Tuesday, December 30

Study predicts billions in state revenue will be in jeopardy if Prop 6 passes

A new study suggests repealing a transportation tax bill could cost the state approximately $100 billion in revenue over the next two decades. Martin Wachs, a professor emeritus of urban planning at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, co-authored a study to evaluate the current transportation revenue in California and how passing Proposition 6 could impact transportation funding. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA professor released a report evaluating the effects Proposition 6 could have on California. Proposition 6 repeals the state’s gas tax. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Civil rights lawyer discusses future of DACA, immigrants’ rights

A civil rights attorney said he thinks the Trump administration is the most anti-Latino administration in the country’s history. Thomas Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, spoke about immigration policies at a forum at UCLA Law School on Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Thomas Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, spoke about immigration policies at a forum at the UCLA Law School on Thursday. (Axel Lopex/Assistant Photo editor)



US Rep. Brad Sherman, Chancellor Block exchange letters on SJP and free speech

This post was updated Nov. 3 at 8:35 p.m. Chancellor Gene Block said in a letter addressed to U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman that the university would not cancel a national conference the congressman finds exclusionary and anti-Semitic. Read more...

Photo: Representative Brad Sherman of the San Fernando congressional district denounced a UCLA group in a letter to Chancellor Block. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Students, reporter, congressman acknowledge political potential of social media

This post was updated Oct. 31 at 8:11 p.m. An NBC News reporter said that Snapchat and other social media platforms will play a big role in political outreach during this year’s midterm elections at an event on campus Monday. Read more...

Photo: MSNBC reporter Savannah Sellers visited UCLA Monday to appeal to college-aged voters as part of a tour of swing district universities. (Megana Sekar/Daily Bruin senior staff)




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