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Though their staunch football rivalry dates back to 1929, USC and UCLA can put their fierce competition aside when the conversation turns to improving the city they both call home. The two universities have joined other leading Southern California academic and research institutions like Caltech to make Los Angeles County a hotbed for solving urban issues.
The United Nations has predicted that three-fourths of the worldâs people will live in cities by 2050. With that movement come growing challenges in transportation, sustainability and more. The COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed the pace of urban migration, but experts believe the flow will continue. As urbanization grows, USCâs and UCLAâs collaborations aim to build a better future for Angelenos and offer lessons for the megacities to come.
Throughout much of 2020, observers in the Northern Hemisphere found themselves tracking the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn as they appeared to inch closer.
By City News Service
Feb 17, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A large percentage of Los Angeles County residents struggle to meet the basic needs of housing, health care, food and education with Black and Latino groups paying a larger share of their income for rent and Asians and Latinos less likely to visit a doctor, according a report released today.
The USC Dornsife-Union Bank LABarometer report examining affordability and prosperity in Los Angeles is the first of what will be an annual report based on a survey of about 1,800 county residents.
Among the report s findings:
A major percentage of renters in Los Angeles County 44% pay more than half their income to a landlord, much higher than the national average of 25% in 2018. Nearly two-thirds spend more than the recommended 30% of their wages on housing. By contrast, less than a quarter of homeowners have a mortgage payment greater than 30% of their income.
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