Data from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute show that Latinos in Merced County voted 75% against the recall, while white voters there came in at 75% in favor of ousting Newsom. The takeaway, said Sonja Diaz, the founder, and director of the UCLA center, is that California’s electorate is increasingly influenced by younger…
Read More | September 18, 2021
Our alumnus and UC faculty member Dr. David Hayes-Bautista has recently published a report with the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture that explores the disproportionate death tolls for communities of color, especially for older adults in the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Latinx communities.
Read More | September 17, 2021
NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Sonja Diaz, director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA, about the significance of the Latino vote in the California gubernatorial recall election.
Read More | September 16, 2021
My abuelo (grandfather in Spanish) was born in a tiny pueblo called Mezcala in Jalisco, Mexico. At the age of 12, he learned his father died in prison. Though he was an avid student, he left school to work and support his mother and six siblings.
“What we saw is that Newsom’s pro-immigrant agenda is popular in California, and Latino voters showed up to protect that agenda. It will be important for Latino communities to continue to be organized and for the governor to promote policies that benefit Latino communities. We still need a lot of work in housing, better access…
Read More | September 15, 2021
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