UCLA Housing Voice

Ep. 117: Road Scholars on Density, Displacement, and Driving with Dan Chatman

Does building housing near rail stations reduce driving, even if it prices out lower-income residents? Dan Chatman's research suggests the answer hinges not on who lives there, but on how much housing gets built.  * Chatman, D. G., Xu, R., Park, J., & Spevack, A. (2019). Does Transit-Oriented Gentrification Increase Driving? Journal of Planning Education and Research, 39(4), 482-495. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0739456X19872255 [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0739456X19872255] * Chatman, Dan (2015) Does Transit-Oriented Development Need the Transit? Access Magazine. https://accessmagazine.org/fall-2015/does-transit-oriented-development-need-the-transit/ [https://accessmagazine.org/fall-2015/does-transit-oriented-development-need-the-transit/] * Chatman, D. G., Rodynansky, S., Boarnet, M., Comandon, A., Snyder, B., Patel, K., & Atkins, J. (2025). Assessing the Quantification Methodology for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/99j4s0bp [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/99j4s0bp]

Ep. 116: ‘Stuck’ Book Club pt. 3 with Yoni Appelbaum

Part 3 of our book club series on Yoni Appelbaum's 'Stuck', covering chapters 9–10. Appelbaum himself joins us to wrap up the series.  Show notes: * Appelbaum, Y. (2025). Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/]. Penguin Random House. * UCLA Housing Voice episode 112: ‘Stuck’ Book Club pt. 1 with Attorney General Rob Bonta. [https://lewis.ucla.edu/2026/05/04/112-stuck-book-club-pt-1-with-attorney-general-rob-bonta/] * UCLA Housing Voice episode 114: ‘Stuck’ Book Club pt. 2 with Giselle Hale. [https://lewis.ucla.edu/2026/05/18/114-stuck-book-club-pt-2-with-giselle-hale/] * Sahn, A. (2025). Racial diversity and exclusionary zoning: Evidence from the great migration. [https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/734261] The Journal of Politics, 87(4), 1302-1318. * Reny, T. T., & Newman, B. J. (2018). Protecting the right to discriminate: the second great migration and racial threat in the American West. [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/protecting-the-right-to-discriminate-the-second-great-migration-and-racial-threat-in-the-american-west/E7D25D49A1C37C70EE680C56224822E4] American Political Science Review, 112(4), 1104-1110. * The Ezra Klein Show: What We Got Right — and Wrong — in ‘Abundance’ (YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F377QOw7dvk]) (Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-we-got-right-and-wrong-in-abundance/id1548604447?i=1000763997647]) * Stephanie Nakhleh’s chapter-by-chapter review of Stuck (part 1). [https://stephnakhleh.substack.com/p/the-great-american-stuckness-when] * Books:  * Leah Boustan, Streets of Gold * Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson * Why Nothing Works, Marc Dunkelman * Public Citizens, Paul Sabin * Urban Fortunes, John Logan and Harvey Molotch

Ep. 115: Road Scholars on Major Transit Stops with Jacob Wasserman and Aaron Barrall

California created a definition for major transit stops in state code and ties this definition to a lot of housing policies. Jacob Wasserman and Aaron Barrall explore the different ways this definition could be interpreted and how different approaches could mean more or less land available for increased development.  Show notes: * Wasserman, J.L., Barrall, A., Millard-Ball, A., and Lee, A. (2026) “Stop” and Think about it: How the Different Interpretations of What Counts as a “Major Transit Stop” in California Make a Difference https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/41f86455a03a494c9a7b55e15bba1e8b [https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/41f86455a03a494c9a7b55e15bba1e8b] * Wasserman, J.L., Barrall, A., Millard-Ball, A., and Lee, A. (2026) Technical Appendix: Mapping High-Quality Transit https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7g41v63n#supplemental [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7g41v63n#supplemental] * City of Burbank BRT concerns relating to designating areas for higher residential densities around transit stops pursuant to CA Senate Bill 79 https://granicus-aasmp-peak-files.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/4116669/SR_-_BRT_and_SB_79_Update.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIATHOFOHMMEOCNXD2W%2F20260529%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260529T164040Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=a8fc425c4d77c31d5e9a46f90f029703bf03e4b558acdf02ec190f6269f9320b [https://granicus-aasmp-peak-files.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/4116669/SR_-_BRT_and_SB_79_Update.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIATHOFOHMMEOCNXD2W%2F20260529%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260529T164040Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=a8fc425c4d77c31d5e9a46f90f029703bf03e4b558acdf02ec190f6269f9320b]

