Economic Roundtable

Medicaid beneficiaries, reconsidered...

Commentary: Who profits most from Medicaid? Employers like Walmart and Amazon, many of whose workers rely on the program Big employers such as Walmart, Amazon and McDonald's stick taxpayers with the bill for healthcare and food for their employees. The GOP budget will make life harder for those workers.

Next week, Los Angeles is counting our unhoused neighbors, and if you haven’t registered to volunteer, there is still time. Invite your friends, family, and colleagues to join us in this meaningful effort.

The Homeless Count helps us gain a clearer picture of homelessness in our community and helps decision-makers direct services and develop new and innovative programs.

https://count.lahsa.org/pages/volunteer-registration

Federal funding for maintaining and enhancing the nation's long-running economic and labor market data series should be a no-brainer. These surveys include the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, and so on. We all rely upon this information everyday, knowingly or not.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics Must Be Adequately Funded To Preserve Economic Data and Improve Americans’ Financial Security Accurate U.S. Census Bureau data are essential to understanding how Americans are doing financially; a lack of proper investment puts it at risk.

Sudden health problems can sometimes lead to homelessness, such as for construction workers...

Opinion: Some in a blue-collar job are just one injury away from homelessness People end up on the streets of L.A. for many reasons. One of the most tragic and predictable is an inability to keep doing grueling physical work.

Deaths among homeless residents in Los Angeles, 2022

Unhoused Deaths Increase A record number of unhoused people died

Insightful data on the City of Los Angeles' progress on reducing homelessness. The region is carrying out its HUD-mandated homeless count this week.

Mayor Bass' Progress On Homelessness, In Six Charts Here's how Mayor Bass did on her campaign promises on homelessness during her first year in office.

Stories and art about the economic and environmental impacts of large warehouses in the Inland Empire and SoCal coastal counties, echoed ERt's own recent research...

From Citrus Groves To Warehouses: A Pop Up Art Exhibit Traces The Damaging Impacts Of The Inland Empire's Industrial History The multimedia art exhibit traces the region's complex evolution from agriculture to military base to vast rows of warehouses.

Happy to hear this news coming from LMU's Westchester campus. After carrying out research into local university service workers just before the pandemic, the need for better wages, full-time hours, reliable schedules, and decent benefits was apparent.

Loyola Marymount Workers Win Increased Minimum Wage – The Catholic Labor Network Loyola Marymount Workers Win Increased Minimum Wage August 5, 2023/0 Comments/in Blog /by Clayton SinyaiA guest contribution from CLN Member Anna Harrison On March 30, 2022, corresponding with Loyola Marymount University’s annual Cesar Chavez Day, when Facilities Management [FM] workers are feted ...

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Renters dominate California — but they are struggling to survive New census data reveals over a quarter of U.S. households had solo occupants in 2020, more than three times the 1940 estimate and more than twice the 1960 level.

Opinion | The Real Reason Your Groceries Are Getting So Expensive Grocery-retailer consolidation is damaging our food system, stifling innovation and making everything more expensive.

Upcoming panel on "What’s Driving L.A.’s Housing Crisis?"

What’s Driving L.A.’s Housing Crisis? | Hammer Museum Anna Scott is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times journalist Doug Smith, fellow Los Angeles Times writer Benjamin Oreskes, and award-winning journalist and podcaster Ethan Ward to add clarity and context around the topic.

Economic Roundtable released a new report today about California's fast food workers, and the vulnerable housing situation that part-time hours + low wages creates for many of them.

L.A. fast-food workers sound alarm on facing homelessness In a town hall-style meeting in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, fast-food workers discussed how many of them are facing homelessness. The workers said their situation is not something to be ashamed o…