UCLA Luskin Summit Closing Sessions

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Discussions on the Los Angeles Quality of Life Index, the economy and jobs, environmental issues, public safety and more.

UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center

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<h3>Session 1: Quality of Life Index</h3><p>Providing a framework for summit discussions will be the unveiling of the seventh Quality of Life Index, a project at UCLA Luskin that is under the direction of longtime Los Angeles political stalwart Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Los Angeles Initiative. </p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Zev Yaroslavsky</strong> 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.</p><p></p><h3>Session 2: State of California </h3><p>Luskin Summit 2022 will close with an in-person discussion featuring Gray Davis and Pete Wilson, former governors of California, led by UCLA’s Jim Newton. They will explore topics such as the economy and jobs, environmental issues, public safety and more.</p><p>Longtime journalist <strong>Jim Newton </strong>is a lecturer in the departments of public policy and communications studies and the founding editor-in-chief of UCLA Blueprint magazine — a journal launched in Spring 2015 that examines the intersection of the latest public policy research with the realities of governance in Los Angeles and throughout California. With 25 years experience in a variety of roles at the Los Angeles Times, Newton is an expert on Los Angeles and California government and politics, as well as policing and the Supreme Court.</p><h3>AGENDA</h3><p>9:15 a.m. | Event Check-in and Breakfast</p><p>9:45 a.m. | Session 1: Quality of Life Index </p><p>Zev Yaroslavsky, a former elected official and current UCLA professor, will unveil the results of his seventh annual poll of Los Angeles County residents on their satisfaction with their lives across nine categories. ABC7 news anchor Phillip Palmer will moderate. </p><p>11:00 a.m. | Session 2: State of California</p><p>This in-person discussion featuring Gray Davis and Pete Wilson, former governors of California, led by UCLA’s Jim Newton will explore topics such as the economy and jobs, environmental issues, public safety and more.</p><p>12:00 p.m. | Event concludes</p><h3>TRANSPORTATION</h3><p>Public Transportation: Blue Bus and Metro</p><p>Ride-hailing Zones: Uber/Lyft designated locations available, for nearby locations and map visit bit.ly/uclaridehailing</p><h3>PARKING</h3><p>Self-parking is available underneath the Luskin Conference Center and in UCLA Parking Structure 8, Level 4, directly across the street from the center: 405 Hilgard Ave,Los Angeles, CA 90095. 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.</p><h3>HEALTH</h3><p>UCLA’s health and safety protocols for campus events will be enforced.</p><p>https://covid-19.ucla.edu/guidance-for-events-and-performances/</p><h3>REMOTE ACCESS</h3><p>Those who cannot attend in person will be able to participate virtually at https://luskin.ucla.edu/.</p><p><em>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.</em></p>

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