Guides: Public Policy and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Home

Data Visualizations and Tools

SALUS - The Crisis Hub
This website provides the latest information on COVID-19 for the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
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The Homeland Security Advisory Council at the School of Public Policy has been adding new data layers to support crisis communications on this web-based mapping platform
U.S. Covid-19 Atlas
County-level visualizations and analytics reveal a more detailed pandemic landscape with local hotspots of surging COVID cases that are missed by state-level data.
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This atlas is in constant development by the Center for Spatial Data Science at the University of Chicago, with collaboration from the UW-Madison Data Science Institute. County-level data sources include 1P3A but will soon be updated with Covidtracker, USAFacts, and health department validations.
UCSF Health Atlas
Explore the COVID-19 data story to track the outbreak in California.
LA Times' California Coronavirus Database
The Los Angeles Times' independent tally of coronavirus cases in California hosted on GitHub.
PolicyMap Covid-19 Quick Maps
The Quick Maps feature from PolicyMap includes visualizations of vulnerable populations, assessment of health capacity, and other topics related to the ongoing pandemic.
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PolicyMap is providing free access to some of the most important data related to the COVID-19 pandemic within this BETA tool.
COVID-19 Demographic and Economic Resources
United States Census Bureau resources on COVID-19 impacts on demographics and economics.

Curated COVID-19 Content

COVID-19 Curated Data, Modeling, and Policy Resources
Created by Mathematica, this curated list of data sources, analytic tools, policy options, and other resources seeks to address the urgent need for data and tools that states, health care decision makers, and providers can use to predict need and direct resources.
Learning About COVID-19
Created by Erin McAllister, the Natural Sciences Librarian, in collaboration with several Pepperdine faculty members, this research guide compiles information about the coronavirus pandemic from reputable resources.
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
is a Think Tank founded by the University of Minnesota that is dedicated to preventing illness and death from infectious diseases through research.

Legislation and Government Proceedings

C-SPAN
Tune into daily briefings from departments and task forces, updates from governors, congressional responses, and updates from abroad.
Congress.gov
Keep up with congressional proceedings in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.

Executive and Emergency Orders

City of Los Angeles COVID-19 Orders
Emergency Orders and Memorandum from Mayor Eric Garcetti pertaining to COVID-19.
Executive Orders from California Governor Newsom
While not all executive orders issued by Governor Newsom directly pertain to COVID-19, many of the recent orders have been issued in response to the ongoing situation.
Executive Orders from U.S. President Trump
Many of the recent Executive Orders issued by the president are in response to the ongoing pandemic.

Government Information and Responses

City of Malibu and COVID-19
Stay informed of responses to COVID-19 by the the City of Malibu.
City of Los Angeles and COVID-19
Stay informed of responses to COVID-19 by the City of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County and COVID-19
Stay informed of responses to COVID-19 by LA County.
Ventura County and COVID-19
Stay informed of responses to COVID-19 by Ventura County.
State of California and COVID-19
Stay informed of responses to COVID-19 by the State of California.
US Government and Covid-19
This page pulls together responses and actions across government agencies at the national level to COVID-19.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Information from the ECDC, an agency of the European Union, on the ongoing pandemic.

Policy Organizations and Research Centers Discussing COVID-19

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent global health research center at the University of Washington, is following and publishing research and data on the ongoing pandemic.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is publishing new survey data and articles on perceptions of the ongoing pandemic.
Public Policy Institute of California
PPIC’s analyses examine the impacts of COVID-19 and how policy choices and other actions can help address them.
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher, is providing coverage and discussion of the coronavirus from its analysts and writers.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
As the deadly coronavirus disrupts daily life around the world, Carnegie experts offer analysis on the political, economic, and geostrategic effects of the global pandemic.
The International Labor Organization
The ILO’s preliminary assessment concerning the possible impacts of COVID-19 on the world of work proposes a range of policy options to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and facilitate strong and fast recovery.
Bipartisan Policy Center
BPC proposes policy solutions to meet the COVID-19 challenges.
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Interviews, audio, and articles from the researchers at the Manhattan Institute evaluating the ongoing impact of COVID-19.
American Enterprise Institute
The American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., is actively publishing insights from its scholars and tracking state level actions to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund's eLibrary contains a topic guide on COVID-19, which includes publications on the impact of the coronavirus worldwide.

Finding Articles:

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) This link opens in a new window
SSRN’s Coronavirus and Infectious Disease Research page provides a curated view into the early-stage research to help researchers, public health authorities, clinicians and the public understand, contain and manage this disease.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
ProQuest Databases This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of scholarly and trade journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports.

Video discussions of Policy

WRCOG | Future Forward | How is COVID-19 Changing Public Engagement?

Ashley Labosier, executive director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy, discusses how COVID-19 impacts how policy will be communicated in the future. This video is part of the Future Forward series presented by the Western Riverside Council of Governments.

Articles on Public Policy and COVID-19:

National Coronavirus Response: A Roadmap to Reopening
Released by the American Enterprise Institute, this report outlines a roadmap to navigating the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Learning From COVID-19
As different nations devise strategies to respond and adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, what can policymakers learn to make us more prepared for future challenges?
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Written by Susan E. Dudley, Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center and distinguished professor of practice in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
FEMA Supply Chain Task Force Leads Four-Pronged Approach to Securing Needed Supplies and Equipment in COVID-19 Fight
Release date: April 7, 2020
Release Number: HQ-20-051
New “How We Feel” app aims to improve COVID-19 response
A new app developed by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
What will be the economic impact of COVID-19 in the US? Rough estimates of disease scenarios
This note, by Andrew G. Atkeson, is intended to introduce economists to a simple SIR model of the progression of COVID-19 in the United States over the next 12-18 months.
Achieving A Fair and Effective COVID-19 Response: An Open Letter to Vice-President Mike Pence, and Other Federal, State, and Local Leaders from Public Health and Legal Experts in the United States

News Sources

The New York Times Coronavirus Coverage
The New York Times is providing free access to their Coronavirus coverage. Users will need to sign up with an email address to access the materials.
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Pepperdine Libraries provides full complimentary access to NYTimes.com, New York Times mobile apps, and New York Times in Education to Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff. For more information, please see the New York Times InfoGuide: http://infoguides.pepperdine.edu/NYTimes
Los Angeles Times Coronavirus Coverage
The Los Angeles Times is providing free access to its coronavirus coverage, no account or subscription required.

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National & international papers include: The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star
Regional papers include: The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News.
Television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, FOX News, NPR, and others.

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