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Patricia Gandara in Los Angeles Times: “L.A.’s new schools chief Alberto Carvalho impressed many in Miami. Can he transform L.A.?”

“Importantly, he views English learners not primarily as students who lack English fluency but as the children of immigrants with the rich hopes, dreams and aspirations that immigrant families have always brought to this country,” said Patricia Gandara, a professor of education at UCLA and an expert on English learners, who make up nearly 20% of L.A. district students.

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.

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