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The results show that voters from the same generation do not necessarily share the same political outlook. Latinas under 30 consistently express the highest levels of concern across the issues examined, while Latino men of the same age assign them less importance.

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UCLA LATINO POLICY AND POLITICS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL LATINO APPLIED POLICY RESEARCH AWARDS

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute has awarded a total of $150,000 to six Latino-led applied research projects at UCLA aimed at developing policy solutions to challenges facing Latino communities in California.

Sonja Diaz in Politico: “Los Angeles Democrats finally elected their first sheriff. Four years later, they have buyer’s remorse.”

In spite of those incidents, which were well-publicized in Los Angeles, Villanueva has a number of structural advantages that will make him formidable, including an overwhelming funding edge, said Sonja Diaz, executive director of the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative.

Voting Rights Project in The Seattle Times: “Washington state added as defendant in Yakima Valley voting rights lawsuit”

The UCLA Voting Rights Project, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Campaign Legal Center, plaintiffs in the voting rights case, have requested that the court prohibit defendants from using the map and order the use of a new plan that does not dilute the strength of area Latino voters in the Yakima Valley.

Paula Nazario in Daily Bruin: “Study finds less relief given to Asian American, Latino renters during pandemic”

Paula Nazario, a policy fellow at UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Initiative and a co-author of the report, said the study determined that 15% of California renters experienced housing-related stress during the pandemic, adding that low-income renters and renters of color were more likely to struggle with paying rent.

UCLA Latino Applied Policy Research Awards 2022-2023

The UCLA-LPPI Latino Applied Policy Research Awards will support the translation of academic research into public-facing briefs that will inform local, state, or national policies. Through these awards, LPPI will support investigators and their teams through awards of up to 12 months to expedite the uptake of evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies to policymakers and other non-academic stakeholders that will use the findings to generate positive change for Latinos and other communities of color.

Eric Avila in Daily Beast: “The Growing Cap and Cover Movement That Wants to Bury American Highways to Undo Racial Inequities”

“In downtown Boston it’s made a huge difference in the experience of public space,” Eric Avila, a professor of history and urban planning at UCLA, told The Daily Beast. “Now, when you are in that part of Boston, you’re not standing in the shadow of an elevated interstate freeway, you’re standing in the middle of a green park that’s now reconnecting neighborhoods that were formally separated or divided.”

David Hayes-Bautista in Seattle Times: “How the U.S. lost 1 million people to COVID-19”

David Hayes-Bautista, a professor of medicine and the director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA, said more crowded housing might also have contributed to higher transmission rates, hospitalizations and deaths in Black and Hispanic families.

UCLA Voting Rights Project in Daily Kos: “How redistricting in New Mexico undermined Indigenous voting rights”

The complaint, which was filed by the Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ACLU of New Mexico, UCLA Voting Rights Project, DLA Piper on behalf of the Navajo Nation, the NNHRC, and individual Navajo citizens, argues this packing and dilution by the San Juan County Board of Commissioners is purposeful—unlawful under the Voting Rights Act—and will have a detrimental cost for Native American voters in San Juan County.

Kelly Lytle Hernández in Seattle Times: “Kelly Lytle Hernández on the hidden history of the magonistas, the intertwined rise of policing”

In her new book, “Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands,” Hernández vividly charts the history of the revolutionary Ricardo Flores Magón and the magonistas, whose cross-border rebellion laid the groundwork for the Mexican Revolution that overthrew the dictator Porfirio Díaz, who himself had been a revolutionary.

HISTORIC WASHINGTON VOTING RIGHTS SETTLEMENT IN FAVOR OF LATINO VOTERS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, WASHINGTON

Latino voters, working with the UCLA Voting Rights Project, recently succeeded in their Washington Voting Rights Act claim. Starting 2024,Franklin County Commission seats will be elected utilizing single-member districts.

