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| Motto | Promoting a better understanding of our multicultural metropolis. |
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| Formation | 1996 |
| Location | 1 Loyola Marymount University Drive Los Angeles, California |
| Supporting Institution | Loyola Marymount University |
| Website | www.lmu.edu/csla CSLA @LMU_CSLA (on Twitter) |
The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles (CSLA) is a non-profit, non-partisan education and research institute at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.
CSLA was founded in 1996 by Loyola Marymount University Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Studies Dr. Fernando Guerra with a grant from the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation. Guerra, who has been a faculty member at Loyola Marymount University since 1984, is currently the director of the Center.
CSLA conducts expert and public opinion polls, focusing on public policy and community interests in the city of Los Angeles. Its research covers a broad range of issues including health care, education, race relations, urban outcomes and voter interests. The Center offers employment and research experience opportunities to LMU undergraduate students.
Research Collection
[edit]The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection covers various aspects of the Los Angeles region. The collection contains numerous materials and documents unique to Los Angeles, including:[1]
| *The Bob Beverly Papers, 1962-1996 | *LAAMP Collection, 1984-2001 | *Which Way, LA? Collection, 1992-2001 |
| *Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection, 1922, 1924-1928 | *LEARN Collection, 1974-1999 | *The Stephen Mallory White Papers, 1871-1936 |
| *The Citizen and Cheviot Chatter, 1927-1960 | *"LA 2000" Records of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, 1992-2001 | *Workman Family Papers, 1881-1997 |
| *The J.D. Black Papers, 1876-1999 | *Charles Luckman Papers, 1908-2000 | *Mary Julia Workman Research Materials |
| *The Fritz Burns Collection(s) | *William F. Masterson Papers, 1960-2001 | *WPA Transcriptions of Los Angeles City Archives Records, 1825-1850 |
| *Daniel Freeman Family Papers | *Carroll Morrison and Lorrin Morrison Photographic Collection, 1889-1964 | *Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville Wrather Papers, 1890-1990 |
| *Document History of the Daniel Freeman Family and the Rancho Centinela | *Rancho La Ballona Map (1876) | *Wrather Investment Corporation Incorporation Records, 1961 |
| *Document History of the Machado Family and the Rancho La Ballona | *Rebuild L.A. Collection, 1992-1997 | |
| *Document History of Nineteenth-Century Los Angeles, 1846-1908 | *Mayor Richard J. Riordan Administrative Papers, 1980-2001 | |
| *The Dockweiler Family Collection(s) | *The David A. RobertiPapers | |
| *Thomas A. Gaudette Paper, 1938-1996 | *The Mike Roos Papers, 1977-1990 | |
| *James Keane Collection of Fritz Burns Biographical Materials, 1923-2001 | *Joseph Scott Collection, 1909-1951 |
Events
[edit]Sacramento Seminar
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The Sacramento Legislative Seminar is a longstanding program in the Loyola Marymount University’s Political Science Department. The program is offered, but not limited, to students enrolled in Dr. Fernando Guerra's Politics of California course held during the spring semester. The purpose of the Sacramento Seminar is to provide undergraduate students from institutions all over Southern California with hands-on exposure to California's political system. During the seminar, students participate in panel discussions which are held in the state Capitol building , where they engage in political discourse with prominent government officials, legislators, lobbyists, fellows, and scholars from across the nation. The panel discussions give students the opportunity to ask these distinguished guests questions pertaining to various topics. Throughout the seminar, students are encouraged to introduce themselves and meet with public officials and staff to seek personal career advice. By the conclusion of the seminar, students attain greater knowledge of California's government structure and its political processes taught by California legislators themselves. The Center plays a significant role in organizing and coordinating the Sacramento Seminar for both the students and professors who attend annually.
Undergraduate Research Symposium
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The LMU Undergraduate Research Symposium invites undergraduate students formally to present displays of faculty-mentored research and other creative activity in all academic areas.[2] CSLA undergraduate student researchers participate in the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium under the faculty-monitoring of Dr. Fernando Guerra (Director of CSLA) and Brianne Gilbert (Associate Director of CSLA). In the 2012 Undergraduate Research Symposium, CSLA undergraduate student researchers gave formal presentations and displayed research they conducted pertaining to Los Angeles redistricting and CSLA's Los Angeles Riots Anniversary Surveys.
