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UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative in Inside Philantrophy: “California Foundations Look to Ensure Billions in Government Aid Are Allocated Equitably”

California will soon be on the receiving end of billions of dollars in public funding for economic development. An estimated $42 billion will come from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) — the $1.9 trillion stimulus package designed to aid economic and public health recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic — and $48 billion from Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), totaling $93 billion in federal investment. A further $46 billion will come from the state’s Community Economic and Resilience Fund (CERF) and from the state’s budget surplus.

Misael Galdámez on Radio Bilingue: “Trabajadoras latinas, las más afectadas por la pandemia.” (Spanish)

Si bien las latinas están emergiendo como una población importante de trabajadoras, últimamente tienden más que cualquier otro grupo a dejar la fuerza laboral durante la pandemia. Un investigador académico explica estos hallazgos y las recomendaciones de políticas para ayudar a estas mujeres, incluido el aumento del salario mínimo y la provisión de más apoyo para el cuidado de los niños.

Sonja Diaz in Los Angeles Times: “Showdown between reform and tough-on-crime policies in California attorney general’s race”

The attorney general’s job expands far beyond crime, said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative and a former deputy under then-Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris. The state Department of Justice oversees the enforcement of environmental and housing laws and runs a civil rights division. California has also taken an important leadership role in recent years, she said, to fight efforts in Republican-led states that target reproductive rights and the LGBTQ community.

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) in Latino Rebels: “Reasons Why My Primos Didn’t Vote (Opinion)”

Important analysis conducted by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Initiative detailed that the Latinx electorate voted for Biden over Trump by a 3-to-1 margin across critical states. Moreover, the impact of Latinx votes was felt in states with large Latinx populations and states where the Latinx population is smaller but whose impact is just as strong when participating in multiracial coalitions—perhaps best exemplified by Arizona and Georgia.

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) in Inside Philanthropy: “Latino Communities Continue to be Underfunded. Here are 5 Funders Looking to Make a Difference”

Between 2010 and 2020, Latinos accounted for more than half of the overall increase in U.S. population growth — more than any other racial and ethnic group. According to recent U.S. Census data, Latinos make up about 18% of the nation’s population. That’s 62.1 million people.

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