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Californians, Vote Yes on Prop 16

David Hayes-Bautista, a UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute expert, attributes the shortfall of Latino physicians to Proposition 209, which substantially cut the number of Latino U.C. medical school graduates. During the pandemic, as Spanish-speaking Latino patients have been sickened at high rates, they have also sometimes struggled to find physicians who can communicate with…

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

How COVID-19 Is Influencing Voters’ Ballots: ‘This Administration Changed Our Ways’

“Poll after poll is showing that the Latino voter cares a lot about health, the economy and most importantly COVID-19,” said Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, director of research at the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA.

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Latinos and the Vote

In this podcast, produced by the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, Sonja Diaz, the Executive Director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, speaks about the Latino vote in 2020. “One of the ways to engage in politics is through the ballot. It’s really important for people in California, who may…

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Study find younger voters’ mail-in ballots more likely to be rejected

Young voters’ signatures may also change drastically from what they had chosen in high school when they first got their license and registered to vote through the Department of Motor Vehicles, said Sonni Waknin, managing law fellow at the UCLA Voting Rights Project.

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

UCLA health experts say Latinos hit hard by COVID because many are essential workers, left unprotected

David Hayes-Bautista, a UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute expert says, “Facts tell different stories, depending on who is picking them, and placing them in a narrative line. People said ‘well Latinos are going to have a high rate because Latinos tend to suffer from obesity they eat all these tortillas and chicharrones and do everything…

Read More | October 30, 2020

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