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2020 stimulus program failed to reach California’s most economically vulnerable districts

As the Biden administration and Congress discuss ongoing federal recovery efforts, fixing the inequities of previous stimulus efforts should be a priority, said Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, research director at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and a co-author of the report.

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Majority white areas of California got more PPP loan money than Latino areas: UCLA study

The study “adds to a lot of other evidence that shows that not only is the Latino population being disproportionately affected by the health and economic impacts of the pandemic, but that policymakers are not responding in ways that would allow Latino communities to recover from the pandemic,” Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas said (Also: KTLA and Yahoo…

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Trump, Miller Think Road to 2022 Victory Is Immigration, Democrats See It as a Failed Playbook

“There’s going to be a recovery bill passed, it’s not going to be a trade-off with immigrants,” said former Biden campaign pollster Matt Barreto. “Everyone will be included in the recovery plan, which is the bill we needed nine months ago, and Biden and Democrats are finally going to deliver. It defies logic that some…

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

Gascón Challenges Whiteness of Board

Historian, author, and McArthur Genius grantee Kelly Lytle Hernandez unmasks the history of racialized policing in Los Angeles in her award-winning book, “City of Inmates” and the project she leads at UCLA, “Million Dollar Hoods“.

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Want to jumpstart economic recovery? Fuse COVID-19 relief and immigration reform

Large numbers of these essential workers are also undocumented immigrants. Over 78 percent of immigrants without legal status work in these fields, according to a report by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute.

Read More | March 10, 2021

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