PUBLICATIONS

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Policy Brief

Why Regulatory Reform Is Needed to Reduce Outdoor Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in Los Angeles

Editor(s): Mia Yancich, Edith B. de Guzman, and Marianna Babboni
May 2026
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Report

Workshop Synthesis Report

Author(s): Gregory Pierce, Jennifer Gorman, Faith Kearns, Edith de Guzman, Erik Porse, Camilo Salcedo, Megan Mullin, and Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi
Apr 2026
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Policy Brief

Why Urgent Action Is Needed to Advance Shade Goals

Researcher(s): Mia Yancich, Edith de Guzman, Marianna Babboni, and David McQuillen Young
Apr 2026
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Discussion Paper

Discussion Paper

Researcher(s): Gregory Pierce, Edith de Guzman, Erik Porse, Daniel Coffee, and Camilo Salcedo
Mar 2026
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Report

Informing effective and equitable environmental policy solutions

Researcher(s): Luskin Center for Innovation Team
Jan 2026
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Workshop Synthesis Report

Author(s): Gregory Pierce, Erik Porse, Faith Kearns, Edith de Guzman, Camilo Salcedo, Jennifer Gorman, and Ariana Hernandez
Jan 2026
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Author(s): Edith de Guzman, Gregory Pierce, & Megan Mullin
Dec 2025
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Author(s): Erik Porse, Greg Pierce, Faith Kearns, Edith de Guzman, Camilo Salcedo, and Hope Hauptman
Nov 2025
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Data Tool • Report

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Researcher(s): Edith B. de Guzman, Gregory Pierce, Jennifer Gorman, Lauren Dunlap, Michael Rincon, Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez, and Vivian Cruz
Sep 2025
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Report

What’s On Tap: L.A.’s Water Story…Source to Spigot

Author(s): Edith B. de Guzman and Leonard Holler
Aug 2025
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Report

This report presents an early overview of how the 11 community water systems, two wastewater systems, and thousands of private well and septic systems were affected by the January 2025 LA County wildfires.

Luskin Center for Innovation Researcher(s): Gregory Pierce, Ariana Hernandez, Grace Harrison, and Edith de Guzman
May 2025
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Researcher(s): Gregory Pierce, co-executive director; Edith de Guzman, water equity and adaptation policy specialist; and Megan Mullin, faculty director
Mar 2025
Report

Join us on our journey to inform effective and equitable environmental policy

Researcher(s): Luskin Center for Innovation Team
Dec 2024
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Student Report
Researcher(s): Edith de Guzman, UCLA; Members of the Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Collective; Krystle Yu, graduate student
Oct 2024
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Report

Technical Advisory Recommendations for the Region

Author(s): Edith B. de Guzman and Gregory Pierce
Jun 2024
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Researcher(s): Scott Sheridan, Edith de Guzman, David Eisenman, David Sailor, Jonathan Parfrey, and Laurence Kalkstein
Apr 2024
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Report

Prepared by the Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Collective
Sylmar community engagement led by: TreePeople

Author(s): Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Collective and TreePeople
Feb 2024
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Report

Prepared by the Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Collective
Central Alameda community engagement led by: South LA Tree Coalition & North East Trees

Author(s): Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Collective, South LA Tree Coalition & North East Trees
Feb 2024
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Toolkit

Prepared by the Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Collective

Author(s): Primary Author: Krystle Yu, Contributing Author: Rachel O’Leary
Feb 2024
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Report
Researcher(s): Dana Hellman, Edith de Guzman, and Rachel O’Leary
Feb 2024