Cal-in-Sac Undergraduate Research on Diversity and Entrepreneurship
Parent: Institute of Governmental Studies
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for June through September, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0nf167c9 | Closing the Wealth Gap: Removing Barriers Faced by Women of Color Entrepreneurs | 283 | 162 | 121 | 57.2% |
| 3bw674h4 | The Untold Stories of Self- Employed Immigrant Latina Housekeepers During the 2025 Palisades Fire | 255 | 176 | 79 | 69.0% |
| 0r6892nw | Five Years After COVID‑19: How Policy Failures and Rising Rents Continue to Threaten Latino Businesses in L.A.’s Fashion District | 237 | 200 | 37 | 84.4% |
| 7dv5q62r | Navigating Barriers: Struggles and Strategies of Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in the Bay Area | 188 | 63 | 125 | 33.5% |
| 1wx6w6w2 | Oakland’s Cannabis Social Equity Program: Reversing The War on Drugs | 177 | 87 | 90 | 49.2% |
| 3j10z408 | Against Hate and Hardship: How Asian American Small Businesses and Restaurants Have Survived the COVID-19 Pandemic | 167 | 137 | 30 | 82.0% |
| 9871t6mf | Lending Practices for Formerly Incarcerated Entrepreneurs of Color: The Considerations from Community Development Financial Institutions | 117 | 47 | 70 | 40.2% |
| 7t93p7sz | Identifying Access-to-Capital Issues Amongst Immigrant Small Business Owners | 104 | 73 | 31 | 70.2% |
| 8tm55264 | Once Here and Gone Forever: The Perils of Being A POC Business Owner in San Francisco Chinatown; An Op-Ed | 103 | 26 | 77 | 25.2% |
| 1k36k3g9 | Entrepreneurship Under Threat: Latinx Vendors in California’s Flea Markets | 100 | 25 | 75 | 25.0% |
| 7pb360bg | Cannabis Social Equity: The Battle to Compete in a Competitive Marketplace | 99 | 47 | 52 | 47.5% |
| 9dt8d190 | How the Covid-19 Pandemic Exacerbated the fight between POC-OwnedSmall Businesses & Gentrification | 99 | 48 | 51 | 48.5% |
| 2gg12455 | Paycheck Protection Program: Unequal Loan Distribution and Increasing Racial Disparities | 93 | 16 | 77 | 17.2% |
| 5p50x10q | How Latinx Business Owners Utilize Social Media | 90 | 33 | 57 | 36.7% |
| 4tx2t52q | Equity in Emergency Response: Addressing Multilingual Communication Barriers | 89 | 48 | 41 | 53.9% |
| 8kv5n0x3 | COVID-19 Relief & Recovery: Vietnamese American Businesses in San Jose's Little Saigon | 87 | 22 | 65 | 25.3% |
| 0vr1h9gb | “Discount Centers”: A Safe and Permanent Pathway to a Business Startup for Indigenous Immigrant Entrepreneurs | 80 | 13 | 67 | 16.3% |
| 98z9k9qf | Overcoming Barriers to Employment By Employing Oneself: Understanding How A Criminal Record Affects One’s Potential to Develop Their Own Business | 74 | 24 | 50 | 32.4% |
| 6mg9p210 | Predatory Practices of Food Delivery Giants Against Minority-Owned Restaurants | 71 | 21 | 50 | 29.6% |
| 0qp3m9hw | POC Small Business Owners in Sacramento: Challenges Faced and Related Issues | 69 | 14 | 55 | 20.3% |
| 00x2q52k | The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Owners of Hair and Nail Salons | 64 | 22 | 42 | 34.4% |
| 0x42r56x | The Power of (Good) Marketing: San Francisco’s Outreach to Its Diverse Small Businesses | 64 | 18 | 46 | 28.1% |
| 2dv4r8m8 | In California, Women-and POC-owned Small Businesses Feel the Crunch of a Rising Cost of Living | 63 | 24 | 39 | 38.1% |
| 8ds4g7hn | The Challenges LA County Latino Food Truck Owners Face in Opening and Expandingtheir Business | 62 | 24 | 38 | 38.7% |
| 4mw2m3bs | Swap Meet Vendors: An Exploration of Neglected Voices | 61 | 10 | 51 | 16.4% |
| 1p13f2tn | Resilience Amidst COVID-19 Shut-Downs and Stigma: Experiences of Bay Area Asian Female Nail and Hair Salon Workers and Owners | 60 | 28 | 32 | 46.7% |
| 3725014j | Supporting Undocumented Entrepreneurship | 60 | 21 | 39 | 35.0% |
| 4dc9m1nn | Were they Enough? Cal Relief Grants Battling Gendered Unemployment in the Pandemic | 60 | 19 | 41 | 31.7% |
| 493356pw | The Impact of COVID-19 on AAPI Businesses: An Attack on All Fronts | 59 | 27 | 32 | 45.8% |
| 6dt7s6mj | Party Planning Businesses You Absolutely Need to Know About | 58 | 11 | 47 | 19.0% |
| 67b4t08j | The Benefits of Farmers Markets | 57 | 22 | 35 | 38.6% |
| 6zj84680 | Entrepreneurial Women of Color: Small Business Success in California's Food Industry | 57 | 22 | 35 | 38.6% |
| 6781n8hg | Contract Local! An examination of San Francisco's Local Business Enterprise Program | 56 | 13 | 43 | 23.2% |
| 1r2239sd | Latinx-Owned Small Businesses are Struggling to Survive in Sacramento Even Post-Covid, but What can be Done? | 55 | 18 | 37 | 32.7% |
| 2b09m7sf | Beyond Capital: How CDFIs and Mentorship Fuel Civic Power Among Latinx-Owned Small Businesses in LA | 55 | 20 | 35 | 36.4% |
| 9sp2z8dm | The Mountain of Waste: How Small Businesses Have Managed Food Packaging Practices During the COVID-19 Era | 54 | 15 | 39 | 27.8% |
| 7x1826bb | How Diversity Affects California Nonprofit Organizations | 52 | 7 | 45 | 13.5% |
| 4d8241pp | Streets for Whom? The Fight Over Space on Oakland’s Gentrifying Commercial Streets | 51 | 26 | 25 | 51.0% |
| 5d617578 | Supporting Community Development Financial Institutions Amidst Legal and Political Challenges | 49 | 12 | 37 | 24.5% |
| 1z08t4j6 | Black Businesses Face the Brunt of the Coronavirus, but Where Is the Aid? | 47 | 7 | 40 | 14.9% |
| 7v11n8mz | Asian American Small Business Owners: Inequitable Access to Government COVID-19 Relief | 46 | 9 | 37 | 19.6% |
| 870163z1 | Helping Out — Why Small Business Centers Matter | 44 | 19 | 25 | 43.2% |
| 2gs9z4p9 | Beyond Financial Assistance: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Black and Latino Small Businesses Owners | 40 | 17 | 23 | 42.5% |
| 3d41r73r | BIPOC Small Businesses: Surviving and Sacrifice | 40 | 8 | 32 | 20.0% |
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