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California becomes world’s fourth-largest economy | Los Angeles Times

“We’ve known for a long time that California is a very powerful economy. We have 40 million people. We have very productive workers and we have some unicorn businesses that have started here and continue here, such as Apple and Google,” said Lee Ohanian, an economics professor at UCLA.

Trump’s deportations may face legal challenge | Los Angeles Times

Sending someone to prison “constitutes punishment,” says UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham. Before imprisoning people, including noncitizens, the government is required under the Constitution to charge the defendants with a crime and to prove their guilt in a jury trial, he said.

Millions of Latinos could lose Medi-Cal if work mandates pass | KPBS-TV

A new study from UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute warns that this and other changes could result in nearly 2.3 million Californians losing Medi-Cal coverage. More than half of them are Latino. The researchers say many Latinos work in jobs that don’t offer employer-provided health insurance, such as hospitality, health care and construction. (UCLA’s Arturo Vargas Bustamante was quoted.)

A 50-year shadow | Science

Most studies of the aftermath of war have surveyed refugees, U.S. veterans, or survivors in Europe, says Patrick Heuveline, a social demographer at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the impacts of conflict in Cambodia. The Global South has been largely overlooked. “It’s important to diversify the experiences we study,” he says.

3 toxic relationship habits to avoid | New York Times

Conflict is “inevitable and normal in intimate relationships,” said Andrew Christensen, a distinguished research professor at the UCLA department of psychology. But the way that couples manage it is a key to a healthy bond, he added.

State’s worst water, sewer utilities implement rate hikes | Mississippi Today

Greg Pierce, who directs the Human Right to Water Solutions Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, said without significant public funding — even after historic federal influxes in recent years —water and sewer providers are faced with few other options. “I hate to be bleak, but what are the other alternatives?” Pierce asked.