Author Archives: Adam Foxman

With the decline in state funding for higher education in recent years, UCLA has stepped up its fundraising efforts and received a record amount of donations. And as the university’s landmark fundraising campaign approaches completion, UCLA officials have decided the time is ripe to publicly thank some of the university’s biggest donors in a way […]

Carolyn Steinwedel is investigating which groups benefit from the electoral college system. Ryan Sears is writing about how contentious issues become aligned with political parties. And Tam Tran is looking at nonlinear storytelling in contemporary literature and albums by Radiohead. Like most students who are writing senior theses, Steinwedel, Sears and Tran said they are […]

When the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday that the University of California gave its employees $871 million in bonuses, relocation packages, administrative stipends and other forms of cash compensation last fiscal year, the response was quick. UC officials defended the payments ““ about $599 million of which went to 8,500 employees, who each got at […]

The University of California’s administrative structure was shaken Friday when Provost M.R.C. Greenwood, the university’s second highest-ranking official, resigned in the midst of an investigation into possible conflicts of interest in two university hiring decisions. Part of the investigation centers around the hiring of Lynda Goff, who owned rental property jointly with Greenwood until recently, […]

Facing strong opposition, next week’s special election may prove costly for both the state and its leaders. County governments across California are spending more than $40 million to allow the state’s residents to vote on eight initiative propositions on Nov. 8, and dozens of groups across the state have spent more than $150 million to […]

In an effort to deal with Los Angeles’ broad housing crisis, a group of city agencies will contribute an extra $50 million into the city’s housing trust fund, bringing the fund’s assets to $100 million, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Wednesday. Speaking at the fourth annual Mayor’s Housing Summit at UCLA’s Anderson school of Management, Villaraigosa […]

In a narrow building near the border of skid row, third-year UCLA law student Matt Williamson sat in a folding chair and listened to Delvina Thompson read a litany of complaints about her home at the Huntington residential hotel. The hotel staff has entered her room when she is not there without giving her notice, […]