Inland Shift

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan D. De Lara
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Spatial Politics ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Global Logistics

This book uses Southern California to explore a series of questions about the relationship between globalization, race, space, and class. It begins with an analysis of how growing consumer demand, innovative retail business practices, and the infrastructure required to support global commodity chains made Southern California into the largest trade gateway in the United States. Warehouse work and the contentious spatial politics of inland Southern California’s logistic landscape provide the data to examine how the shifting ground of money and people intersected with local histories to reterritorialize race and capitalism at the turn of the twenty-first century. While global logistics innovations provided the impetus for capital and the state to transform Southern California’s economy, it also created pockets of resistance among labor, community, and environmental groups, who argued that commodity distribution exposed them to economic and environmental precarity. How people gave meaning to space and mobilized them to contest logistics space is at the crux of this project. The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides an introduction into the spatial politics of Southern California’s logistics regime by showing how the forces of global economic restructuring after the 1980s intersected with regional entrepreneurial actors to produce Los Angeles and inland Southern California as a space for logistics. I argue that logistics represents a major rearticulation of modern capitalist space. Part 2 examines how the flexible production and distribution systems that were critical to the expansion of global capitalism during the neoliberal age were responsible for creating social and economic precarity for logistics workers, many of whom were undocumented. The final part of the book shows how regional development policies and global restructuring combined with demographic change to reterritorialize Southern California’s geographies of race and class. The book concludes by showing how inland Southern California became a key site for the production of new Latinx geographies.

Business Improvement Districts

Urban Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Stokes ◽  
Julia Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Business Improvement Districts ◽  
Real Property

Business improvement districts (BIDs) are a form of special purpose government that utilize special assessments on real property to deliver services to a spatially defined commercial area. The first BIDs emerged in North America in the early to mid-1970s. They grew tremendously in the early 1990s, with some current estimates exceeding 1,500 BIDs globally as of 2018. While the legal and administrative process to create and govern BIDs varies in the United States based on state laws and local ordinances, they are typically created through a vote of affected property owners after some period of public disclosure and hearings. BIDs vary widely in their geographic size and capacity for assessment collection, ranging from $20 million-plus annual budgets and covering entire central business districts, to sub-$100,000 budgets with service areas that cover a few blocks of a neighborhood commercial strip. Assessments are typically collected by local governments and then passed on to BID operating organizations, which are usually governed by nonprofit organizations. Many BIDs also augment their assessment budgets through gifts, grants, contracts, and fees for services. These funds are used to support services that often include some mix of common area sanitation, security, marketing, and landscaping. Many large US cities have extensively used BIDs as an economic development tool, with cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles each having over forty BIDs. The growth of BIDs has been linked to set of larger of fiscal, social, and economic problems that cities faced during the era of economic restructuring and deindustrialization. BIDs filled a void left by many city governments’ inability to organize, fund, and manage services directed toward the problems facing many commercial areas, which often included crime, homelessness, and disorderly public environments. As BIDs have matured and are now a common feature of the urban landscape, they have grown in their capacities as organizations, with some comprehensive organizations fulfilling more ambitious functions related to infrastructure provision, social service coordination, urban planning, and public space management. Academic work around BIDs has been pursued by researchers and theorists across law, social science, and public affairs literatures. The dominant themes in academic work on BIDs has been organized around their various forms and functions; their accountability to the public; their effectiveness, especially in the areas of crime prevention and economic development; and social equity issues, with special attention often given to their interaction with homeless populations.

Russian Artists in the United States

Experiment ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-259
Author(s):  
Oleg Minin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Southern California ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Critical Reception ◽  
Artistic Legacy

Charting Nicholas Remisoff’s artistic legacy during his California period, this essay explores his contributions to the cultural landscape of the state and emphasizes his work on live stage productions in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the early 1930s and 1940s. Delineating the critical reception of Remisoff’s work in opera, ballet and theatre in these cities, this essay also highlights the artist’s interactions and key collaborations with other Russian and European émigré artists and reflects on the nature of Remisoff’s particular affinity with Southern California.

