Tag Archives: 2016 Election Guide

Candidate breakdown for the Nov. 8 election

The Daily Bruin breaks down the background and policy positions for candidates running for office. The following candidates hope to represent UCLA at some level of government, whether it be in Washington, D.C. or Sacramento. President Hillary Clinton, Democratic Former secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 Former United States senator, New York from 2001 […]

Breakdown of the Nov. 8 ballot propositions and measures

The Daily Bruin breaks down state, county and city ballot measures that cover marijuana, criminal justice reform and public transportation. Proposition 51 – School bonds Yes: Would let state sell $9 billion in general obligation bonds for construction and modernization of schools. $7 billion would be allocated to K-12 schools and $2 billion to community […]

Propositions 62, 66 take opposing approaches to California’s death penalty

Two propositions regarding the death penalty will appear on Tuesday’s statewide ballot – one which aims to repeal the death penalty and another that seeks to speed up the execution process. Voting yes on Proposition 62 would repeal the death penalty in California, making life imprisonment without parole the most serious punishment for criminals. Current […]

Abhishek Shetty: Effective successor key to survival of Bernie Sanders’ movement

In five days, the election season will end – just 597 days after Ted Cruz announced his candidacy. And lest we miss the endless madness, there are only around 2640 days left to go until the 2024 Iowa Caucus – an important one for Democrats. Barring a scenario where Halloween costumes are actually a better […]

Submission: Bruins should vote “yes” on Prop HHH to help end LA homelessness

A man in his 50s, maybe 60s, sits on a single layer of cardboard; his feet are bare, the skin cracked, ashen by exposure. A woman trudges by towing, among other items, a sleeping bag in a grocery cart; she was in a shelter last night but is not sure if she will be so […]

Guillaume Kosmala: California voters have a chance to kill the death penalty

We Americans pride ourselves on our uniqueness: We have yet to adopt the metric system, we use Fahrenheit and we even write our dates differently. We also lead the world as one of the only major developed nations without universal healthcare. So it should come as no surprise that we also differentiate ourselves from one […]