Ep. 113: Road Scholars on Parking Requirements with UC(LA)'s Amy Lee

California passed a landmark law in 2022 prohibiting cities from mandating minimum parking requirements near major transit stops. Amy Lee explores how cities and developers have responded. Show Notes * Lee, A., Millard-Ball, A., & Manville, M. (2025). State Preemption in Theory and Practice: The Case of Parking Requirements. Urban Affairs Review, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874251385240 * Abstract: In U.S. law, states can override actions of local governments that contravene state interests. In practice, preemptions are often more ambiguous nudges, and local responses can vary by interpretation and interests. This paper explores one such case of state preemption: California’s 2022 law that limited local governments’ ability to require automobile parking. The authors find that the law’s complexity and ambiguity created intense debates about interpretations, in all jurisdictions, leading to heterogeneous implementation across cities. Local interests also motivated strategic responses to the law, which the authors present in a threefold taxonomy: cities interested in parking reform used it as a springboard; cities interested in parking reform but facing local resistance used it as a protective shield; recalcitrant cities treated it as an obstacle or subverted the law. * California AB 2097 (2022): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2097 [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2097] * City of Sacramento History of Parking Mandates Memo https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/content/dam/portal/cdd/Planning/parking-revisions/A-Short-History-of-Sacramentos-Parking-Mandates.pdf [https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/content/dam/portal/cdd/Planning/parking-revisions/A-Short-History-of-Sacramentos-Parking-Mandates.pdf] * HCD AB 2097 Technical Advisory: https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/policy-and-research/ab-2097-ta.pdf [https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/policy-and-research/ab-2097-ta.pdf] * UCLA Center for Parking Policy [https://its.ucla.edu/programs/parking-center/] https://its.ucla.edu/programs/parking-center/

Ep. 112: 'Stuck' Book Club pt. 1 with Attorney General Rob Bonta

We're doing a three-part book club series on Yoni Appelbaum's 'Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity.' This is episode one, covering chapters 1 through 4.  In the second half of the show, California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins us to talk about connections between the book's themes and his work enforcing housing and immigration law. Find the Lewis Center at lewis.ucla.edu and chat with the hosts and fellow listeners at our Substack, uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Show notes: * Appelbaum, Y. (2025). Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/]. Penguin Random House. * Stan’s substack, Everyone is Welcome. [https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/] * Housing Voice episode 61: Homelessness is a Housing Problem with Gregg Colburn. [https://lewis.ucla.edu/2023/11/29/61-homelessness-is-a-housing-problem-with-gregg-colburn-pathways-home-pt-1/] * Housing Voice episode 101: Beyond Zoning with John Zeanah and Andre D. Jones (Incentives Series pt. 4). [https://lewis.ucla.edu/2025/11/05/101-beyond-zoning-with-john-zeanah-and-andre-d-jones-incentives-series-pt-4/] * 99% Invisible Breakdown of the Power Broker. [https://99percentinvisible.org/pb/] * Elmendorf, C. S., Nall, C., & Oklobdzija, S. (2025). The folk economics of housing. [https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20241428] Journal of Economic Perspectives, 39(3), 45-66. * Housing Voice episode 38: The Housing Supply–Migration–Income Relationship with Peter Ganong. [https://lewis.ucla.edu/2022/11/30/38-the-supply-migration-income-relationship-with-peter-ganong/] * Books:  * The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs * The Economy of Cities, Jane Jacobs * The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson * Golden Gates, Conor Dougherty * Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson * Why Nothing Works, Marc Dunkelman * Public Citizens, Paul Sabin * Albion’s Seed, David Hackett Fischer * The Jungle, Upton Sinclair * Polarized by Degrees, Matt Grossman and David Hopkins