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Letter to Governor Newsom: COVID-19 Vaccination is Leaving Latino Californians Behind

Latino leaders from California provide evidence that Latinos are being left behind from access to COVID-19 vaccinations and ask for the implementation of distribution policies that reach Latino communities.

LPPI in Univision: “Organizaciones latinas piden a Newsom corregir la distribución “desigual” de vacunas contra el coronavirus” (Spanish)

Latino Policy & Politics Institute, de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles, pide a Newsom que de prioridad a la “pluralidad del estado” a la hora de distribuir las vacunas contra el coronavirus para “corregir inmediatamente el despliegue desigual que está dejando atrás a demasiadas comunidades que están en las trincheras”.

The Florida Paradox: Community Organizing and the Future of the Sunshine State

Join the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program for a conversation with leaders on the ground mobilizing the future of Florida’s electorate.

California’s vaccine distribution woes reflect a state long troubled by wealth and class divides

Sonja Diaz, a Los Angeles resident who is the founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute, spent hours navigating the county’s online portal to book appointments for several of her elderly relatives, who were having trouble confirming vaccinations at Dodger Stadium. “It’s like winning the Lotto or getting the Golden Ticket at Charlie…

Study finds Latino voters were highly influential in 2020 election results

Research Director Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, Research Analyst Kassandra Hernandez, and VRP Fellow Michael Rios featured in the Daily Bruin. The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute released a study Jan. 19 that found that about 16.6 million Latinos voted during the 2020 presidential election – a 30.9% increase from the 12.7 million Latinos who voted in the 2016 election. This increase was almost…

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