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Sonja Diaz on KQED: “We’re seeing an exorbitant amount of money – tens of millions of dollars – by a single candidate in a primary, which is really shaping the election and turning off some voters.”

Sonja Diaz discusses the issues at hand during the California primary midterm elections including public safety, homelessness and lack of voter turnout in the Los Angeles mayor’s race and beyond.

UCLA LATINO POLICY AND POLITICS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL LATINO APPLIED POLICY RESEARCH AWARDS

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute has awarded a total of $150,000 to six Latino-led applied research projects at UCLA aimed at developing policy solutions to challenges facing Latino communities in California.

Sonja Diaz in Politico: “Los Angeles Democrats finally elected their first sheriff. Four years later, they have buyer’s remorse.”

In spite of those incidents, which were well-publicized in Los Angeles, Villanueva has a number of structural advantages that will make him formidable, including an overwhelming funding edge, said Sonja Diaz, executive director of the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative.

Voting Rights Project in The Seattle Times: “Washington state added as defendant in Yakima Valley voting rights lawsuit”

The UCLA Voting Rights Project, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Campaign Legal Center, plaintiffs in the voting rights case, have requested that the court prohibit defendants from using the map and order the use of a new plan that does not dilute the strength of area Latino voters in the Yakima Valley.

Paula Nazario in Daily Bruin: “Study finds less relief given to Asian American, Latino renters during pandemic”

Paula Nazario, a policy fellow at UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Initiative and a co-author of the report, said the study determined that 15% of California renters experienced housing-related stress during the pandemic, adding that low-income renters and renters of color were more likely to struggle with paying rent.

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