Planning for and Working With Children With an Auditory Brainstem Implant: What Therapists Need to Know

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne M. Hammes Ganguly ◽  
Debra K. Schrader ◽  
Amy S. Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Southern California ◽  
The United States ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
Placement Decisions ◽  
Family Center ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Auditory Brainstem Implants ◽  
The University

IntroductionInvestigations of auditory brainstem implants (ABIs) in children started around 2012 in the United States. The team at the University of Southern California-Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication began seeing children, implanted abroad, in 2006. ABIs are indicated for children who cannot benefit from cochlear implants (CIs). The habilitation and educational needs of children with ABIs versus CIs differ.PurposeThis document provides information professionals can use when implementing habilitation programs for children with ABIs.MethodThe University of Southern California-Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication, as part of the Los Angeles Pediatric ABI team, is conducting an ABI safety and feasibility clinical trial. This article shares experiences from the viewpoint of a multidisciplinary team. The article provides background knowledge, an outcomes review, and considerations to guide ABI intervention.ResultsABIs and CIs differ in the acoustic information they provide. Outcome studies suggest progress is slow with ABIs but that children can develop some auditory or spoken language skills. The children require highly supportive learning experiences. Visual communication support remains important. The considerations outlined reflect the children's need for explicit instruction.ConclusionsWhen serving children with ABIs, therapists must apply their broad knowledge about working with children with hearing loss, tempering that knowledge, and recognizing that auditory access and progress differ with ABIs compared to CIs. Educational and program placement decisions may require unconventional thinking.

scholarly journals QOL-57. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA KAISER PERMANENTE PEDIATRIC NEURO-ONCOLOGY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. iii441-iii441
Author(s):  
Hung Tran
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Pediatric Neurosurgery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tumor Board ◽  
Oncology Patients ◽  
Kaiser Permanente ◽  
Monthly Basis ◽  
Health Maintenance

Abstract KEY MESSAGE Standardization of care for subspecialty patients require centralization and support across multi-disciplinary groups within the Kaiser Permanente medical group, which is a large health maintenance organization (HMO) in the United States. BACKGROUND Prior to the development of a Pediatric Neuro-Oncology program, Southern California Kaiser Permanente pediatric neuro-oncology patients were routinely referred to respective regional academic centers for consultation. The process was not standard across the region, resulting in additional costs and differences in treatment recommendations, potentially affecting outcomes. METHODS A Pediatric Neuro-Oncology program was established, July 2017, based at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC), consisting of pediatric neuro-oncology, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric neuro-radiology, pediatric radiation oncology, and pediatric neuro-oncology case management. RESULTS A Pediatric Neuro-Oncology tumor board was established to meet on a bi-monthly basis. Pediatric neuro-oncology patients across the Southern California now have their magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reviewed by the same pediatric neuro radiologists. Neuropathology is standardized and sent to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and reviewed at the molecular neuropathology tumor board attended by the pediatric neuro-oncologist. Cases discussions regarding the patients include the regional pediatric neurosurgeons, the pediatric radiation oncologists, and the pediatric neuro-oncologist, and treatment plans are recommended and recorded by the case manager. CONCLUSIONS Centralization of care has allowed for more consistent and standard care across the Southern California Region, but requires support from multi-disciplinary groups.

Filipino Festivals in Southern California

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Talusan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Southern California ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Filipino Americans ◽  
Folk Dance ◽  
Jose Rizal

Filipino festivals (also “Philippine festivals”) in southern California are lively, dynamic events that draw multigenerational and multicultural crowds to enjoy food, partake in traditional games and crafts, buy Filipino pride gear, and watch a variety of acts that showcase the talent and creativity of Filipino Americans. Inclusive of those who identify as immigrant, U.S.-born, and transnational, Filipinos from across the region convene to express pride and promote visibility as an overlooked and marginalized ethnic group in the United States. The first public performances by Filipinos in the United States were in exhibits curated by colonial officials at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 to justify colonization of the Philippines. Presented as an uncivilized people in need of American tutelage, this stereotyping of Filipinos as primitives motivated pensionados or students from the Philippines to represent themselves; they organized Rizal Day starting in 1905, which valorized national Philippine hero José Rizal, in order to highlight their identity as modern, educated people. New immigrants, who were mostly rural, single men from the northern Philippines, arrived in the 1930s and frequented taxi dance halls in which Filipino jazz musicians and dancers flourished. Yet the established Filipino community criticized these venues as places of vice that were lacking in family and traditional cultural values. Philippine folk dances were not prevalent among Filipino Americans until after the Philippine Bayanihan Folk Dance Company appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. Due to their influence, Filipino American folk dance troupes were established across the nation, presenting Philippine cultures through stylistically diverse dances such as the Indigenous or Tribal suite, the Muslim or “Moro” suite, and the Maria Clara or Spanish-influenced suite. Folk dance performance became a hallmark of festivals such as the Philippine Folk Festival, which has been held annually in San Diego since 1979 (renamed the Philippine Cultural Arts Festival in 1996). In Los Angeles, the Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture began in 1992, attracting thousands from around the region. These large-scale public Filipino festivals in southern California offer opportunities to gain insight into the variety of ways in which Filipino Americans creatively express a range of experiences, interests, and concerns. While folk dance troupes and traditional music ensembles such as Spanish-influenced rondalla (plucked string instruments) are most visibly tied to representations of Philippine traditions, rappers, DJs, spoken word artists, hip-hop dance crews, R&B singers, and rock bands demonstrate Filipinos’ mastery of American popular forms. With origins in community celebrations since the early 1900s, Filipino festivals of the early 21st century reflect changes and continuities in California’s Filipino communities, which have adapted to internal dynamics, larger societal forces, and engagement with the homeland of the Philippines.

