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Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas in NBC News: “As white Boomers retire, fast-growing Latino labor will fill gaps”

The American Latino population’s young age, high labor force participation and rapid increases in education make them a crucial segment of the labor market on whom employers will increasingly come to rely, said Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, director of research for the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Sonja Diaz in The Los Angeles Post: “LESSONS FROM CALIFORNIA RECALL – REACHING ETHNIC VOTERS IS KEY”

“One of the things to understand about Latino voters is that they’re late deciders and cast their ballot closer to Election Day,” said Sonja Diaz, Founding Director of UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI). “And that was true for this 2021 recall election.”

David Hayes-Bautista in Radio Bilingüe: “Latinos contribuyeron más dinero a EE UU en esta década que la población general” (Spanish)

Social science researchers Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA, and PhD. Dan Hamilton and Matthew Fienup of California Lutheran University are the authors of this study called the “2021 Latino GDP State Report.” Based on previous analysis of statewide estimates of the total economic contribution of Latinos living in the United States, they identify 8 states that…

Sonja Diaz in La Opinion: “Análisis: Latinos rechazaron destitución de Newsom atemorizados por Larry Elder” (Spanish)

“En Los Ángeles, el 83% de los latinos votó contra la destitución; en el condado de Orange fue el 81%; en San Diego, el 80%, y en Ventura, el 82%”, dijo Sonja Diaz, directora fundadora de la Iniciativa de Políticas y Pólizas Públicas (LPPI) de UCLA durante la videoconferencia “El papel decisivo de los votantes…

UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute in The Guardian: “‘It was never about saving Newsom’: how Latino voters played a major role in California”

Meanwhile, in reliably Democratic counties like Los Angeles and San Francisco, 84% and 82% of Latino voters rejected the recall, according to the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute. Latino voters’ decisive role in the recall results show that ahead of the 2022 midterms, candidates in the state would do well to center Latinos in…

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