Human Impact Partners

Human Impact Partners is excited to release an HIA of the City of Los Angeles' University of Southern California Specific Plan. In response to existing concern about the potential impacts of the proposed plan on local residents, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) and Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, in collaboration with the UNIDAD coalition, asked HIP to conduct this HIA. HIP designed and conducted a first-of-its-kind rapid HIA that included significant community engagement; members of the impacted community learned about the proposed plan and then deliberated and came to consensus on potential impacts as well as recommendations to address potential negative impacts over a 6 week period. The HIA focused on how the proposed plan would impact housing, gentrification, and displacement, and how these impacts could lead to changes in health for the communities around the USC campus, particularly low-income and vulnerable populations.

Read the full report and the appendices.