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
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
Stanley Tzankov, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Regional Equity Initiative 