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Sonja Diaz in Lex Blog: “Gov’s “Sotomayor moment”?”

Today’s DJ has Governor likely to name Latina to high court, sources say — “Latinas are 20% of California’s population, and there has never been a Latina appointed to the California Supreme Court,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.”

Carlos Santos in UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs: “Santos Takes Leadership Role at Hub for Latinx Scholars”

Associate Professor of Social Welfare Carlos Santos has been named associate director of UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center. The center, part of UCLA’s Institute of American Cultures, supports intersectional research, programming and advocacy related to Chicano, Latino and Indigenous communities. “For decades, UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center has been a central hub for Latinx scholars and those studying issues affecting Latinx communities,” Santos said.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY NEEDS TWO LATINO MAJORITY DISTRICTS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW, ACCORDING TO NEW UCLA REPORT

The UCLA Voting Rights Project says that failure to draw two Latino-majority districts will put the county at risk of future voting rights litigation.

Letter to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission on the existence of Racially Polarized Voting in Orange County, CA

As the California Citizens Redistricting Commission (“Commission”) continues its process of drawing congressional and state legislative districts, it is important to ensure that districts required and protected under the Federal Voting Rights Act (“FVRA” or “VRA”) are designed as such.

Eric Avila in Los Angeles Times: “This tiny city wants to become the Amsterdam of the far West — and Jay-Z seems to approve”

Eric Avila, a historian of urban culture at UCLA, said the city’s “permissiveness, experimentation and some would say progressiveness” are features that “play into West Hollywood becoming the new Amsterdam of the U.S. in terms of cannabis.” City and business leaders hope the brand refresh will draw big-spending tourists and upscale locals to the planned businesses, where visitors will be able to smoke, eat or imbibe their weed of choice in a range of settings.

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