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Sonja Diaz in The Los Angeles Times: “Latinos were hardest hit by COVID-19. Now, Newsom needs them to thwart recall”

“The issue is not whether Latinos are in favor of the recall,” said Sonja Diaz, director of the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute. “The real issue is, will nonwhite voters turn out to cast a ballot? If they do, then Gov. Newsom will remain in the governor’s mansion.”

Matt Barreto in CNN Politics: “Latino voters could be key to Gavin Newsom keeping his job”

“This is happening in an off year, in an off month — we are on the tail end of summer — so there was a lot of hand ringing in the summer, but no one was paying attention to the recall. There was no enthusiasm gap because there was no enthusiasm,” said Matt Barreto, a…

Efrén Pérez in The Washington Post: “The U.S. is more racially diverse than ever. Will people of color unify politically?”

In early August, the U.S. Census Bureau confirmed what many ordinary Americans have long intuited: The United States is a significantly more racially diverse nation than it was before. Yet the dominant narrative around this result remains one of White decline, with an assortment of racial “minorities” picking up this demographic slack.

UCLA LPPI LAUNCHES NEW LATINO-FOCUSED RESEARCH HUBS WITH FOUNDATION SUPPORT

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) announced today that it has received $300,000 in funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (WFHF) to support its leadership programs and voting rights research.

Sonja F. Diaz in Boulevard Sentinel: “Redistricting and the future of NELA’s Council District 14”

The commissioner for CD 14 is Sonja F. Diaz, a civil rights attorney, policy advisor and the Founding and Executive Director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA. In a recent interview with Univision, Diaz said that the census’ undercount of some communities is still unclear. What is clear, she said, is that…

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