Research and Publications

The technical knowledge needed to win social change

A core function of Long Beach Forward is facilitating collaboration and resource sharing among people and organizations. Our online research and publications library serves to connect people to the data tools you need to create positive, sustainable change in Long Beach. Need help finding a resource or have a resource to share with Long Beach Forward? Email our communications team to get connected.

Economic Justice

• Map the Impact: Primarily using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this tool summarizes the economic and political power immigrants are estimated to hold in various localities. 

• The Great Recession and Poverty in Long Beach: 2010 report prepared by LAANE for the Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs and a Healthy Community.

• Causes Count: Report by CalNonprofits that examines the nonprofit sector's scope, activities, and economic impact in the state of California.

• State of Black Long Beach: Report compiled by Dr. Alex J. Norman and Lydia A. Hollie on the historical and current state of the African American community in Long Beach. 

Environmental Justice

• 1-710 Case Study Report: "Democratizing Planning: How Communities Are Raising Their Voices in Transforming the I-710 Corridor Project.

• CalEnviroScreen: A mapping tool that helps identify California communities that are most affectd by many sources of pollution, and where people are often especially vulnerable to pollution's effects. 

Health Equity

• Acting on a Vision for Health Equity: The report's author shares the stories of BHCLB's growth, significance, and impact in Long Beach with perspectives from the community members who have been involved over time.

• A New Power Grid, Building Healthy Communities at Year 5: A report authored by The California Endowment that communicates our progress, lessons learned and key changes at the midway point of our 10-year place-based Building Healthy Communities plan. 

• Best Babies Zone Basics: A Step-by-Step Guide: This guide provides tools to begin implementing a place-based, multi-sectoral, and community-driven initiative to reduce inequities in birth outcomes.

• Live Well Long Beach: An online platform for accessing community health indicator data, best practices for health, interventions, community health events, and local resources in the City of Long Beach and surrounding areas.

• Long Beach Equity Profile: The Equitable Growth Profile of the City of Long Beach explores the long-term demographic and economic trends of the city and dozens of equity indicators disaggregated by race and ethnicity, and focuses on barriers as well as opportunities to foster inclusion. Click here for the Executive Summary.

• Healthy City: An easy-to-use online platform for accessing data and creating maps to theme and filter data, conduct research, and connect with other communities.

• Neighborhood Data for Social Change: NDSC is a project of the USC Price Center for Social Innovation that illuminates the trends, challenges, and opportunities facing Los Angeles County neighborhoods.

• Obesity in America: A summary report of the current state of obesity in America published by

• Why Place and Race Matter: Impacting health through a Focus on Race and Place; Report by PolicyLink.

• La Importancia del Lugar de Residencia y la Raza: Reporte de PolicyLink. 

Housing and Land Use

• CX3 Neighborhood Assessments: Communities of Excellence in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Promotion (CX3) Neighborhood assessments are designed to provide data and set priorities to improve the food and physical activity landscape for low-income neighborhoods.

• Housing Research Paper: This Research Paper was developed and written by Housing Long Beach and analyzes the history and current state of affordable housing in Long Beach.

• Mapping Inequality Redlining Database: Mapping Inequality allows viewers to browse more than 150 interactive redlining maps and thousands of "area descriptions." These materials afford an extraordinary view of the contours of wealth and racial inequality in Depression-era American cities and insights into discriminatory policies and practices that so profoundly shaped cities that we feel their legacy to this day.

Immigrant Rights

• Individuals in Immigration Court, by their Address: Using data obtained through FOIA from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), this tool allows users to see the numbers of cases pending in immigration court according to zip code.

• Immigration Court Processing Time by Outcome: This tool allows users to examine case outcomes and the associated average case processing time for completed cases, by immigration court.

• State Immigration Data Profiles: Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this tool provides a summary of state-level immigrant characteristics. Indicators include demographics, language and education, workforce participation, and income levels. 

• A Guide to Resisting Deportations and Detention from the #ReleaseMN8 Campaign: This toolkit documents the process and advocacy efforts of community members, leaders, and organizations to fight the sudden detention and orders of deportation of eight Cambodian-American Men in Minnesota.

• The Case for Universal Representation: This module makes the case for universal legal representation for immigrants facing deportation and describes the importance of implementing the universal representation model, even when it starts out on a small scale.

Language Justice

• Language Access Compliance Report: Report compiled by the Language Access Coalition to assess the implementation of the Language Access Policy and determine if access for LEP residents has improved.

• Language Access Fact Sheet: 2-page fact sheet prepared by the Language Access Coalition in 2013.

• LCAP Community Report Card: Student-created report card on the LCAP process in seven districts including LBUSD.

Youth Opportunity and Education

• Don't Shoot To Kill: Report by the Youth Justice Coalition on homicides caused by law enforcement use of force in LA County.

• Every Student Matters Campaign Profile (Full): Developed in July 2014 by the Every Student Matters campaign/

• Every Student Matters Campaign Profile (2-pager): Developed in July 2013 by the Every Student Matters campaign.

• Unhidden Figures: Examining the Characteristics of Justice-Involved Students in Los Angeles County: Los Angeles County has the largest probation department in the world and this study examines the youth population that interfaces with the justice systems as well as their complex unmet needs.  

• Untold Stories Behind One of America's Best Urban School Districts: Report by the Children's defense Fund-California and Public Counsel on school climate and policy in LBUSD.