Proposed USC research facility revives worries of gentrification in LA
LOS ANGELES — For some Eastside residents and local organizers, a proposed research facility at USC's Health Sciences Campus in Boyle Heights is the latest example of a decades-long wave of gentrification spurred in part by the growth of the private university.
About 50 demonstrators marched last week in protest of USC's proposed 202,000-square-foot, seven-story , a research and laboratory space that would include a
