LOS ANGELES—High prices, homelessness, rising crime, and health concerns are taking their toll on the quality of life in Los Angeles County, with a survey released by the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) on April 22 revealing the lowest level of residents’ overall satisfaction in the survey’s seven-year history.
The Quality of Life Index, measured in a survey led by the Los Angeles Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, dipped to an overall rating of 53—on a scale from 10 to 100. This year’s score was down from 58 last year, and it marked the first time the rating has ever fallen below the survey’s median of 55 since the measurement began in 2016.
