Keeping the Lights and Water On

COVID-19 and Utility Debt in Los Angeles' Communities of Color

Authors: Silvia R. González, Paul M. Ong, Gregory Pierce, and Ariana Hernandez

Drinking Water Needs Assessment

Informing the 2021-22 Safe & Affordable Drinking Water Fund Expenditure Plan

This report was published by the California State Water Resources Control Board and supported by Luskin Center for Innovation research. For more information, visit the Water Board’s Needs Assessment webpage.

California Households Owe $1 Billion in Water Bills, Highlighting the State’s Water Affordability Crisis

More than 1.6 million households in the state have unpaid water bills, and much of the debt centers in Black and Latinx communities that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 Impact on Household Water System Debt at Zip Code Level

Analysis of State Water Board Survey Data by UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

Authors: Gregory Pierce, Peter Roquemore, Jacqueline Adams, Angelica Ruiz and Silvia R. González

The Human Right to Water in Poor Communities of Color

Urban Disadvantaged Community Water Systems In Southern Los Angeles County

Authors: Madelyn Glickfeld, Peter Roquemore, Gregory Pierce, and Michael Reibel

EPA Used Dubious Methodology to Justify Weakening the Clean Water Act

EPA analysis assumes most states will step in to protect waterways as over half of U.S. wetlands and 35% of streams in West lose federal protection.

Decennial Report

Our First Decade and Future Impact

Environmental Policy Research for Healthy Communities and a Sustainable World

Utility Consolidation to Achieve Health Equity

This article was originally posted by the Environmental Policy…
Toddler drinking water at a day care facility

Study Aims to Bolster California’s Safe Water Efforts at Child Care Facilities

UCLA analysis offers wide-ranging guidance on state mandate to…

Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in California’s Childcare Facilities

Implications for AB 2370 Program Development from Los Angeles County

Authors: Gregory Pierce, Silvia González and Eliza Amstutz