Date: July 12, 2022
Author(s): Aziz Fellague Ariouat
Abstract
The Century Villages at Cabrillo (CVC) is a 27-acre residential community located in Long Beach’s Westside neighborhood that caters to formerly unhoused people and veterans. The community is situated within a food desert – meaning residents lack access to healthy and affordable food – and the nearest grocery store is 1 mile away (USDA, n.d.). Furthermore, CVC is surrounded by unfavorable and unhealthy land uses and infrastructure, including industrial land uses, a refinery, two freeways, and a freight railroad. Existing public transportation near CVC is generally inaccessible due to infrequent service and distance from residents’ homes, and residents also face personal mobility and technological barriers such as being unbanked or lacking a smartphone, thus limiting them to certain transportation services.
About the Project
This capstone project was completed in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Master of Urban & Regional Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.