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UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) in The Enterprise: “As higher-ed enrollment drops, experts weigh options”

A new report by the Latino Policy and Politics Initiative found that before vaccines became widely available, roughly 11% of Latino students planned to cancel their college plans for fall 2021, nearly double the national average. While enrollment among all student racial demographics has declined sharply since 2019, Shapiro noted that students of color were disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

Sonja Diaz in Los Angeles Times: “Karen Bass and Rick Caruso in dead heat, L.A. mayoral poll finds”

The poll found 57% of Latino likely voters saying they didn’t know Bass well enough to have an opinion of her; 53% didn’t know Caruso well enough.

Looking Ahead, The Politics of Florida and the 2022 Midterm Elections

Join the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program on Tuesday, April 19 to discuss the 2022 midterm election Latino candidates in Florida, their platforms, their electoral base, the issues taking center stage during the race, and what political news in Florida has national implications for the rest of the country.

Matt Barreto in Politico: “Democrats turn to their Gen Z whisperer as youth support wobbles”

Della Volpe also regularly runs focus groups, which makes him “extremely effective at going beyond percentages and crosstabs — a much more nuanced way of getting to the true viewpoint,” noted Matt Barreto, a Democratic pollster who worked with Della Volpe on the Biden campaign.

Silvia R. González in The Fresno Bee: “California’s economic relief must focus on Latino communities as the most impacted”

When we look at the economic impact of COVID-19, our research at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative (UCLA LPPI) shows that the unemployment rate for undocumented workers in the U.S. reached 29% and undocumented workers lost almost 25% of their income at the height of the pandemic.

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