UCLA Luskin Summit Closing Session

425 Westwood Plaza,Los Angeles CA 90095

22 April, 2022

Description

A conversation with Zev Yaroslavsky, director of Los Angeles Initiative, to discuss the 7th annual Los Angeles Quality of Life Index. Providing a framework for summit discussions will be the unveiling of the seventh Quality of Life Index, a project at UCLA Luskin that is supported by The California Endowment under the direction of longtime Los Angeles political stalwart Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Los Angeles Initiative. The Quality of Life Index polls a cross-section of Los Angeles County residents each year to understand the public’s perception of the quality of their own lives. Respondents are asked to rate the quality of approximately 40 different aspects of life organized into nine different categories: public safety, education, intergroup relations, cost of living, transportation and traffic, jobs and the economy, health care, the environment, and neighborhoods. Respondents are also asked to rate the salience or importance of each item. Results are calculated into an index figure; the annual figure, as well as the individual rankings, can be compared over time. The index is not simply a mean satisfaction score, but rather a weighted measure that gives greater importance as the respondents rank them. In addition to the quality of life questions, each survey addresses a small number of additional, timely issues. These have included hunger, homelessness, fears of being deported, gentrification, and other contemporaneous matters. Zev Yaroslavsky is Director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA Luskin, focusing on the intersection of policy, politics and history of the Los Angeles Region. Yaroslavsky previously served long tenures as an elected official for the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Health Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test will also be required in accordance with UCLA and CDC health and safety protocols. Note: If you do not have evidence of being fully vaccinated for COVID-19, you are required to present proof of a negative antigen test within 24 hours or PCR test within 48 hours in order to be in compliance with the LACDPH Order and CDPH Mega Events Guidance. Transportation Public Transportation: Blue Bus and Metro Ride-hailing Zones: Uber/Lyft designated locations available, for nearby locations and map bit.ly/uclaridehailing Parking Self-parking is available underneath the Luskin Conference Center and in UCLA Parking Structure 8, Level 4, directly across the street from the center. There is a convenient pedestrian walkway/bridge connecting Parking Structure 8 (on Level 3) to the Luskin Conference Center property. Please note that there is a fee to park in either location. The Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.