Publication: O.C. Register

UCLA Expert: Stephanie Pincetl: Founding Director and Professor, California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA; Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Chair, Environmental Science and Engineering

Gregory Pierce: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Luskin School of Public Affairs; Co-Director, Luskin Center for Innovation; Co-Director, UCLA Water Resources Group; Member, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Senior Researcher, Water and Transportation Initiatives

Synopsis: Renters in Orange County are largely left out of the eco-home movement.

UCLA News: “I think that incentives are a way to reward the rich for doing the right thing and don’t do a whole lot for the poor,” Pincetl said. “Renters are largely left out of the eco-home movement, but solutions exist.” Pierce added that to date, “very wealthy homeowners” have received the vast majority of the public money used for things like removing turf, upgrading appliances and installing solar panels.

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