On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) hosted its fourth annual California Latino Legislative Policy Briefing and Luncheon at the California Endowment office in Sacramento.
The briefing convened an esteemed group of policy experts, advocates, and practitioners to hear directly from leading scholars on three of California’s most pressing policy issues: the growing crisis of Latino homelessness, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on California’s Generation Z, and the efficacy of Medi-Cal expansion in California to close rates of uninsurance. Evidence-based interventions are necessary to ensure policy integrates the needs of all Californians, and featured speakers included:
Dr. Melissa Chinchilla, PhD, MCP, MSHPM, Associate Investigator, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Dr. Veronica Terriquez, PhD, MEd, Director, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Urban Planning
Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, PhD, MPP, MA, Faculty Director of Research, UCLA LPPI and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Berenice Nuñez Constant, MPH (moderator), UCLA LPPI Advisory Board Member and Senior Vice President, Government Relations & Civic Engagement, AltaMed Health Services Corporation
Watch their presentations below:
