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Angelenos Love Suburban Sprawl: Coronavirus Proves Then Right

For nearly a century, Los Angeles’ urban form has infuriated urbanists who prefer a more concentrated model built around a single central core. Yet, in the COVID-19 pandemic, our much-maligned dispersed urban pattern has proven a major asset.
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California’s Post-Corona Challenges

California has, at least to date, escaped the worst effects of Covid-19 but faces serious post-corona challenges: the likely scenario of falling revenues and soaring demand for government services. Most critical will be the effect of the virus on the state’s already-severe income inequality and poverty.
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Viral Politics

Long after the pandemic has receded, its long-term impact on our society and political life will continue. Just as plagues past have reshaped the trajectory of cities and civilizations, sometimes with fearsome morbidity, COVID-19 is already having a profoundly disruptive impact on our political future.
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