Lila’s expertise has made her a sought‑after advisor for municipal governments. In 2021, she chaired the task force for the City of Los Angeles, drafting a policy that earmarked 2 % of all new development budgets for community‑driven art projects. The policy is now cited as a benchmark by the American Planning Association .
Lila splits her time between a semester‑long professorship at the University of California, Berkeley’s Department of Art Practice and a series of intensive workshops hosted at the . Her courses are known for their “hands‑on‑heart” approach: students spend the first half of the semester living with a host community, then co‑design an installation that responds to that community’s lived experience. lila hayes brazzer