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The UCLA Voting Rights Project is a project of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs aimed at creating an accessible and equitable system of voting for all Americans through impact litigation, research, and clinical education to expand access to the ballot box.

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UCLA LPPI Study Sheds Light on Latino Student Success

With Latinos in California having historically experienced inequities in bachelor’s degree access and attainment compared to the state’s non-Latino population, a new UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute study examined the enrollment, academic success, labor market experiences, and loan rate of Latinos in California Community Colleges Baccalaureate (CCB) Degree Program.

UCLA Voting Rights Project Files Lawsuit Challenging Hazleton Area School District to Ensure Latino Representation

Today, the UCLA Voting Rights Project (UCLA VRP) filed a landmark lawsuit on behalf of Aleida Aquino and Brendalis Lopez, represented by the UCLA VRP, Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP, Winebrake & Santillo, LLC, and Frederick P. Rooney. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, seeks to overturn an at-large election system for the Hazleton Area School Board (HASB) that dilutes the voting strength of the district’s sizable Latino population.

UCLA LPPI Study Reveals Housing Challenges for Latino Renters in Los Angeles

As the February 1, 2024, deadline for the end of the rent freeze and COVID-19 rental debt payments looms in the City of Los Angeles, a new UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute Latino Data Hub brief titled “Facts about Latino Renters in Los Angeles County” offers a comprehensive look into the number and characteristics of renters facing housing cost burden.

Statement from UCLA Latina Futures, 2050 Lab on the Los Angeles Times Layoffs

Today’s action by the Los Angeles Times to lay off 115 journalists, including Jean Guerrero and Suzy Exposito, the two Latina columnists at the paper, is yet another example of regressive leadership that erases Latino voices in the American story

UCLA LPPI Secures $1.2 Million Grant from The James Irvine Foundation

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) has received a grant of $1.2 million from The James Irvine Foundation to finance research that informs policy reforms that can reduce racial/ethnic and gender inequalities that hinder the economic mobility of Latino workers in California.

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