Cooling L.A.
Keeping Angelenos safe and cool with the ShadeLA movement—an L.A.-wide effort to add shade everywhere people live, work, and gather.
USC Launched 2025
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We’re making shade a key part of L.A.’s upgrades ahead of the global games coming to town.
L.A. is changing fast ahead of the Olympics, Paralympics, World Cup, and Super Bowl—with upgrades to transportation, hospitality, and event spaces to accommodate the coming crowds. We teamed up with USC and UCLA researchers to create ShadeLA and make sure shade is part of the plan, too.
With Angelenos from all walks of life–government staff, school leaders, nonprofits, and Olympic planners—we’re adding shade everywhere people need it. And we’re giving people the tools to take care of it, making L.A. safer for the millions of new visitors—and the millions of others who live here every day.
Meet the project team
Marianna Babboni
Project Manager
Organizing team
Michelle Barton
USC Public Exchange
Max Teirstein
USC Public Exchange
Katie Vega
USC Public Exchange
Edith de Guzman
UCLA Lead
Luskin Center for Innovation
Colleen Callahan
UCLA Lead
Luskin Center for Innovation
Recent Updates
USC Dornsife Public Exchange welcomes climate leader with deep LA policy experience
New report on L.A. post-fire beach contamination finds something unexpected: good news
Eaton fire sent a pollution wave across Los Angeles
ShadeLA design contest winners envision a cooler Los Angeles (literally)
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