Annual Lecture Series
[edit]For over a decade, the Center for the Study of Los Angeles has planned, coordinated and moderated the annual spring Urban Lecture Series. Moderated by CSLA Director Dr. Fernando Guerra, the Urban Lecture Series engages top government officials and community leaders in debate. The forum is held at Loyola Marymount University on selected Tuesdays in the Ahmanson Auditorium (University Hall). Structured as an open dialogue among the panelists, guests on each panel debate issues and approaches regarding civic action pertaining to the city of Los Angeles. Since the Urban Lecture Series is apart of the inter-departemental educational curriculum and is open to the public, all are encouraged to attend are invited to participate in the question and answer session following each panel discussion. Recently, the Center began an annual Fall Lecture Series with the same format. Both series are televised and broadcasted by the Los Angeles Cable Television Cable Access Corporation, LA 36.
| Notable Participants: Urban Lecture Series | 2011 Fall Lecture Series | 2012 Urban Lecture Series |
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| Bernard Parks, L.A. City Council Member | Luis Ayala, City Council Member, Alhambra | Zev Yaroslavsky, L.A. County Supervisor |
| Bill Rosendahl, L.A. City Council Member | Francisco Leal, City Attorney, Huntington Park | Austin Beutner, Former L.A. 1st Deputy Mayor |
| Alex Padilla Senator (CA), and former L.A. City Council Member | Luis Marquez, Mayor, Downey | Richard Riordan, Former L.A. Mayor |
| Richard Alarcon. L.A. City Council Member | Steve Veres, LACCD Board of Trustees | Wendy Greuel, L.A. City Controller |
| Richard Riordan, Former L.A. Mayor | Gil Cedillo, California State Assembly Member | Kevin James, Former Asst. U.S. Attorney/ Radio Host |
| James Hahn, Former L.A. Mayor | Adam Hunter, Senior Advisor to Alejandro Mayorkas | Jan Perry, L.A. City Council Member |
| Antonio Villaraigosa, Current L.A. Mayor | Alejandro Mayorkas (did not attend), Director of USCIS | Eric Garcetti, L.A. City Council Member |
| Steve Soboroff, CEO, Playa Vista | Monica Lozano, CEO of La Opinion | Miguel Santana , L.A. Chief Administrative Officer |
| Tom Smith, Senior Vice-President, NBC Universal | Arturo Carmona, Executive Director of COFEM | |
| Professor Raphael Sonenshein, PH.D, Cal State Fullerton | Professor Manuel Pastor, USC | |
| Professor Steven Erie, U.C. San Diego | Sandra De La Loza, Artist/Activist | |
| Dolores Huerta, President, The Dolores Huerta Foundation | Poli Marichal, Illustrator/Filmmaker | |
| Angela Acosta-Salazar, Trustee, Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees | Sandy Rodriquez, Artist/Curator | |
| Susan Rubio, Council Member, Baldwin Park | Professor Karen Mary Davalos, LMU |
Studies
[edit]CSLA conducted exit polls for the 2005 mayoral election[3], 2008 presidential election[4], and 2010 gubernatorial election. Surveys were collected from 50 racially stratified homogenous polling locations.[5] A total of 50 precincts were chosen, 10 for each ethnic category: White, Black, Latino, Asian, and mixed precincts. Survey collectors and data processors consisted of LMU undergraduate volunteers along with the CSLA staff. The data collected from these polls has been featured throughout various media outlets and has been analyzed in various scholarly studies.
In observance of the Los Angeles riots and disturbances of 1992, the Center for the study of Los Angeles (CSLA) at LMU sponsors cross-sectional phone surveys of Los Angeles residents to study their overall perceived attitudes and concerns towards the city of Los Angeles (per survey year), following the L.A. riots and disturbances of 1992. The CSLA Riots Anniversary Survey is conducted for every 5th anniversary marking the L.A. riots and disturbances of 1992, which provides longitudinal data for the following survey years: 1997, 2002, 2007, and 2012. The Riots Anniversary Survey analyzes this data pursuant to Los Angeles resident's perceptions of: (1) race/ethnic relations, (2) the Los Angeles Police Department, (3) local government/neighborhood relations, (4) the likelihood for future riots to occur, (5) the overall direction of Los Angeles, (6) and Los Angeles resident quality of life. Methods of regression data analysis are applied, respectively per survey year data, to identify empirical trends or deviations to Los Angeles residents attitudes and concerns towards the city of Los Angeles.
The Center is engaged in a study of leadership and its relationship to urban outcomes in the city of Los Angeles. “The Leadership Initiative,” will have established the largest action oriented effort that identifies the top 1000 leaders in Los Angeles and integrates leadership, research, collective action and outcomes across Los Angeles’s infrastructure. The study focused on specific areas of leadership: education, health, politics, business, law, community, arts/culture, media/entertainment, land use/housing, religion, and environment
References
[edit]- ^ The Center for the Study of Los Angeles Archives and Research Collections
- ^ LMU Undergraduate Research Symposium, "Application Process," Loyola Marymount University
- ^ Orlov, Rick. "Mayor's race revs up; Broadcast and mail blitz about to begin in final weeks of campaigns," Los Angeles Daily News (Jan. 1, 2005).
- ^ Los Angeles Times On-Line. "The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Announces Initial Results from its 2008 Presidential Exit Poll," (February 7, 2008).
- ^ Castro, Tony. "Researcher says polling places can influence voter's decision-making," Los Angeles Daily News, (Sept. 22, 2010).