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UCLA report shows voting pattern variations across racial groups in California

LPPI Research Director Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas and LPPI Expert Natalie Masuoka discuss racial and geographic differences in California voter results during the 2020 Election. “I think one of the main findings of this report is that regardless of race, California voters are more complex, and they’re not just a liberal monolith,” Dominguez-Villegas said. “What I think…

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Life, Death and Grief in Los Angeles

“This is a public-policy conundrum and systems failure of a whole other level because of the economic and the public-health consequences,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. “Ultimately, we’ve failed to respond and to stop the bleeding because we’ve made decisions that…

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2020 stimulus program failed to reach California’s most economically vulnerable districts

As the Biden administration and Congress discuss ongoing federal recovery efforts, fixing the inequities of previous stimulus efforts should be a priority, said Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, research director at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and a co-author of the report.

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Majority white areas of California got more PPP loan money than Latino areas: UCLA study

The study “adds to a lot of other evidence that shows that not only is the Latino population being disproportionately affected by the health and economic impacts of the pandemic, but that policymakers are not responding in ways that would allow Latino communities to recover from the pandemic,” Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas said (Also: KTLA and Yahoo…

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Trump, Miller Think Road to 2022 Victory Is Immigration, Democrats See It as a Failed Playbook

“There’s going to be a recovery bill passed, it’s not going to be a trade-off with immigrants,” said former Biden campaign pollster Matt Barreto. “Everyone will be included in the recovery plan, which is the bill we needed nine months ago, and Biden and Democrats are finally going to deliver. It defies logic that some…

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