Local governments in Los Angeles may receive additional funds to help fight homelessness if a Senate bill passes. The Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act would give $750 million in grants to local governments each year for the next five years in an effort to combat homelessness. It would also require a 25% match […]
Author Archives: Shweta Chawla
Visiting professor discusses how to incentivize behaviors through economic theory
A Nobel Memorial Prize winner in economics said companies can incentivize people to act in a particular way by taking advantage of the assumption that people would prefer to continue on the same course of action when faced with a decision. Richard Thaler, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and […]
Global Citizens fellow aspires to improve health care discrepancies in Thailand
This post was updated Jan. 21 at 6:20 p.m. When Emma Gillette got into a motorcycle accident while studying abroad in Thailand in 2017, she was thrown into Thailand’s medical system and saw the disparities between the health care provided to rural and urban communities. This prompted her to teach emergency medical techniques to local […]
Senate bill to improve abortion access on campuses passes committee
A bill requiring University of California and California State University campuses to provide abortion services in student health centers starting in 2022 passed a committee in the state Legislature last week. The Senate Education Committee approved Senate Bill 320 on Jan. 10 with amendments. The bill, introduced by State Sen. Connie Leyva in 2017, would […]
UC to centralize polling stations, create online registration portals
The University of California student leaders are working with campuses to make it easier for students to register to vote by creating online voter registration portals and centralizing polling stations on campus. The California Secretary of State and the UC signed a memorandum last year committing to take steps to increase voter registration and turnout, […]
UCLA community discuss potential impact of an earlier California primary
Political experts and students considered whether California will play a larger role in the presidential election following the state’s decision to move up the presidential primary date in 2020. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last week moving California’s presidential primary election in 2020 from June to March. California’s primary election will be held on […]
UCLA admission rate hits record low, student concerns on diversity arise
UCLA’s admission rate reached 16.1 percent this year, its lowest level ever. The university also admitted a higher percentage of out-of-state students than in-state students and increased the percentage of students it admitted from underrepresented minority groups. Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, vice provost of enrollment management, said the admission rate was low because the university received a […]