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As Lawmakers Eye Election Changes, Voter Education Will Remain a Strategic Priority

The UCLA Voting Rights Project, which advocates for equitable access to voting, is planning to unveil a model code for state voting rights acts by the end of the month. “We’re giving voters an opportunity to really validate their rights in multiple arenas,” said Sonni Waknin, the project’s managing attorney and voting rights counsel. Pollster…

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Gov. Newsom picks Oakland Assemblyman Rob Bonta as new Attorney General

“I applaud Governor Gavin Newsom for making California a model for the country in how to rectify the willful neglect of growing and youthful communities of color who are left out of key decision-making positions across our most fundamental institutions by sending the first Filipino to lead the nation’s second largest Department of Justice,” said…

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News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

JUSTICE REFORM IN LA: On the Cusp

“Data on racial inequality and the legacy of structural racism that is foundational to hyper-incarceration of Black and Brown men and women are legion. Moreover, the stories of so many African American families negatively impacted by the justice system animate the data and research, making the numbers more compelling.” Kelly Lytle Hernandez is a professor…

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News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

California to expand vaccine eligibility to all adults next month, starting with people over 50

The vaccine expansion wouldn’t hinder the state’s equity efforts, said Arturo Vargas Bustamante, an associate professor of policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “The state government is facing a trade-off between the speed of vaccination and trying to be as fair as possible,” Vargas Bustamante said. Instead the vaccine expansion…

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News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Legalizar a trabajadores indocumentados agregaría $1.5 billones a la economía estadounidense, concluye estudio de UCLA

Rodrigo Dominguez-Villas es uno de cuatro autores de un estudio de UCLA, que concluye que proporcionar estatus legal y, eventualmente, ciiudadanía, a trabajadores indocumentados resultaría en crecimiento económico, recaudación de impuestos y creación de empleos.

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