Santa Monica College will host a weeklong series of free panels, walking tours and a screening investigating how to prevent displacement in gentrifying neighborhoods.

The eighth annual Public Policy Institute (PPI) spring symposium begins Saturday with a walk through the Pico neighborhood, where gentrification has become a concern for longtime residents in recent years. The tour will explore how zoning shapes Pico Boulevard, which the City of Santa Monica’s Pico Wellbeing Project has been studying since last fall.

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