Past Events
Initial Findings From the Seattle Minimum Wage Study: UCCS/ESSPRI Collaboration on Childhood Poverty
Nov 17, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,David Neumark, UC Irvine, Jacob Vigdor, UW, Heather Hill, UW, UCCS/ESSPRI Collaboration on Childhood Poverty
The American Way of Poverty: The Role of Inequality and Perceptions of a Stacked Economy in Shaping Modern Politics
Nov 10, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Sasha Abramsky, UC Davis
Reading the Fine Print: An Experimental Test of Campaign Finance Reforms
Nov 03, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Matt Lesenyie, ESA
Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth: Computing as if Infrastructure Mattered.
Oct 27, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Jean-François Blanchette,UCLA
Optimizing the Electorate: Factors That Promote Politically Literate and Engaged Voters
Oct 20, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Danielle Martin, CSUS & Lisa Garcia-Bedolla, UC Berkeley
From Garbage to Gold: Managing California's Grasslands for Climate Change Mitigation
Oct 13, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Whendee Silver, UC Berkeley
District Heating Systems and Biofuels for California's Energy Future
Oct 06, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Stephen Kaffka, UC Davis and Catherine Brinkley, UC Davis
What Should We Expect This November?
Oct 04, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Mindy Romero, UC Davis
California's LatinAsian Majority: What Does It Mean for Civic Engagement.
Sep 29, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Karthick Ramakrishan, UC Riverside
"The Economics of Groundwater Management"
Aug 18, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell , Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis. Bacon Lectureship Honorable Mention
"Rubber Tires, Residents, and Genrification in Los Angeles"
Aug 11, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Anne Brown, UCCS Emerging Scholars Winner, PhD Candidate, UC Los Angeles
"Physician Participation in Medi-Cal is not Keeping Pace with Growth in Enrollment"
Aug 04, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Janet Coffman, Associate Professor in the Institute for Health Policy Studies, UC San Francisco
"The Great Experiment: Realigning Criminal Justice in California and Beyond"
Jul 28, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Carole Seron, Professor and Dean of Social Ecology and Charis Kubrin, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, UC Irvine
"Bans vs Fees: Disposable Carryout Bag Policies and Bag Usage"
Jul 21, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:05 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Rebecca Taylor, UCCS Emerging Scholars Winner, UC Berkeley
"Climate, Drought, and Change: Where We're At, How We Know, and California's Future".
Jul 07, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Michael Anderson, State Climatologist, Department of Water Resources, California.
"Learning to Leverage a UC for K-20 Opportunities to Learn"
Jun 30, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Mica Pollock, Professor of Education Studies and Director of the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence, UC San Diego
California Climate Change Scoping Plan: The Role of Agriculture
May 26, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Dennis Baldocchi* and Louise Jackson**, *Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley. **Professor in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis.
Preventive Health Solutions for California's Diabetes Epidemic
May 19, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Adele de la Torre* and Malo Hutson**. Professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies, UC Davis. **Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley,
Antibiotics in Livestock Production: The Intersection of Human and Animal Health
May 12, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Terry Lehenbauer* and Thomas B. Newman, MD**, Associate Professor of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. **Professor of Epidemiology, UC San Francisco.
"What to Expect This June and November? The Effect of New Election Reforms on California's Voter Turnout"
May 06, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Mindy Romero,PhD, Director of California Civil Engagement Project, UC Davis
"The Cost -Effectiveness Paradox in the Health Care: How an Intervention or Program Can Be Cost-Effective but Still Not Worth It and Vice Versa"
May 05, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Jeffrey Hoch, Professor in the Department of Public Health Services, UC Davis
"Housing Affordability in California: Current Challenges and Potential Policy Solutions"
Apr 28, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Michael Lens* and Kerry Vendell** Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA. **Professor of Finance in the Merage School of Business, UC Irvine. Moderated by Tia Boatman-Patterson, Executive Director, California Housing Finance Agency
“Marijuana Secondhand Smoke: The Return of a Familiar Problem and What it Means for Policymakers”
Apr 21, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Matthew Springer Professor in the Division of Cardiology University of California, San Francisco
"The Modifiable Causes for Autism and Opportunities for Prevention"
Apr 14, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Irva-Hertz-Picciotto, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis
“Improving California’s Tax System Through Increasing Diversity and Complementarity of its Revenue Streams”
Apr 07, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Darien Shanskse and David Gamage, Professors of Law, UC Davis and UC Berkeley
The Hidden Costs of Pollution: Impacts on Labor Productivity
Mar 10, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Joshua Graff Zivin, Professor in the School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
Regional Taxation and Regional Tax Base Sharing in State Reform
Mar 03, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Kirk J. Stark, Barrall Family Professor of Tax Law and Policy, UC Los Angeles
Capitalizing Environmental Justice in the Sacramento Region
Mar 01, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Jonathan London, Associate Professor of Human Ecology, Director of Center for Regional Change, UC Davis
Bacon Public Lectureship "Integrating California's Climate Change and Fiscal Goals: The Known, the Unknown and the Possible"
Feb 24, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Bacon Public Lectureship Winner, Karen Chapple, Professor of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
"The Earned Income Tax Credit: Effects on Employment, Income and Family Wellbeing"
Feb 18, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Hilary Hoynes, Professor of Policy and Economics , Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley