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Santa Monica's 'Builder's Remedy' Experiment Holds Lessons for the Region

Nov 8, 2022
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Local Effort Reduces Homelessness and Use of City Services

Jun 5, 2019

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Commentary

Nov 8, 2022

Santa Monica's 'Builder's Remedy' Experiment Holds Lessons for the Region

More than 124 municipalities across Southern California are struggling to meet their state housing allocations. When Santa Monica fell out of compliance with state housing law, this triggered what is known as the ”builder's remedy“ and created a revealing natural experiment.
Press

Jun 5, 2019

Smaller City Effort to Aid Chronically Homeless Has Success, Cuts Use of Municipal Services

Creating a municipally funded team to provide intensive services to chronically homeless people who use a large amount of public services can help the individuals get off the streets, while also reducing spending on services such as police services and emergency medical care.
Research

Jun 5, 2019

Evaluation of the Homeless Multidisciplinary Street Team for the City of Santa Monica

The City of Santa Monica, California, implemented the Homeless Multidisciplinary Street Team to address the chronic and persistent problem of homelessness, which burdens public service providers and imposes substantial public costs on the city.
Research

Sep 18, 2018

Treatment Not Custody: Process and Impact Evaluation of the Santa Monica Homeless Community Court

This dissertation is a process and impact evaluation of the Santa Monica Homeless Community Court.
Video

Sep 29, 2017

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Santa Monica's Wellbeing Project

RAND experts and Santa Monica city officials discuss the Wellbeing Project, which aims to evaluate overall community wellbeing and incorporate these results into city planning and governance. The Wellbeing Project was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Commentary

May 6, 2016

Expo Line Could Enhance Wellbeing in Santa Monica

On May 20, the long-awaited Metro Expo Line will begin service to Santa Monica. Viewing urban mobility as a key component of community wellbeing may be an instructive way to assess the impact of Expo and other infrastructure efforts.
Article

Mar 8, 2016

A Chance to Thrive: What We Can Learn from One City's Effort to Transform Community

RAND researchers have partnered with the city of Santa Monica, California to redefine not just how cities measure success, but how they assess their very purpose for being.
Feb 29, 2016

RAND Review: March-April 2016

This issue highlights RAND research on new ways to measure wellbeing in cities; effects of cigarette advertising on teens; supermarkets in so-called "food deserts"; the decline of civics education in American schools; and more.
Commentary

Apr 29, 2015

Wellbeing Project to Weave Science Into Government Decisions

Wellbeing is about individuals having the skills and opportunity to live a meaningful life. There are countless things that cities do that either contribute or detract from that sense of meaning. Santa Monica's Wellbeing Project is working to fundamentally change how the government thinks about its citizens.
Research

Apr 25, 2014

Early and School-Age Care in Santa Monica: Current System, Policy Options, and Recommendations

In July 2012, the City of Santa Monica Human Services Division and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District contracted with the RAND Corporation to conduct an assessment of child care programs in Santa Monica.
Research

Apr 25, 2014

Early and School-Age Care in Santa Monica: Current System, Policy Options, and Recommendations: Executive Summary

In July 2012, the City of Santa Monica Human Services Division and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District contracted with the RAND Corporation to conduct an assessment of child care programs in Santa Monica.
Article

Mar 1, 2013

RAND Is Helping Santa Monica Measure the City's Overall Well-Being

The RAND Corporation is helping its hometown of Santa Monica, Calif., become the first city in America to use a measurement of overall well-being to drive public policy.

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