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Statement From UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute on New California Attorney General Appointment

Sonja Diaz, Founding Director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s appointment of Assemblymember Rob Bonta to serve as California’s next Attorney General.

Coronavirus: Didn’t small businesses in Latino areas get the same help as those in white areas?

“The [UCLA] study is focused on understanding how funds from the PayCheck Protection Program were distributed, with the objective of supporting small and microbusinesses to survive throughout the pandemic.”

Read More | March 17, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

California Will Send More COVID-19 Vaccines to Vulnerable Areas

New research from UCLA looks at what businesses received loan money and how much they received. It shows ZIP code and race played significant roles in determining how much loan money small business owners in California secured from the federal Paycheck Protection Program last year. “The businesses that had the least amount of technological resources had difficulty…

Read More | March 17, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

UCLA faculty discuss interplay between COVID-19 pandemic, barriers to health care

The Daily Bruin (March 5) interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the pandemic’s effect on health equity in the United States. “We need to have a system that … makes it easy for people who need care, to get care,” Rodriguez said.

Read More | March 17, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

The CO GOP’s Strategy to Win Over Latino Voters is Littered With Misconceptions

A review of the 2020 presidential election by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that Latino voters across the country were decisive in winning the election for Biden. The report also showed that while there was a media spotlight on the Cuban-American voters who swung to Trump in Florida, the state’s Puerto Rican-American community voted for Biden.

Read More | March 17, 2021

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