The Center for Regional Change (CRC) annually accepts applications from faculty, researchers, and community partners who are interested in working with a UC Davis undergraduate and/or graduate student(s). Providers are matched with scholar(s) on the basis of interests, future goals, and passions. The overall goal of the internship is to create opportunities for engaged student scholars to deepen their skills in community engagement, social justice, and environmental issues.

Authored by Alyssa A. Nelson, Brandon Louie, Kelley Brian, and Nancy Erbstein, with Chris Gomez Wong, Rigoberto Ponce, Daisy L. Valdez, Mary Ann Mills, and Kamaljeet Singh-Khaira. 

UC Davis Center for Regional Change, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo have partnered to develop tools and training to support local and regional governments to reach their sustainability and climate planning goals and align them with the State’s climate commitments towards (1) decarbonization in the built environment, (2) zero emission vehicle a

In recent years, San Joaquin County has been characterized by the jobs-housing imbalance affecting much of the state. As the Bay Area’s economy has continued to grow, that growth has outpaced the region’s performance in producing a sufficient amount of additional housing affordable to low and moderate-income households. This has resulted in rapid increases in the cost of housing. San Joaquin County is one of many localities that has absorbed households leaving the higher-cost Bay Area region.

For the past several years, the CRC has enjoyed a collaboration with the California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH) as a way to support affordable housing developers, advocates, and policymakers at the frontlines of affordable housing production, preservation, and protection across the state. Based in Sacramento, CCRH is one of the oldest low-income housing coalitions in the country, working to promote and preserve affordable housing and sustainable, healthy communities throughout Rural California.

For the past several years, the CRC has enjoyed a collaboration with the California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH) as a way to support affordable housing developers, advocates, and policymakers at the frontlines of affordable housing production, preservation, and protection across the state. Based in Sacramento, CCRH is one of the oldest low-income housing coalitions in the country, working to promote and preserve affordable housing and sustainable, healthy communities throughout Rural California.

One in five people live below the poverty line in Yolo County. Poverty alleviation programs can exert a powerful impact on health, welfare and development, particularly for children. Accordingly, the Center for Regional Change partners with Yolo county Health and Human Services to design and evaluate the Yolo Basic Income Program (YoBI), structured to serve families with children under the age of six who are experiencing homelessness and enrolled in the CalWORKs program.

Authors: Carolyn Abrams and Brandon Louie