Finance

UCLA's Ananya Roy on Housing Inequality & Market-Driven Displacement

TPR is proud to present the following interview with Dr. Ananya Roy, professor of urban planning and founding director of the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy.

Ziman Center Panelists on Prospects to Address LA’s Housing Supply & Affordability Challenges

At a recent symposium on affordable housing supply, finance and homebuilding experts weighed in on the increasing cost of building affordable housing.

L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson 'Banking' on Cannabis

Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson lays out his vision of a city-chartered bank and a truly "green" cannabis industry.

Kat Taylor’s Beneficial State Bank Offering Increased Access To Capital & A Triple Bottom Line Community Mission

Kat Taylor, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Beneficial State Bank, joins TPR to discuss how her expanding financial institution is pursuing economic justice, environmental sustainability, and radical transparency.

LA 2020's Austin Beutner on City's Business Climate & Fiscal Reality

Austin Beutner, former First Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles and former mayoral candidate, offers TPR insight into the LA 2020 Commission, analysis of the city's fiscal health , and thoughts on the state of local politics and government.

VerdeXchange 2012: Scaling Up Clean Tech in California and Canada

Cecilia Estolano, Celine Bak, and Robert Hertzberg discuss the trajectories of the clean tech industry at January's VerdeXchange Conference. What can California learn from Canada? And vice versa?

The Future of Utility-Scale Renewable Energy in California

From the CleanTech OC 2011 Annual Conference and Expo comes this conversation between Marcie Edwards, Michael Peevey, Tim Olson, Stephen Mullenix, and Guy Blanchard on renewable utilities in California. The panelists focus on whether the regulatory bodies create certainty or ambiguity in the California renewables market.

League Of California Cities Continues Push For State/Local Fiscal Reform