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Black Angelenos feel brunt of evictions | KCRW 89.9-FM’s “Press Play”
In L.A. neighborhoods with relatively modest Black populations — like Hollywood, Woodland Hills and Koreatown — some Black tenants are disproportionately being evicted by Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs, a new UCLA study finds … Alexander Ferrer, author of the study and researcher at the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, says during the COVID pandemic, landlords dealt with rental market disruptions by lowering security deposits and relaxing credit/income screenings. They started tolerating a lower occupancy rate and higher turnover rate in exchange for residents paying more rent each month.
Rebuilding Altadena bogs down in red tape and frustration | KCRW 89.9-FM
That’s a common feeling as the process moves from physical lot-clearing to contending with government red tape, says Tim Kawahara, the executive director of UCLA’s Ziman Center for Real Estate. “As we shift to more local government in terms of executing the rebuild, that’s where I think you’re starting to see some of the frustrations from some of the residents in both the Eaton and Palisades fires.”
Bill deals blow to abortion access in California | San Francisco Chronicle
“Medi-Cal patients will have less places to turn for care, for any type of reproductive health care services, including abortion,” said Melissa Goodman, executive director of the Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law. “The federal effort to defund those who provide abortion services is a key tactic for restricting abortion access in states that protect abortion by radically shrinking the pool of abortion providers who can afford to continue operating.”
USAID cuts could cause 14 million deaths | France 24 and Agence France-Presse
“U.S. citizens contribute about 17 cents per day to USAID, around $64 per year,” said study co-author James Macinko of the University of California, Los Angeles. “I think most people would support continued USAID funding if they knew just how effective such a small contribution can be to saving millions of lives.”
Baby raves?! There was just one in L.A. | Los Angeles Times
“Parents’ happiness and stress regulation also matter,” said Jenna Marcovitz, director of the UCLA Health Music Therapy program. “Techno can promote oxytocin and boost endorphins. It can encourage joy and play and really support brain development, emotional regulation and really enhance the parent-child bond as well.”
