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Webinar Examines Uneven Wildfire Recovery in Altadena

Sophia Pu

On January 6, LPPI hosted โ€œThe Altadena Recovery: Who Gets to Come Back?โ€, a webinar bringing together researchers and partners on the ground to mark the one-year anniversary of the Eaton wildfire. LPPI director of research Silvia Gonzรกlez and senior research analyst Gabriella Carmona opened the program with their research on Altadenaโ€™s housing and small…

Inside LPPIโ€™s Rapid-Response Research on the L.A. Wildfires

Sophia Pu

Parsing through data until 4 am. Eyes glued to the Watch Duty app. Every minute, a new Slack notification. Thatโ€™s what the immediate days were like for UCLA LPPI director of research Silvia R. Gonzรกlez after the Pacific Palisades and Altadena wildfires broke out. Like many Angelenos, Gonzรกlez watched the wildfires grow each hour on…

The Weight of the White Coat: Addressing Californiaโ€™s Latino Physician Shortage

Natalie Gonzalez

On November 6,ย  UCLA LPPI Faculty Expert, Glenda Flores, a professor of Chicano/Latino studies in the School of Social Sciences at UC Irvine, presented research from her new book, The Weight of the White Coat: Latinos Navigating American Medicine. The event was convened in Sacramento alongside the California Latino Caucus, the California Wellness Foundation, and…

LPPI Staff and Fellows Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in Altadena

Cris Rivera

On Friday, November 7, UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) staff and fellows volunteered with the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity in Altadena, contributing to the first home being rebuilt through the organizationโ€™s Eaton Fire recovery efforts. Since the wildfire in January 2025, Habitat for Humanity has been working closely with homeowners to…

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