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The powerful films of the L.A. Rebellion | The New Yorker

In the nineteen-seventies, UCLA’s Ethno-Communications program, founded to increase minority enrollment, attracted a critical mass of young Black filmmakers. They quickly began to make a widely varied range of independent films that were unified by their bold and intimate attention to Black lives and history, and by distinctive cinematic forms to match; the group eventually gained the nickname the L.A. Rebellion.

Behind the camera, movies are still #SoWhite | The Ringer

“We called one of our reports maybe five years ago ‘A Tale of Two Hollywoods,’ because you could see that the efforts to increase diversity that were being made were really just in front of the camera,” says Ana-Christina Ramón, director of UCLA’s [Entertainment and Media Research Initiative], referring to the 2020 edition of its annual Hollywood Diversity Report.

L.A. brims with wildlife. But fires make it harder to survive | Washington Post

After the Woolsey Fire burned half of the available habitat for the area’s mountain lions, the animals began taking more risks. Driven off their home turf, they went looking for interim housing, venturing across dangerous roads and into rivals’ domains, according to a study by UCLA and National Park Service researchers, including [UCLA’s Seth] Riley, which drew on data from tracking collars scientists had attached to the animals.  

Bass releases budget proposal for next fiscal year | LAist 89.3-FM’s “AirTalk”

“We had some serious downturns. We had Proposition 13, which slashed a big chunk of our revenue sources, and we had to make a really about-face on our budget. I still have PTSD thinking about it,” said UCLA’s Zev Yaroslavsky (approx. 5:15 mark).

How the half-cent homelessness tax will be measured | Los Angeles Times

Research by the California Policy Lab at UCLA combined data from several county agencies that track service provider contacts with homeless people. From that data, the Policy Lab drew statistics that gave the clearest picture yet of some basic facts about homelessness and their trends over recent years.

Almost half of Americans breathe unhealthy air | New York Times

Those findings aren’t surprising, said Regan Patterson, an environmental engineer and environmental justice researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles. But documenting continued disparities in who is exposed to air pollution is critical to motivate policy change, she said.

Transition to telemedicine has led to reductions in emissions | The Hill

The use of telemedicine reduced carbon dioxide emissions by the equivalent of up to 130,000 gas-fueled cars per month in 2023, a new study has determined … “As Congress debates whether to extend or modify pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities, our results provide important evidence for policymakers to consider,” said John Mafi, an associate professor in residence at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, in a statement.

L.A. nation’s smoggiest city for 25th time in 26 years | Los Angeles Times

“Nobody wants to go back to the kinds of skies that triggered our clean air laws in the first place,” Mary Nichols, a UCLA law professor and former chair of the California Air Resources Board, said during a news conference Tuesday.

L.A. housing construction plunged at start of year | Los Angeles Times

However, a recent analysis from researchers at UCLA and Rand Corp. estimated housing construction is likely falling more in the city than elsewhere in L.A. County, citing a steeper reduction in the sales of properties where developers tend to build multifamily housing.

Pope Francis remembered | KQED-FM’s “The California Report”

“Pope Francis really spoke about issues that are extremely important to people’s day-to-day lives, especially people in poverty, especially people on the margins,” said Jeff Guhin, a sociology professor at UCLA who studies religion.

Trump China tariffs to hit California hub serving Amazon, FedEx | Bloomberg

Jerry Nickelsburg, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, said in the report that there’s no evidence to show that previous increases in tariffs have impacted port- and logistics-related employment. Nickelsburg also noted that geopolitical instability in the Middle East and low water levels in the Panama Canal have diverted more shipping traffic to California, offering a temporary boost.  

There’s no neutral language to describe horrific actions | Los Angeles Times

(Commentary by UCLA’s Jessica Rett) Language is far less neutral than we usually think it is: Questions can be leading and words can be biased, and they are more likely to be biased the more controversial the topic. In general, attempts to manufacture neutrality in language result in the opposite effect. If something horrific is happening, describing it with euphemisms becomes an endorsement of the horror itself.

Could California lose federal funds over trans athletes? | Los Angeles Times

Nationwide, more than half of states already had a ban on sports participation by transgender youths. However, the majority of transgender students live in states without such a ban, according to UCLA’s Williams Institute, a think tank that conducts research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy.