UEP 395 Special Topics in Urban and Environmental Policy
Topics vary semester to semester. Students are encouraged to have completed UEP 101 or other relevant UEP courses prior to enrolling in this course.
Ending Homelessness: The Public Policy Challenge of our Time
“Homelessness” is the product of intersecting failures, including a broken housing market; inadequate mental health and addiction treatment services; mismatch between wages and housing costs; and reliance on law enforcement to address social breakdowns. This course will analyze the causes of homelessness; the competing political and ideological narratives around its nature and cure; as well as promising policy approaches that actually work. Using Los Angeles as the primary case study, adjunct professor Rick Cole draws on his first-hand experience as a former mayor, city manager and current Pasadena City Councilmember (along with guest speakers who are leaders in local government, non-profits, and law).