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Sonja Diaz in The Sacramento Bee: “California has a huge budget surplus. That’s good news for Gavin Newsom as he fights a recall”

“We’re in an unprecedented situation where we actually have resources to find robust and bold ideas that can correct failed systems. This includes expanding healthcare coverage to people irrespective of their immigration status and irrespective of their age,” said Sonja Diaz, founding executive director of the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute.

Kassandra Hernández & Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas in Telemundo 52: “Scars of the coronavirus: how the pandemic truncated the dreams of many Latinas”

On COVID’s impact on Latinas, LPPI’s Kassandra Hernández says, “2.4 million Latinas were unemployed in April 2020. Latinas experienced the highest unemployment rate.” “Latinas are overrepresented in sectors hardest hit by the pandemic,” says Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas.

Kassandra Hernández & Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas in Telemundo 52: “Cicatrices del COVID-19: cómo la pandemia truncó los sueños de muchas latinas” (Spanish)

Eric Avila in WWNO Public Radio: “Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership”

At the time, highway planners used the language of science to justify building freeways through communities of color, says Eric Avila, a professor of urban studies at UCLA. “They presented a kind of dizzying array of charts and graphs to insist that this was the most economically efficient route for this particular freeway. They denied…

Sonni Waknin in Tri-City Herald: “Franklin commissioners move forward with redistricting despite voting rights lawsuit”

An attorney with the voting rights group said the county will not be able to make any changes to the boundaries without court approval. “The Washington Voting Rights Act requires Franklin County to obtain our client’s approval and court approval for any changes to the election system now,” said Sonni Waknin with the UCLA Voting…

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