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Are Trump’s tariffs legal? What SCOTUS will be considering | Marketplace

“The big question is whether the Trump administration has the power to impose tariffs on imported foreign goods under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. That statute empowers the president to regulate the importation of foreign goods in times of a national emergency. So, the big question right now is, does the authority to, quote, regulate include the authority to impose a tariff?” [said UCLA’s Blake Emerson.]  

Prop. 50 is on the ballot, but it’s all about Donald Trump | Los Angeles Times

“Trump is such a polarizing figure,” said Rick Hasen, a professor of law and political science at UCLA. “He commands great loyalty from one group of people and great animosity from others. ... It’s not surprising that this measure has been portrayed as sticking it to Donald Trump or [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom.”

With voting rights under attack, racial gerrymandering reappears | CalMatters

(Commentary by UCLA’s Bernadette Reyes and Sonni Waknin) Proposing a race-blind remedy to solve racial discrimination is like offering salt water to someone who is dying of thirst. The court, however, seems willing to entertain such a thing — or worse, to sunset the Voting Rights Act, which would leave minority voters out in the cold. 

January fires destroyed thousands of small businesses | LAist

New research out of UCLA finds that the January fires destroyed thousands of small businesses, a large number of them operating out of people’s homes … These microbusinesses, as they’re called, include child care centers, accountants and therapists. Silvia Gonzalez is a co-author of the study. Helping these businesses recover, she said, would rebuild the tax base and trickle down to schools and local services.  

Fire rebuilding complicated after ICE raids | Southern California News Group

Undocumented immigrants make up 40% to 50% of the construction workforce in California — bigger than the national average, due to the state’s large undocumented population, said Clement Bohr, an economist for the UCLA Anderson Forecast. General fear — rather than deportations themselves — is a “more powerful force” in removing these workers from the job market, he noted.

The conflicting advice on COVID-19 shots is showing | KFF Health News

While many people get COVID-19 after receiving a COVID-19 shot, because the vaccine’s ability to prevent infection wears off pretty fast, some misunderstand the purpose of the shot, said Dr. Otto Yang, an infectious disease specialist at UCLA Health.  

The race is on to turn your body into a GLP-1 factory | CNN Health

“There is promise, but much more data would be needed to consider human clinical trials, as it likely would be irreversible,” said Dr. Donald Kohn, a distinguished professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, at the [Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA].  

Which alternative milk is healthiest? | The Guardian

The dairy aisle might need a new name, given the diversity of products on offer. Dana Ellis Hunnes, a senior clinical dietitian at UCLA Health, says her local grocery store often stocks more non-dairy milk options than dairy ones. She’s tried various options, including a brief phase with coconut milk (“It was too creamy and too watery at the same time”). Now, she enjoys oat milk, which adds the right amount of creaminess to her coffee.