UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge

CNK Director Paul Ong has recently been selected as a recipient of the 2020-2021 Carole E. Goldberg Emeriti Service Award, which honors emeritus professors for their extraordinary service to the University and community through their respective fields.

Happening tomorrow! Join us with Al Muratsuchi for Assembly, Asian Business Association, and UCLA Asian American Studies Center for their first event from #AAPI Policy Initiative - Impacts of the Pandemic on Asian American Businesses in Southern California. Register for the FREE webinar at: tinyurl.com/asianambusiness

In order to assist public agencies and community organizations in implementing homeowner protection policies and COVID-19 mortgage relief programs, UCLA CNK has developed an Owner Vulnerability Index (OVI) to help identify neighborhoods with homeowners most at risk of foreclosure. See report and web map here: https://tinyurl.com/cnkovindex

Next Wednesday 5/26, join CNK Director Paul Ong alongside featured experts as they dialogue about the disparate economic impacts the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-Asian hate has had on Asian American businesses throughout Southern California. Co-hosted with the Asian Business Association and UCLA Asian American Studies Center, this event is free and open to the public! Register at: https://tinyurl.com/asianambusiness

Our new research brief with UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative finds that vaccination rates among Latinos in New York City (NYC) are less than 3/5 that of whites even though Latinos are 1.4x more likely to be infected & almost 2x as likely to be hospitalized & die from #COVID19. Neighborhoods with more Latino residents (Bronx + parts of Queens, Brooklyn, & Staten Island) have high death rates, yet low vaccination rates. Meanwhile neighborhoods in or near Manhattan, which tend to be whiter, have relatively lower death rates & high vaccination rates.

As part of the California Air Resources Board Initiative, UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge has developed a New Prototype Transportation Disparities Mapping tool containing indicators related to the causes, characteristics, and consequences of transportation disparities. Check it out here: http://bit.ly/transportmap

Thank you to UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs for featuring our latest report, co-authored by our director Paul Ong! The research details the large nationwide racial and socioeconomic disparities in job displacement caused by the #COVID19 pandemic.

In partnership with Ong & Associates, a new report by CNK utilizing data from the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey examines the racial and social inequality in job displacement resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and inability to collect unemployment-insurance benefits. Minority groups, lower income and less educated workers, and the youngest workers are most severely affected. Access the article for full coverage and more details below.

The UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge was recently featured in two news articles covering how the shortened timeline for participation in the 2020 U.S. Census could have catastrophic effects on vulnerable, low-income communities of color. Access the articles below to hear what our director Paul Ong discussed to news outlets regarding the new timeline.

In partnership with the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and Ong & Associates, CNK released a new report last Friday, covering critical new research as part of a series of COVID-19 Research Initiative policy briefs documenting the systemic racial inequalities of the pandemic. The report reveals huge racial disparities among homeowners, whose inability to pay mortgages has been indicated by the #COVID19 pandemic. Read more below:

Our new report with UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Ong & Associates breaks down #Census2020, and how a complete count is at risk with a predicted severe undercount of immigrants, low-income individuals, and communities of color. The COVID-19 pandemic and Trump's directive to cease data collection by September 30th are two key reasons revealed in the study. Read more below:

"If you think about the fight against racism as a war, you need to understand in greater detail the enemy CNK Director Paul Ong stated last week as a featured panelist for an online event hosted by Mark Ridley-Thomas. For more details and to watch the full webinar, access the article below!

In case you missed it, here's the full video from Mark Ridley Thomas's #AntiRacistLA event and discussion featuring our director Paul Ong as one of the panelists! Also catch the highlights of the event at this link here: https://vimeo.com/444442484

You are invited to an in depth conversation with Mark Ridley-Thomas and CNK director Paul Ong on the role of LA County in redefining systems and structures to create a more equitable environment and an #AntiRacistLA. For more details and how to register: https://tinyurl.com/AntiRacistLA

Mark your calendars for The Next Disaster under COVID-19: Mass Evictions and Homelessness in Los Angeles, happening on Monday, July 27! Speakers include Gary Blasi of UCLA School of Law, Ananya Roy of Institute on Inequality and Democracy, Paul Ong of UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, Jane Nguyen of Ktown for All, Leonardo Vilchis and Elizabeth Blaney of Union de Vecinos, Jason Li and a tenant organizer from Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED), and moderator + UCLA Asian American Studies Center Director Karen Umemoto. RSVP today at http://rentmoratorium.eventbrite.com!

Check out "COVID-19’s Employment Disruptions to Asian Americans," a new report from UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge , UCLA Asian American Studies Center, and Ong & Associates! The report reveals the disparate economic impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on Asian Americans and points to a need to expand financial relief for all workers in order to stave off the worst effects of the crisis and ensure a strong recovery. Find the full report here: http://www.aasc.ucla.edu//COVID19_Employment_CNK-AASC_0720 https://newsroom.ucla.edu//report-shows-major-effects-of-c

Our new brief, in partnership with UC Riverside Center for Economic Forecasting and Development, examines unemployment insurance (UI) coverage at the neighborhood in Riverside County. The findings suggest that several clusters at risk of falling outside the UI system in Palm Desert, northern Hinda and southern Temecula regions, in addition to areas outside the urban cores of Corona and Riverside. More at link below. https://knowledge.luskin.ucla.edu//economic-impact-covid-/