A Call for Heat Preparedness at California Schools
The UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation recommends five specific steps policymakers can take to protect children both inside and outside the classroom.
Author Archive for: mbraswell
Entries by Mary Braswell
Opening Doors of Opportunity for Undocumented Students Spearheaded by two UCLA Luskin master's students, a campaign to establish the right to work puts public policy coursework into action
Spearheaded by two UCLA Luskin master’s students, a campaign to establish the right to work puts public policy coursework into action.
Gilens on Building Public Support for Black Reparations
“It’s kind of a foreign concept to Americans, this idea of collective reparations for collective harms,” but philanthropic efforts are surfacing to win over the public.
Yaroslavsky Memoir Offers Lessons for L.A. and Beyond
“Zev’s Los Angeles” offers vivid tales of civic history that illuminate “how to make government listen to the people it serves … without sacrificing one’s values or integrity.”
UCLA LPPI Hosts Policy Briefing at State Capitol
Over 20 legislative offices and community partners hear faculty experts’ reports and recommendations on COVID-19 recovery, housing insecurity and Medi-Cal expansion.
‘Taking the Raw Edges Off Capitalism’
The way we think about work, aging, retirement and ”entitlement” has roots in 1930s California, when advocates fought to create a safety net for older citizens.
UCLA Luskin Graduate Students Named 2023-24 Bohnett Fellows
Program provides policy, planning and social welfare students a hands-on opportunity to work in the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office.
An L.A. Story of Power, Influence and Big Personalities
New political memoir by Zev Yaroslavsky offers an insider’s insights into a transformational time in Los Angeles history.
Strong Support in California for Black Reparations
UCLA survey finds that Californians across the age, gender, racial and political spectrums agree that some form of compensation is warranted to address racial harms.
Honors Project Takes a Deep Dive Into Pandemic Anxieties
Leah Likin’s deeply personal capstone project on mental health wins a Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity for the psychology major and public affairs minor.