UCLA Voting Rights Project in Tri-City Herald: “Franklin County lawsuit settlement looks to give Latino voters more of a voice”

The new agreement retains the recently approved maps that keeps most of east Pasco, which is heavily Latino, inside of a single district rather than being divided among all three districts, said UCLA Voting Rights Project attorneys. District 2 is presently represented by Rocky Mullen, who was elected to a four-year term in 2020.

Matt Barreto in AP News: “NEW POLL: Cost of Living, Economy, and Housing are priorities for California Latinos Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections”

“This poll shows that Latino voters in California still lean heavily in favor of progressive policy solutions, but Democrats are underperforming the 2022 ballot because Latinos report very low levels of information about what both political parties are currently doing,” said Matt Barreto, President of BSP Research and UCLA Professor.

Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas in LA Progressive: “L.A. County’s Project Internet: Bringing High-Speed Internet to Poor Communities”

At UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Initiative, director of research Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas also gave the county plan positive reviews. He argues the county can overcome its lack of expertise in internet service provision with its plan to partner with private firms. He also said that the county’s entry into the market could bring down costs and improve service, especially if it offered plans to higher-income customers.

David Hayes-Bautista en El Diario: “Aportación latina en EE.UU. sería la 7a economía más grande del mundo si fuera independiente” (Spanish)

David Hayes-Bautista, académico de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles (UCLA), presentó el 2021 U.S. Latino GDP Report, en el que señala que las aportaciones de latinos en EE.UU. son una gran fuerza y que si fueran una economía independiente, serían la séptima más grande del mundo, compartiendo el sitio con Francia y aventajando a Brasil, Italia y Canadá.

Kelly Lytle Hernández in Democracy Now!: ““Bad Mexicans”: Historian Kelly Lytle Hernández on Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands”

We speak with historian Kelly Lytle Hernández, whose new book “Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands” tells the story of the often-overlooked men and women who incited the Mexican Revolution and how it relates to the rise of U.S. imperialism. The movement included intellectuals, workers and others who opposed Mexico’s dictatorial President Porfirio Díaz, who ruled for decades with support from the U.S. government and U.S. business elites.

Sonja Diaz in KQED: How to Make Sense of the Weird U.S. Economy

Various economic factors don’t seem to add up these days. Consumer spending is up year over year, but the country’s gross domestic product fell during the first quarter. Home values are higher than ever in many cities across, but 401k balances are taking a hit from stock market declines. Wages are finally inching up for some workers, but inflation is taking a bite out of purchasing power.

Cecilia Rios-Aguilar in Recordnet.com: “California on the precipice of expanding community college baccalaureate programs”

These degree programs are an important tool to center racial equity in higher education, according to Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, the associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. She is researching community college baccalaureate degree programs as a professor of education at UCLA. She said her research shows that students are embracing the programs, and they are getting jobs with good wages when they finish.

UCLA LPPI in NEWSMAX: “Dems Started Outreach to Hispanic Voters After Biden Win in 2020”

Nationwide, Latinos cast 16.6 million votes in 2020, an increase of 30.9% over the 2016 presidential election, according to UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Initiative, and supported Biden over Trump by a margin of at least 2 to 1. Only in Florida did Latino voters pick Trump, 2 to 1.

Kelly Lyte-Hernandez on NPR: “Cinco de Mayo is part of a deeper story of 2 nations trying to define themselves”

Cinco de Mayo, May 5, is a day that’s come to stand for a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage. But Cinco de Mayo is part of a much deeper story of two nations, Mexico and the U.S., trying to define themselves at a time when old empires were crumbling and borders were in flux with guest Kelly Lyte-Hernandez.

Matt Barreto in Yakima Herald-Republic: “Franklin County agrees to settle voting rights lawsuit over Latino representation”

On the other side, Matt Barreto, the voting rights project’s faculty director, said the settlement is a historic win for the Latino voters in Franklin County. He noted that the county tried fighting the change for more than a year, and had chances to avoid paying any attorneys fees, but it was only on the eve of the trial that commissioners agreed to make a change.

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