The Central Coast Regional Equity Study drew on research contributions from the UCSB Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy, the USC Equity Research Institute, and The Fund for Santa Barbara. Guided by Project Steering and Advisory Committees and by a series of consultations with diverse groups of Central Coast residents, it combines data from a wide range of national, state, and regional-level sources to report on key equity indicators that will inform our ongoing work.
Lead Authors
Dr. Alice O’Connor
Director of USCB Blum Center
Professor of History
Dr. Manuel Pastor
Director of USC Equity Research Institute
Professor of Sociology
Marcos Vargas
Executive Director of The Fund for Santa Barbara
Project Team
Kashia Arnold, UCSB Blum Center
Peyton Bivona, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Rebecca Bogdanovic, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Amanda Brush, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Isaac Hale, UCSB Blum Center
Jennifer Ito, USC Equity Research Institute
Sabrina Kim, USC Equity Research Institute
Kathleen Knight, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Joanna Lee, USC Equity Research Institute
Edward-Micheal Muña, USC Equity Research Institute
Core Organizations
Contributors
Cal Lutheran Center for Economics of Social Issues (CESI)
Central Coast Alliance United for A Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
Community Environmental Council
Community Foundation San Luis Obispo
Cottage Health
Evolve Equity
First 5 Santa Barbara County
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
The James S. Bower Foundation
McCune Foundation
Northern Santa Barbara County United Way
Santa Barbara City College Foundation
Steering Committee
Maria Charles, UCSB Broom Center for Demography and Department of Sociology
Jon Clark, James Bower Foundation
Diane Fujino, UCSB Department of Asian American Studies
Amy Gonzales, UCSB Department of Communication
Charles R. Hale, UCSB Division of Social Sciences
LeeAnne McNulty, Allan Hancock College
Alice O’Connor, UCSB Blum Center and Department of History
David Pellow, UCSB Environmental Studies Program
Marcos Vargas, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Advisory Committee
Emily Allen, Northern Santa Barbara County United Way
Claudia Armann, McCune Foundation
Katy Bazylewicz, Cottage Health
Rick Cole, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Jamshid Damooei, Cal Lutheran University Center for Economics and Social Issues
Rubayi Estes, Santa Barbara Foundation
Geoff Green, Santa Barbara City College Foundation
James Joyce, Office of State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson
Paul Murphy, Allan Hancock College
Andrew Oman, California Teachers Association
Manuel Pastor, USC Equity Research Institute
Bernardo Perez, Ventura County Community College District
Erica Reyes, Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal
Mahil Senathirajah, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Wendy Sims-Moten, First 5 Santa Barbara County
Eric Talkin, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Kaia Tollefson, California State University Channel Islands
Luis Villegas, Mechanics Bank
Nancy Weiss, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Sigrid Wright, Community Environmental Council
Zohar Ziv, Deckers Outdoors Corporation, Retired