Beauty Without the Pain: Can Cambodian Americans Revitalize Their Town Without Displacing Their Own?

Oct. 23, 2017 / By Crystal Niebla
Tags: Cambodian, gentrification, Housing, Khmer

Long Beach has the largest concentration of Cambodians outside of Cambodia. As the community seeks to improve their neighborhood, many recognize that revitalization without displacement is a balancing act.

The Paradoxical Nature of Gentrification in Long Beach’s Gayborhood

Oct. 13, 2017 / By Thomas Lick (Vanguard)
Tags: gay, gentrification, Housing, LGBT, Queer, rent

When it comes to gentrification and the LGBTQ community, there seems to be two conversations — how so-called “gayborhoods” invite gentrification and how gentrification threatens gayborhoods’ existence.

One Family, Three Generations in a Changing Barrio

Oct. 9, 2017 / By Veronica Caro
Tags: gentrification, Housing, Immigration, santa ana

Three generations of my family saw Santa Ana’s gentrification unravel its many forms before our eyes. Through the decades, my grandmother, my mother and I have been able to observe the changes in our own way.

How Do LB Neighbors Talk About Gentrification?

Mar. 9, 2017 / By Nayobi Maldonado-Ochoa
Tags: gentrification, Housing

Despite emerging as a major urban issue, a Youth Reporter found that Long Beach residents don’t seem to want to talk about gentrification.

Ballot Measure Aims to Stem Rising Youth Homelessness in L.A.

Mar. 2, 2017 / By Ben Novotny
Tags: gentrification, Homeless, Housing, Youth

More youth are homeless now because of Los Angeles' rising cost of living. Can Measure H help?

The State of Trans Latinx Health in So Cal

Dec. 6, 2016 / By Nayobi Maldonado-Ochoa
Tags: Housing, Jobs, latinx, transgender, translatinx

A new study discusses employment, healthcare, and housing problems facing trans Latinx people in southern California.

“Let Us Stay” — Tenants and Activists March Downtown for Renter’s Day

Sep. 24, 2016 / By Rudy Cardoso-Peraza
Tags: gentrification, Housing, rent, tenants

Tenants and activists marched across downtown, occasionally stopping to chant in front of 'slumlord' properties for Thursday's National Renter’s Day of Action.

Long Beach’s Art of Displacement — A Housing Crisis Through Images, Words

Aug. 10, 2016 / By Crystal Niebla
Tags: Art, displacement, gentrification, Housing

A traveling art exhibit is using visuals, short stories, and spoken word recordings to tell the stories of the city's housing crisis.

People’s State Of The City Brings Top Issues To Light

May. 28, 2015 / By Michael Lozano
Tags: Housing, Jobs, Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs and a Healthy Community, Poverty, race

The event tackled the seven top issues affecting Long Beach, including poverty, jobs, housing, education, the environment, community safety, and immigrant rights.



Remembering A Local Hero: Stephanie Alys Bussi

Apr. 30, 2015 / By CSULB Enterprise Reporters
Tags: disabilities, Housing

Besides working for disability rights, Bussi was a champion for affordable housing, homeless services, and public transportation.