Our Mission

The Economic Roundtable is a non-profit, public benefit corporation organized to conduct economic, social and environmental research that contributes to the sustainability of individuals and communities.

The Economic Roundtable seeks to respect the needs and goals of all neighborhoods and communities of interest affected by its work.

Research findings are made readily available to public policy makers, affected communities, and the general public.

Recent Research

• Water Use Efficiency and Jobs
  Public investments in water use efficiency projects stimulate economic activity that is twice as great as the initial investment. One person-year of employment is created for each $72,400 that is invested. Underwritten by the City of Los Angeles, PIPE, IAMPO and NITCC.
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• Unemployment and Under-employment Rates for the United States, California and Los Angeles County
  The most recent unemployment and under-employment data broken out by age, education and ethnicity for the United States, California and Los Angeles County shows very high unemployment rates for college educated workers in Los Angeles, indicating a hollowing out of knowledge-based jobs.
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• Crisis Indicator: Triage Tool for Identifying Homeless Adults in Crisis
  The triage tool, or crisis indicator, identifies homeless individuals in hospitals and jails who have continuing crises in their lives that create very high public costs. The triage tool for identifying high-need individuals is provided along with the report. Underwritten by the Corporation for Supportive Housing and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
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• Dividends of a Hand Up: Public Benefits of Moving Indigent Adults with Disabilities onto SSI
  Examines potential county-level public savings from moving individuals with disabilities who are General Relief recipients, medically indigent hospital patients, and homeless hospital patients onto SSI and Medi-Cal.  Prepared under the auspices of the Health Consumer Alliance of California.
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• Where We Sleep: Costs when Homeless and Housed in Los Angeles
  The most expensive ten percent of homeless adults account for over half of all public costs and have cost reductions of 71 percent, when in supportive housing. Prepared for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
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• Economic Study of the RSO and the Los Angeles Housing Market
  Severe overcrowding in Los Angeles rental housing fell 63 percent, but 58 percent of renters are rent-burdened, paying 30 percent or more of their income for rent. Prepared for the City of Los Angeles.
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All of our older reports, many previously unavailable for download, are now on-line. View our publications.