The Urban Displacement Project (UDP) is a research and action initiative of UC Berkeley. UDP conducts community-centered, data-driven, applied research toward more equitable and inclusive futures for cities. Our research aims to understand and describe the nature of gentrification and displacement, and also to generate knowledge on how policy interventions and investment can respond and support more equitable development.
The goal of UDP is to produce rigorous research and create tools to empower advocates and policymakers, to reframe conversations, and to train and inspire the next generation of leaders in equitable development.
Background
Regions across California began to implement their Sustainable Communities Strategies (SCS) in compliance with Senate Bill 375 to implement the state’s global warming act (AB32 of 2006). Since then, communities have been increasingly concerned about how new transit investment and related infill development will affect the lives of existing residents, particularly low-income communities and communities of color.
With the funding from the California Air Resources Board as well as the California Endowment, the Urban Displacement Project responds to these concerns by examining the relationships between investment, neighborhood change, gentrification and displacement.
UC Berkeley Team
Student alums:
Eli Kaplan, Philip Verma, Dorry Funaki, Rachel Om, Eva Philips, Juan Alvarado, Gabriela Navarro, Matt da Silva, Rocio Sanchez-Moyano, Mitch Crispell, Nicole Montojo, Sam Maurer, Maura Baldiga, Logan Rockefeller Harris, Sydney Céspedes, Jennifer Liu, Teo Wickland, Fern Uennatornwaranggoon, Beki McElvain, Jonathan Plowman, Pavan Vadgama, Wei-Chen Hsu, Somaya Abdelgany, Students of CP 228 (Spring 2014)
Faculty alums: Dan Chatman, Paul Waddell
UCLA Team
Center for Neighborhood Knowledge Director, Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare, Asian American Studies and Institute on the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
Professor of Urban Planning; Associate Dean of the School of Public Affairs, UCLA
UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge Assistant Director; Urban Planning Doctoral Student
Collaborating Researchers: Yoh Kawano, Norman de La Fuente, Justine Pascual, Terra Graziani, Firdausi Sudarmadji, Trevor Thomas, Jenny Chhea, C. Aujean Lee, C.J. Gabbe, Shayne Smith, Students of UCLA Urban Planning Comprehensive Project 217 (Spring 2015)
Portland State University Team
Associate Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University.
Funders
Disclaimer: Funding from MTC and ABAG was part of the Regional Prosperity Plan supported by an award with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The substance and findings of the work are dedicated to the public. The Urban Displacement Project team is solely responsible for the accuracy of the statements and interpretations contained in this publication. Such interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government. Funding from the Air Resources Board is part of Contract 13-310. The statements and conclusions of the Urban Displacement Project are those of the project team and not necessarily those of the California Air Resources Board. The mention of commercial products, their source, or their use in connection with material reported herein is not to be construed as actual or implied endorsement of such products. Additional funding from the Great Communities Collaborative of the San Francisco Foundation has supported UC Berkeley's research.
Advisory Committee
Carlos Romero, Urban Ecology
Vikrant Sood, MTC
Gen Fujioka, Chinatown Community Development Center
Peter Cohen, Council of Community Housing Organizations
Wayne Chen, City of San Jose
Bob Allen, Urban Habitat
Duane Bay, ABAG
Jennifer Martinez, SFOP/PIA
Johnny Jaramillo, ABAG
Beatriz Solis, The California Endowment
Chancee Martorell, Thai Community Development Center
Remy De La Peza, Little Toyko Service Center
Sissy Trinh, Southeast Asian Community Alliance
Patricia Diefenderfer, City of Los Angeles Planning Department
Marie Sullivan, LA Metro
Stephen Box, Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
Pilar Lorenzana-Campo, Non-Profit Housing Association of California (NPH)
Antonio Diaz, PODER
Nati Flores, Monument Impact
John Young Jr., Marin Grassroots
Dawn Phillips, Causa Justa: Just Cause
Louise Auerhahn, Working Parnterships USA
Diana Reddy, SFOP/PIA
James Pappas, California Housing Partnership Corporation
Miriam Chion, ABAG
Joe Donlin, Strategic Action for a Just Economy
Monika Shankar, Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles
Bahram Fazeli, Communities for a Better Environment
Alan Greenlee, Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing
Jenna Hornstock, LA Metro
Claudia Monterrosa, LA Housing and Community Investment Department