D Line Ext opens 12:30pm Friday! Free rides 4am Fri May 8 thru 3am Mon May 11 on Metro 🚇🚍🚲🚐 Celebrate with us 12:30pm-4pm Fri👇🏽

New in CiCo: Using the 2020 George Floyd protests as a case study, Evan Ferstl finds that walkability is associated with higher protest frequency—both citywide and at the census tract level. A timely reminder about how the built environment can shape political action! See more at the link below.

New in CiCo: Do college roommate assignments shape where we choose to live later in life? Matt Vogel, Samantha Friedman, and Stefan Ivanov find that students assigned a roommate of a different race or ethnicity are more than twice as likely to choose a diverse dorm room the following year!

#FromtheArchives Twenty years ago, CiCo readers were exploring power in cities through a series of papers in the March 2006 issue. These papers wrestle with how power functions in cities, who benefits most from it, and how we should study it. Revisit this fascinating issue at the link below.

#FromtheArchives 10 years ago, CiCo published a special issue on residential segregation, asking authors to consider the role of segregation then and in the future. These essays, exploring racial stratification, opportunity, and urban transformation, are still highly relevant. Revisit here:

The final Associate Editor to introduce is Orly Clerge! Her work on race, migration, and cities makes her a great addition to the editorial team. She is also the author of The New Noir, an exploration of the making of Black diasporic suburbs. Welcome, Orly—we're thrilled to have you on the team!

The third Associate Editor we'd like to welcome is @jeremylevine.bsky.social! Jeremy's previous work on development established him as a leading voice on the role of nonprofits in urban governance, and his newer work looks at inequality in victim compensation law. We're thrilled to have him!

Jessica Simes (jtsimes.bsky.social) is joining CiCo as an Associate Editor! Her work examines how the carceral system shapes inequality and health. Her award-winning book, Punishing Places, uses spatial analysis to show how incarceration impacts communities. We’re honored to have her on the team!

Over the next few days, we'll introduce our four new Associate Editors. First up: @philipgarboden.bsky.social, who studies supply-side housing market actors and policy. His work on landlords has shaped how we understand their role in housing markets and communities. We're lucky to have him!

Delighted to be sharing work via the @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social Housing Lecture Series on May 7! Details and RSVP: lewis.ucla.edu/event/people-and-place-in-californias-lihtc-program/

Submissions for #2026APPAM close on WEDNESDAY! I would love to see your work submitted to the Housing, Community Development, and Urban Policy area. (Yes, it continues to bug me that the conference theme is "50 States..." and the logo only shows 48, but submit anyway!)

Very excited to share new work on Thursday!

We love a good sociological analysis of transit and infrastructure here at @cicojournal.bsky.social - we'd be delighted to review your paper! Follow the journal to keep up on our journey! (Yes, there is a subway in LA...) #CiCointheCity #sociology #socsky

Working on an article prompting us to rethink our understanding of urban art and culture? We want to see it @cicojournal.bsky.social! Here she is looking fab in DTLA #CiCointheCity #sociology #socsky

We'd love to review your article on sociological analyses of urban politics for @cicojournal.bsky.social! Here she is at LA City Hall. Where are you enjoying our new issue? #CiCointheCity

Have a new book of interest to urban sociologists? Fill out the form below for consideration for @cicojournal.bsky.social new City Books feature!

New look!💅

With our March 2026 issue, we can officially welcome @annowens.bsky.social and Brian J. McCabe as the new editors of City & Community! They are excited to continue publishing the impactful research that the journal is known for. Their editorial introduction highlights the exciting changes to come.

VERSION 2.0 of the Segregation Tracking Project is here! New data on racial and economic segregation between neighborhoods and schools over the last 30+ years for every school district, metro area, state, county, congressional district (new!), and more! edopportunity.org/segregation/

Give @cicojournal.bsky.social a follow! Check out the fresh look and keep informed about all the exciting urban sociology scholarship we've got coming soon!

Great new housing papers: "Assisted Housing and Changes in Household Composition" by Kristin Perkins shows that receiving federal or state housing assistance stabilizes families doi.org/10.1177/2378...

Housing folks! Submit to APPAM! I am co-chairing the Housing, Community Development, and Urban Policy area (obv the best one). Submit by 4/22! #housingsky #econsky #socsky #policysky

Can’t protest? Here are other ways to get involved in LA There are lots of other ways to make a difference during Los Angeles ICE raids. “We need you, the people, to stand with immigrants.”

