UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge

UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge
ICE Arrests Spike After 2024 Election
ICE arrests spiked in early 2025, disproportionately affecting Latino non-citizens and raising concerns about political and racial bias in enforcement practices.
LA Wildfires 2025
In response to the ongoing wildfires affecting Los Angeles, the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, along with its research partners, has been conducting a rapid research response to assess the impact of these disasters on disadvantaged populations and communities.
Research to Inform Action
Researchers at the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge have developed an interactive mapping tool to enhance the understanding of disparities in transportation and the built environment across California neighborhoods.
Research to Inform Action
In collaboration with the Asian Business Association, the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge conducted a survey on the experiences of Asian American business owners and employees, highlighting the negative impact of anti-Asian racism on businesses, families, and communities.
Research to Inform Action
UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, along with other affiliated research centers, emphasizes the barriers to access that prevented struggling renters from benefitting from the California’s Emergency Rental Program (ERAP).
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The UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge is dedicated to translating its research to inform actionable neighborhood-related policies and programs that contribute to positive social change. We specialize in empirical spatial analysis and emphasizes the study of diversity, differences, and disparities among neighborhoods, and explicitly cover immigrant enclaves, low-income neighborhoods and minority communities.
In response to urgent events shaping communities, from devastating
wildfires
in Los Angeles to escalating
immigration enforcement
nationwide, the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, in collaboration with partners, has launched rapid research initiatives.
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April 8, 2026
CNK Director Paul Ong was featured in a recent article...
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Ong on Chinatown’s Laundry Access Inequities
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September 24, 2025
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Launching Our Immigration Enforcement Briefs Series
Herald Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
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July 1, 2025
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Japantowns in California: Historical Trajectories and Post-War Reestablishment
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March 7, 2025
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Ong on Black Homeownership Patterns in Los Angeles
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