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Measure ULA is reducing apartment development in L.A. | Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles’ “mansion tax” that funds affordable housing has likely led to a drop off in overall apartment construction, potentially worsening the city’s housing situation, according to a new report released Friday. The study, from researchers at UCLA and Rand, focuses on Measure ULA — a voter-approved law that took effect in spring 2023. (UCLA’s Shane Phillips was quoted. Also: KCRW 89.9-FM and LAist 89.3-FM.)

City may pull funding from LAHSA | LAist 89.3-FM’s “AirTalk”

“My concerns are that there’s been a failure to communicate between the city and the county, which is how the [Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority] got put together in the first place,” said UCLA’s Zev Yaroslavsky (approx. 8:50 mark).

Readers share their trade war anxieties | Los Angeles Times

For [UCLA] economist Clement Bohr, Trump’s walk-back is only a “marginal relief.” “There was significant concern about a financial crisis, [which is] why you saw the president eventually backing off … we were close to a precipice there and it was scary,” he said. “Now we’re in a massive trade war with China [that] is basically ripping apart the main artery of the global trading system.”

California is nudged into the ring between Musk and Altman | Politico

Musk’s attorneys have tried to bring Bonta into the case he filed against OpenAI on similar public interest grounds, but so far the attorney general has declined, said Rose Chan Loui, a nonprofit law expert at UCLA.

Four questions to ask to combat the market chaos | Wall Street Journal

“In a volatile situation our brains tend to overweight the most recent events, because the older evidence could be outdated and less useful,” says Alicia Izquierdo, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “When conditions are volatile, we may be very quick to learn, but what we’re really learning from is the short term, which may not necessarily be representative of the longer-term future.”

Funding cut that ensures funds are well spent | Los Angeles Times

(Commentary by UCLA’s Christina Christie) Donald Trump’s first term as president was characterized by an unprecedented volume of false and misleading statements — exceeding 30,000, according to multiple news organizations. As he advances through the first 100 days of his second term, his administration appears to be intensifying this pattern, amplifying a misinformation apparatus to justify his actions and policy changes.

Secondhand retailers are ready to take advantage of rising prices | CNN

Shein, Temu and other major Chinese sellers have already been trying to get ahead of this by opening backdoor factories in countries like Vietnam and Mexico, and Shein began bulk shipping to U.S. warehouses as early as last year, Chris Tang, a professor of global supply chain management at the University of California, Los Angeles, told CNN. But consumers will soon have to contend with either higher prices or longer shipping times, he said.

What to know about peptide therapy | NBC News

(Article by UCLA’s Dr. Akshay Syal) Dr. Jesse Mills regularly sees men who want to improve something about their body. Mills, the director of the Men’s Clinic at UCLA Health, usually offers advice like diet, exercise — maybe physical therapy to help recover from an injury. In recent months, however, some patients have come to him with a solution already in mind: peptide therapy. 

American ballerina freed from Russian prison | KCAL-TV

“The main point is that it shows eagerness on both the American side and the Russian side to keep the negotiation going,” said UCLA’s Daniel Treisman (approx. 1:30 mark).

Meet the doctors and nurses who make ‘The Pitt’ capture ER energy | IndieWire

Joining Sachs and Herbert in the story development was Dr. Greg Moran, the retired chair of emergency medicine at Olive View Medical Center, and Dr. Ariel Wu, the chief resident in emergency medicine at UCLA who brought the perspective of what the ensemble of medical students and resident characters experience.