scholarly journals Warm oceanographic anomalies and fishing pressure drive seabird nesting north

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. e1400210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enriqueta Velarde ◽  
Exequiel Ezcurra ◽  
Michael H. Horn ◽  
Robert T. Patton
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Southern California ◽  
The United States ◽  
Island Region ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies ◽  
Sardine Population ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Strong Inverse Relationship ◽  
Oceanographic Conditions

Parallel studies of nesting colonies in Mexico and the United States show that Elegant Terns (Thalasseus elegans) have expanded from the Gulf of California Midriff Island Region into Southern California, but the expansion fluctuates from year to year. A strong inverse relationship between nesting pairs in three Southern California nesting areas [San Diego saltworks, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, and Los Angeles Harbor (1991 to 2014)] and Isla Rasa in the Midriff (1980 to 2014) shows that terns migrate northward when confronting warm oceanographic anomalies (>1.0°C), which may decrease fish availability and hamper nesting success. Migration pulses are triggered by sea surface temperature anomalies localized in the Midriff and, secondarily, by reductions in the sardine population as a result of intensive fishing. This behavior is new; before year 2000, the terns stayed in the Midriff even when oceanographic conditions were adverse. Our results show that terns are responding dynamically to rapidly changing oceanographic conditions and fish availability by migrating 600 km northwest in search of more productive waters.

scholarly journals International Logistics Systems: Research of Transformations under the Influence of Recession and Definition of Perspective Directions of Logistics Architecture Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 70-80
Author(s):  
Viktor Sabadash ◽  
Yaroslava Chorna ◽  
Kateryna Falko
Keyword(s):  
Global Market ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
International Transport ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Global Logistics ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

The recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the activities of economic operators in the vast majority of sectors. It is obvious that the impact of the pandemic factor on the transport and logistics sector has reached a significant scale. Logistics companies involved in the movement (delivery) and storage of goods (cargo) were directly affected by SARS-CoV-2. As an integral part of production and distribution chains both domestically and in the global market, logistics companies directly promote trade and commerce and help companies deliver their products (goods) to customers (buyers, consumers). Thus, supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic significantly affect the competitiveness of companies, communications, economic growth, job creation and preservation, business scaling. The paper examines the functioning of logistics systems and international transport supply chains in the difficult conditions of recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A critical analysis of the architecture, capabilities and efficiency of global logistics and the challenges that shape modern trends and behaviour (production, sales, marketing, etc.) of economic entities. The paper examines the effects of the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic on the efficiency of these systems, namely – economic and marketing aspects, as well as changes in the organizational structure. The study identifies and analyses current transformations of trade and logistics relations and emphasizes the need to develop a new logistics architecture taking into account key factors influencing the industry through the definition of a set of economic (financial, commercial, investment) indicators that reflect the state of the industry with further development of effective strategic measures to support and develop logistics architecture based on innovation and implementation of non-conflicting business practices.

Peak TV and the Spreadability of Transatlantic Horrible White People

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-74
Author(s):  
Taylor Nygaard ◽  
Jorie Lagerwey
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Identities ◽  
White People ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Industry Studies ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Cultural Shifts

Expanding the sketch of the conjuncture of significant cultural shifts leading to the ideological centralization of white precarity outlined in the introduction, this chapter uses TV industry studies to map the correlated changes in TV production and distribution models. It illustrates how content providers prioritize race and class identities and shared affects over national identities, finding commonalities in revenue-driven definitions of “quality audiences” before commonalities of geography. The chapter focuses on the disruption to the TV industry created by internet-distributed portals like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO Now, especially their increased production of a certain type of “quality” fictional programming meant to attract an “imagined community” of upscale transnational consumers. This chapter thus examines how changes in the technology and business models of transnational television distribution have played a huge role in the rapid spread of the Horrible White People programming cycle, thereby contributing to the continued invisibility or normalization of white supremacy in the United States and Britain and confirming that television is still a dominant cultural and ideological force in society, despite the surplus of content, fragmentation of audiences, and other industrial changes that may have appeared to diffuse its impact in the era of “Peak TV.”

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