Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 9:30 am to 6:30 pm | Los Angeles, California

Across the country, policymakers have implemented numerous strategies to increase housing supply at both the state and local levels. As more and more places grapple with increasing housing affordability challenges, evaluating these strategies is as important as ever.

We invite you to join the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley and the NYU Furman Center for a full-day symposium on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center in Los Angeles, California. Panel conversations throughout the day will delve into new research on the role of supply in increasing affordability as well as successful strategies for encouraging housing production in ways that are responsive to equity and climate goals. The symposium will bring together researchers, policymakers, and advocates to connect research findings to policy and practice.

Speakers will include Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks and David Alvarez, State Senators Catherine Blakespear and Scott Wiener, White House Domestic Policy Council Senior Advisor Vincent Reina, and more.

Please register here. A detailed agenda with full list of speakers and panel topics is available below.

Lunch will be provided and an evening reception will close out the event. If you have any questions, please write to ternercenter@berkeley.edu. We hope that you will join us and bring your perspective to this important conversation!

From Scarcity to Abundance: Research and Strategies for Housing Policy is generously sponsored by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

Symposium Agenda

Registration | 9:30 am to 10 am

Advancing Pro-Housing Policies in California | 10:00 am to 10:30 am

• Introduction: Jenna Hornstock, Deputy Mayor of Housing - Office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

Does Supply Really Matter? A Review of the Evidence | 10:30 am to 11:00 am

• Moderator: Carol Galante, Terner Center
• Vicki Been, NYU Furman Center
• Vincent Reina, Senior Advisor on Housing, White House Domestic Policy Council

The Politics and Practice of Density | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

• Moderator: Leah Brooks, George Washington University
• Mahdi Manji, Director of Public Policy, Inner City Law Center
• Nicholas Marantz, UC Irvine
• Jake Wegmann, University of Texas at Austin

Lunch | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

State Policymakers on Housing in California | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

• Moderator: Liam Dillon, the Los Angeles Times
• Assemblymember David Alvarez (San Diego)
• Senator Catherine Blakespear (Orange County)
• Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (Oakland)
• Senator Scott Wiener (San Francisco)

Expanding Affordability Through Zoning and Land Use Policies | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

• Moderator: Donna Borak, NYU Furman Center
• Karen Chapple, University of Toronto
• Jacob Krimmel, Federal Reserve Board
• Shane Phillips, UCLA Lewis Center
• Nithya Raman, Los Angeles City Councilmember

Enforcement and Evaluation: What Does It Take to Make Pro-Housing Policies Work? | 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

• Moderator: David Garcia, Terner Center
• Moira O’Neill, University of Virginia
• Shazia Manji, Terner Center
• Michael Manville, UCLA Lewis Center

Reconciling Affordability & Equity Goals with Climate Goals - How Does It All Come Together? | 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm

• Moderator: Ben Metcalf, Terner Center
• Gustavo Velasquez, California Department of Housing & Community Development
• Lynn Von Koch-Liebert, California Strategic Growth Council

Reception | 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm