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In likely California recall, energizing Latino voters is key

One of Soto’s guests, Matt Barreto, politics professor at UCLA and founder of the polling firm LD Insights, which helps elect Democratic candidates, peeled the polling data like an onion to explain why Trump did better than many had expected. “I think sometimes we see that very high level of support of the immigrant experience…

Arturo Vargas Bustamante in The Sacramento Bee: “COVID-19: California to Expand Vaccine Eligibility to all Adults in April”

Read Publication Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management, discusses Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that California will open the vaccination campaign to all adults in April. “The state government is facing a trade-off between the speed of vaccination and trying to be as fair as…

Statement From UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute on New California Attorney General Appointment

Sonja Diaz, Founding Director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s appointment of Assemblymember Rob Bonta to serve as California’s next Attorney General.

Coronavirus: Didn’t small businesses in Latino areas get the same help as those in white areas?

“The [UCLA] study is focused on understanding how funds from the PayCheck Protection Program were distributed, with the objective of supporting small and microbusinesses to survive throughout the pandemic.”

California Will Send More COVID-19 Vaccines to Vulnerable Areas

New research from UCLA looks at what businesses received loan money and how much they received. It shows ZIP code and race played significant roles in determining how much loan money small business owners in California secured from the federal Paycheck Protection Program last year. “The businesses that had the least amount of technological resources had difficulty…

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