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Latino Voters in the 2021 Recall Election

This report analyzes Latino voting patterns in 18 counties in California’s 2021 recall election.

Use of Emergency Medical Services for Respiratory Distress Among Latino Adults During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

This faculty-expert brief examines the use of respiratory distress-related emergency medical service (EMS) calls among different racial and ethnic populations and identifies the need for better language and cultural literacy among service providers to adequately serve Latino patients.

More than Solidarity: How Labor Unions Preserved Latino Jobs

This report analyzes the impact of unionization on Latino employment rates and wages between January 2020 and June 2021.

Multiracial and Multiethnic Growth in California: An Analysis of 2020 Census Data

This deck provides a geographic analysis of California’s population growth based on new Decennial Census data (2020).

Opportunities and Challenges Facing California with the 2021 California Recall

This data assesses the growth of California’s Latino, Asian, and Black voters ahead of the state’s 2021 Recall and the 2022 midterm elections.

Latinas Exiting the Workforce: How the Pandemic Revealed Historic Disadvantages and Heightened Economic Hardship

This report quantifies the 2020 loss in labor for Latinas relative to other groups and highlights pre-existing disparities exacerbated by COVID-19.

(Immersive) Latinas Exiting the Workforce: How the Pandemic Revealed Historic Disadvantages and Heightened Economic Hardship

This report quantifies the 2020 loss in labor for Latinas relative to other groups and highlights pre-existing disparities exacerbated by COVID-19.

Dr. Matt Barreto Congressional Testimony Before the Committee on House Administration on Voting In America: The Potential For Voter ID Laws, Proof-Of-Citizenship Laws, And Lack Of Multi-Lingual Support To Interfere With Free And Fair Access To The Ballot

LPPI’s Faculty Director, Dr. Matt Barreto, testified in a hearing on “Voting In America: The Potential For Voter ID Laws, Proof-Of-Citizenship Laws, And Lack Of Multi-Lingual Support To Interfere With Free And Fair Access To The Ballot” before the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives

COVID-19 Death and Vaccination Rates for Latinos in New York City

This brief quantifies COVID-19 death and vaccination disparities between Latinos and whites in NYC and provides a spatial-racial analysis of disparities.

UCLA VRP Challenge to Discriminatory Signature Matching in Yakima, Benton, and Chelan Counties, Washington

Thousands of Latino voters have had their votes disproportionally affected due to the State’s ballot signature matching provisions and processes. By rejecting ballots based off the race of a voter, Washington is violating voting rights such as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment.

UCLA VRP Challenge to Discriminatory Signature Matching in Yakima, Benton, and Chelan Counties, Washington Press Release

Yakima, Benton, and Chelan counties in Washington are disproportionately disqualify Latino votes at triple the rate of other groups.

Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Elections. Written Response to the Committee on House Administration in the U.S. House of Representatives

Written response to questions for the record for the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration hearing titled “Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Elections” held on April 1, 2021.

An Evaluation Of The Efficacy Of Community Clinic-Based Integrated Voter Engagement During California’s 2020 General Election

This report outlines the findings from a randomized experiment with treatment, placebo, and control groups to measure the effectiveness of AltaMed’s Get Out The Vote (GOTV) campaign for the presidential election of November 3, 2020.

Forgoing Healthcare in a Global Pandemic: The Chilling Effects of the Public Charge Rule on Health Access Among Children in California

This policy brief estimates the potential chilling effects of the approved changes to the public charge rule on children’s access to healthcare across 7 California regions.

Sonja Diaz Congressional Testimony Before the Committee on House Administration on Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot

LPPI’s Founding Executive Director, Sonja Diaz, testified in a hearing on “Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot” before the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Model Code for a State-Level Voting Rights Act

In our system of dual sovereignty, it is clear that states must offer more robust protections for an individual’s right to vote. The enactment of the model code will ensure that adopting jurisdictions provide voting protections that are higher than the federal standard, making fair and equal franchise a reality.

A Path to Prosperity: The Macroeconomic Benefits of Four Immigrant Regularization Scenarios

This report estimates the ten-year economic impacts to national GDP, tax revenue, and job creation of four immigrant regularization scenarios currently under consideration by the U.S. Congress.

Disparities in the Distribution of Paycheck Protection Program Funds in California’s Congressional Districts

This report analyzes inequities in the distribution of loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) across California’s 53 congressional districts, with an emphasis on the impacts of the distribution of funds on racial equity.

From Affirmative Action to Gig Economy: Racial Differences in the Support for California Propositions in the 2020 Election

This report offers a comprehensive look at how both race and geography influenced voter support for 2020 ballot measures in California dealing with affirmative action, rent control, employee protections for gig workers, and other issues.

Vote Choice of Latino Voters in the 2020 Presidential Election

This report offers a comprehensive look at the Latino vote in the 2020 presidential election by analyzing votes cast in 13 key states that are home to 80% of the nation’s Latinos.

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