I had to remind myself to shake off my feelings of futility and helplessness. If you need that reminder: Call 5calls.org Donate www.standwithminnesota.com Find your local mutual aid and immigration defense networks. I support @chirla-org.bsky.social and mutualaidla.org

Who wore it best? (L): Naomi Osaka, 2026 Australian Open (R): Man on the street, 2026 Downtown LA

I participated in a couple calls about actually adding this....

New in @houspoldebate.bsky.social - CA's affordable housing is not affordable to lowest-income tenants, who comprise most tenants - Units built in higher SES areas have a range of affordability levels, promising for integration goals www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #housingsky #socsky

People move often, and in theory, freely. But segregation persists. New research finds that residential mobility in CA largely maintains unequal access to high-opportunity neighborhoods, even though individual movers may buck the trends. www.lewis.ucla.edu/research/the...

📢 Actions You Can Take to Support UC Values: ✍️ Sign: UCLA Faculty Association letter: tinyurl.com/ucstandup 🏳️‍⚧️ Sign: Save Gender-Affirming Care at UCLA: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📬 Write: UC President Milliken & the Regents: actionnetwork.org/letters/hold... (h/t @jesscraven101.bsky.social)

My friends at USC Lusk Neighborhood Data for Social Change just launched #SOLACHAN, the first (and now annual) comprehensive look at LA's housing and neighborhoods la.myneighborhooddata.org/solachan-home/

Submissions due FRIDAY! Send us your work!

📣 Hot off the press 📣 We document tremendous growth in U.S. federal place-based funding, show it has disproportionately gone to areas with more nonprofits & stronger housing markets, and find a pattern of cumulative advantage in funding among high-poverty neighborhoods. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

📊Anyone have examples or resources for RA training? i.e., teaching students data cleaning, descriptive tables, annotated bibliographies, anything really.📈 I remember seeing some great examples and saving links in a location so secure I cannot find it, so help appreciated! #socsky #academicsky

2 weeks left to submit! We welcome abstracts from many disciplines and methodologies!

AERA is sharing this statement issued by former NCES commissioner Dr. Peggy Carr on the “devastating shutdown and decimation of a critical national institution.” Read it here: www.aera.net/Portals/38/P...

Reminder that submissions for our LIHTC program special issue are due on August 1st, 31 days from now! We hope to be reading your abstract soon☺️

Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines "These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"

In the past two days I've received professional emails addressed to Mrs Owen's, Dr. Ownes, and Ana. All good alias possibilities.

An important piece from the @apsrjournal.bsky.social (by @devorahmanekin.bsky.social and @tmitts.bsky.social) to make sense of ongoing events: it matters not only which tactics are adopted by protesters but also who they are.

🎉I'm delighted to be joining the @ucla.edu Sociology department on July 1. Very excited to join their brilliant faculty and students in the city I love💙💛 Grateful to my USC Sociology family who raised me from a baby AP. Even more grateful to continue lifelong friendships made there 🙏 #socsky

Exciting things ahead working with my friend Brian McCabe! @ordinarysquares.bsky.social

The #LIHTC program turns 40 in 2026! Is it over the hill? Is 40 the new 30? @houspoldebate.bsky.social will devote a special issue to find out! 🏙️🛠️💲🏙️🛠️💲🏙️🛠️💲 Abstract submissions due August 1. CFP: upenn.app.box.com/s/hm2rl7912o... #housing #data #research #HPD

"Should we do something? It feels like we should do something. Hopefully, I’ll feel more like I can dedicate the brain space to that just as soon as I finish my work, which is tuning this glockenspiel."

⭐10 days away from No Zoom June!⭐ MY RULES: 1. I will not Zoom 2. I'm still working 3. I'm still on email (slower responses) 4. I'll do up to two phone meetings a week (and I'll walk and talk) 5. I'll meet in person Join me!

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Brown v Board decision. Revisit videos and presentations from our conference, "The Unfinished Legacy of Brown v Board of Education at 70" edopportunity.org/segregation/...

On this day before the 71st anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education decision that declared school segregation inherently unequal, sharing a new publication written for the 70th anniversary examining why integration is eroding (open access): 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In 2022, Louisiana ranked 20th on White-Black school seg among states. Seg today is absolutely due in part to gov action: how school district and catchment lines are drawn, how housing is subsidized, zoned, and sited. See the data: edopportunity.org/segregation www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...

"Louisiana 'got its act together decades ago'” 🤔 Per the Segregation Explorer: in 2022, White-Black school seg was .43 - White student share in a White kid's school was .43 higher than in a Black kid's school. edopportunity.org/segregation/... apnews.com/article/scho...

I'll be presenting work-very-much-in-progress on trends in residential and school segregation at @stanfordeducation.bsky.social #SCANCOR on Monday morning at 10 AM. I hear there are pastries!

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here: