Economic Roundtable

Coming Soon! A Warehouse Near You
The ripple effects from clean trucks can build safe communities and livelihoods.
Rent increases must balance needs of landlords and tenants
There is a direct connection between lack of income and lack of shelter.
Hosting the 2028 Olympics with Clean Hands
LA has 4 years to house unsheltered residents, or face a public relations and human rights disaster.

Equitable Rent: Rent Stabilization Standards in the City of Los Angeles

September 16, 2024

One-fifth of Los Angeles renters have incomes below the federal poverty threshold. Half of them spend over 90 percent of their income for rent. Vulnerable renters are more likely to be under 35 years old, live alone, and have annual incomes below $20,000.

Excelling for the 2028 Olympics: Restoring, Not Displacing, LA’s Unsheltered Residents

September 4, 2024

Los Angeles’ most glaring flaw as host of the 2028 Olympics is the nation’s largest population of unsheltered homeless individuals. If LA fails to make inroads on the problem, 2028 will be a disaster for unhoused people and LA’s reputation. Restoring the lives of unsheltered residents will be an Olympic achievement.

Photograph of diesel freight truck chassis and containers at the Port of Los Angeles by Daniel Flaming, taken March 10, 2022. Owned by Economic Roundtable, creation of ERt staff.

Coming Soon! A Warehouse Near You: Changes Following on the Heels of Zero-Emission Logistics

June 11, 2024

Diesel exhaust is bad for people’s health. It degrades neighborhoods near warehouses and accelerates global warming. Conventional diesel trucks are free riders on the air we share. Diesel fuel provides only 6.5 percent of their propulsive power. The rest comes from the air, which provides 14.5 times more combustion fuel than the petroleum in their tanks.

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