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Overgeneralizing the dangers posed by mentally ill people on L.A.’s streets is irresponsible, she says.
UCLA Social Welfare Professor Ron Avi Astor weighs in on a fatal stabbing during a classroom brawl. “It’s a concern because almost every child has access to a knife.”
The newly launched L.A. Governance Reform Project will think through proposals including increasing the number of Los Angeles City Council members.
“The Drive for Dollars,” co-authored by UCLA’s Brian Taylor, chronicles the interplay among finance, freeways and urban form in the 20th century, with lessons for the 21st.
California’s wet winter has been good news for reservoirs and the snowpack, but the latest storm “just gets us back to buying a little more time” as the state battles drought.
The collaborative program’s first phase will include experts from the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, scholars from many disciplines and community partners.
As its first order of business, the team of L.A.-based scholars will produce recommendations for an independent redistricting process to be presented to policymakers.
Scholar, author and activist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor says establishing a human right to shelter may seem utopian but is long overdue.
The pandemic-era trend toward remote work spurred many to seek more affordable housing outside the state, leading to a population drop of more than 500,000 over two years.
“You can’t fix the problem until you face the problem,” state Attorney General Rob Bonta tells a gathering of students, scholars and leaders from many sectors at UCLA.
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