️37%.

📰: https://t.co/yfYY663BvX

[UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge @KnowledgeLuskin]

🚨 New research brief (CNK + Unseen): Latinos account for 96% of deportations despite being ~76–80% of the undocumented population.

📊 187K arrests, 126K deportations (Jan–Oct 2025)

📈 Noncriminal cases rising as priorities shift

📄: https://t.co/4W54S43cQT

[UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs @UCLALuskin]

ICE agents were deployed to major U.S. airports during a government shutdown to help address TSA staffing shortages. Paul Ong notes their presence also raises concerns about ongoing immigration enforcement in everyday travel spaces. https://t.co/nsscF23diU

[UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge @KnowledgeLuskin]

🚨 New research brief:
Non-citizens in the highest-rate state were 30x more likely to be arrested than in the lowest.
📊Arrest rates were strongly tied to Trump 2024 support
📈Latino non-citizens were disproportionately impacted
📄https://t.co/hosXNDcJfP

[UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) @UCLAlatino]

Wildfires continue to devastate LA County, taking lives and homes.

[Jacob Wasserman @JacobLWasserman]

I'll be presenting on this @ucla_its research—the historical biases and current legacy of the siting of the 210—to @PasadenaGov at Pasadena City Hall on Wednesday, March 20 at 6:30 P.M.: https://t.co/QtarGkLezI

[UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) @UCLAlatino]

📊 A recent survey by UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge reveals crucial insights into the emergency preparedness of small businesses in California!

A thread🧵:

[UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs @UCLALuskin]

Research led by Paul Ong, dir. of @KnowledgeLuskin, will help guide a master plan for rebuilding Pasadena neighborhoods razed decades ago to make way for the 710 Freeway extension, a project that has now been abandoned. #UCLALuskin #UCLA @UCLA https://t.co/e4BEZZgkUZ

[UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs @UCLALuskin]

Read the Zocalo article authored by researchers from the @KnowledgeLuskin on the thriving Asian enclaves of Stockton, CA, that were razed in the mid-20th century in the name of “progress” — and efforts today to make amends. #UCLALuskin #UCLA @UCLA https://t.co/db6LuuKz8M

[UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) @UCLAlatino]

NEW Research: Our new study investigates the experiences of ethnic small business owners in AZ regarding access to capital, enviormental sustainability practices, & the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change. https://t.co/YXHEIEhgFS

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[UCLA ITS @ucla_its]

This Friday, DEC 8 Paul Ong and @KnowledgeLuskin will present on the impacts of freeways on communities of color during the inaugural Select Committee meeting on Reconnecting Communities. @AlvarezSD
SD meeting details below⤵️
https://t.co/tH6sCLhT6n

[Jacob Wasserman @JacobLWasserman]

The team at @KnowledgeLuskin and @ucla_its uncovered another example of the stark racial disparities between alternative freeway routes—and also, a rich description of Stockton's Asian enclaves and their communities' reaction and resistance to the freeway: https://t.co/3SqJBvYFAO

[UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge @KnowledgeLuskin]

Historical research findings from @KnowledgeLuskin and @ucla_its: state and city planners routed the SR 4 freeway through the heart of Stockton’s Asian neighborhoods, displacing over a 1K people and destroying nearly 800 housing units. https://t.co/i16YRmvZ57 (1/4)

[UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge @KnowledgeLuskin]

Thanks to @JacobLWasserman @annehyoon @CaltransHQ @CaltransDist10 and many more for helping with this research. The full report, brief, and storymap can be found here: https://t.co/shiGJoCO5V
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[UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge @KnowledgeLuskin]

Historical research findings from @KnowledgeLuskin and @ucla_its: state and city planners routed the SR 4 freeway through the heart of Stockton’s Asian neighborhoods, displacing over a 1K people and destroying nearly 800 housing units. https://t.co/i16YRmvZ57 (1/4)

[UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge @KnowledgeLuskin]

We are forever grateful to Lillian Galedo, Laurena Cabanero, Luna Jamero, Valerie Lee Acoba, Victor Mow, and Reverend LaVerne Senyo Sasaki for sharing their personal and community histories with us. (3/4)

[UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation @LuskinCenter]

Led by @UCLASustainLA, UCLA's analysis brought together research expertise from several centers and departments: @UCLAIoES, @CCSCatUCLA, @KnowledgeLuskin, @UCLAlatino, @UCLASustainLA, @UCLAFSPH, @uclanaidcenter, and UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.

[UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) @UCLAlatino]

💡NEW @UCLALatino Research💡

A new study investigates the experiences of ethnic small business owners in Texas regarding access to capital, digital technology, environmental sustainability practices, and the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change.

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https://t.co/5Kz8ET9Si1

[UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs @UCLALuskin]

Information opens up opportunities for action. Read what Paul Ong, dir. of @KnowledgeLuskin, had to say to @AP about new Census Bureau projections showing an older, more diverse U.S. population by the end of the 21st century. #uclaluskin @UCLA #UCLA https://t.co/rGjIVq7CWo