The undergraduate student government election board amended its election code, but the board said it still needs to come up with specific plans for the upcoming spring election. Read more...
Photo: The election board leaders discussed their ongoing preparations for spring USAC elections at a meeting Monday. (Emma Skinner/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 9 at 2:20 p.m. Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz introduced a motion Tuesday to prevent more than 100 senior residents from being evicted at the Vintage Westwood Horizons retirement community. Read more...
Photo: The owners of Westwood Horizons retirement community have planned a renovation for the building to become a health center. Residents currently have until November to leave their units. (Wesley Hardin/Daily Bruin)
The Los Angeles City Council is planning to decriminalize and regulate street vending to protect LA’s immigrant population from being deported. The council is trying to shield street vendors from President Donald Trump’s executive order, which would deport immigrants with minor crimes or a perceived history of criminal acts, according to the Los Angeles Times. Read more...
Photo: Freddy Augustin runs a fruit cart at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue. He said he thinks his business would improve if street vending were decriminalized. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Community leaders presented about the importance of unity among progressives to advance civil rights issues at a Hammer Museum event in Royce Hall on Monday. Former CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin moderated a panel of regional leaders of various Los Angeles advocacy groups, which more than 1,700 people attended. Read more...
Photo: (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)
Congressman Ted Lieu, D-California, hosted a telephone town hall Monday night to address the current direction of the nation after a series of actions by President Donald Trump. Read more...
Photo: Congressman Ted Lieu, who represents UCLA and Westwood in the House of Representatives, hosted a telephone town-hall Monday night to address concerns about President Donald Trump’s actions. (United States Congress via Wikimedia)
About 150 UCLA students have been directly affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. A federal judge from Washington ordered a temporary restraining order on the ban Friday, but it is unclear whether the ban will be enforced. Read more...
Photo: Soheil and Sara Kashani are international UCLA students from Iran, who spoke to the Daily Bruin about how President Donald Trump’s travel ban is affecting them. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bid organizers and other officials are divided on whether President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on immigration will affect the city’s bid to host the games. Read more...
Photo: In January 2016, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that UCLA would host the 2024 Olympic Village if the city is selected. (Daily Bruin file photo)
