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What ICE agents can, cannot legally do during arrests | National Public Radio
But what is allowable is becoming more unclear as these tactics test the limits of the law, according to immigration law experts. “In that sense, it is a very confusing time for lawyers and the public alike,” says Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy.
Legal questions surround tariffs | Spectrum News 1
“What’s amazing to me is the scope of the president’s claims here. If you look at what he’s done with tariffs over the first months of the administration, he’s levied what amounts to hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases,” said UCLA’s Kimberly Clausing.
Trans federal employees face fear, discrimination | Los Angeles Times
Brad Sears, senior scholar at UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, which researches policy impacting LGBTQ+ people, points to “a sweeping, government-wide initiative to really erase transgender people from public life,” including adults in the workplace. “The federal workplace is increasingly an inhospitable place for the transgender employees who remain,” Sears said.
Reports of talks to revoke trans people’s right to own guns | People
A 2021 study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law — which did not account for the impact of anti-trans attacks in recent years — concluded that trans people are four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime. “Research has shown that experiences of victimization are related to low well-being, including suicide thoughts and attempts,” Ilan Meyer, senior scholar of public policy at the Williams Institute, said when the study was published.
This could help those who lost gun rights due to convictions | Reason
“Many felonies are not violent in the least, raising no particular suspicion that the convict is a threat to public safety,” notes UCLA law professor Adam Winkler. “Perjury, securities law violations, embezzlement, obstruction of justice and a host of other felonies do not indicate a propensity for dangerousness.”
Congo Ebola outbreak tests global response after aid pullback | Bloomberg
“Global health is perpetually underfunded, and outbreak response is always run on a shoestring,” said Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has long worked in Congo. “Ebola containment has always been a global effort. Without U.S. engagement, the burden will fall on fewer partners and that could slow the response and cost lives.”
Speed of mRNA degradation linked to autoimmune disease risk | Scienmag
A groundbreaking study from UCLA has shed new light on the dynamics behind mRNA stability, revealing a critical mechanism with far-reaching implications for understanding genetic regulation and its ties to disease. (UCLA’s Xinshu Xiao and Elaine Huang were cited.)
Alcohol and sugary drinks could be thinning your hair, study finds | Health
There are plenty of good reasons to cut back on sweet drinks and alcohol — but before you nix them over hair loss fears, it’s helpful to know that the study has some major caveats. While this type of research can show associations between diet and hair loss, it can’t prove causation Dr. Zhaoping Li, chief of the Division of Clinical Nutrition at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, told Health.
Should you floss or brush first? | NBC’s “Today”
So, flossing before brushing may be a better routine in a lot of cases. That might be why most people do floss first, as Dr. Erin Lobo-Marwah, group practice leader at the UCLA School of Dentistry, told Today.com.
Complaints about hot prison cells have been mounting for years | CalMatters
Inmates may keep a personal fan in their cells; it’s available for $27 from the commissary. An inmate with no family support would have to work a minimum-wage prison job for about 4 weeks to afford one, estimates Bharat Venkat, a UCLA anthropologist who has researched the effects of heat on incarcerated people.
Eaton fire ignited by Edison, feds allege in lawsuit | Los Angeles Times
Edison is facing dozens of lawsuits from people who lost their homes or businesses in the Jan. 7 Eaton fire. A study by UCLA estimated that losses from the fire could be $24 billion to $45 billion.
$387 going to L.A. affordable housing | Los Angeles Times
A UCLA report earlier this year claimed that the chilled market led to a $25-million loss in property tax revenue. Proponents, however, said the UCLA report’s methodology was flawed, calling the measure a crucial fundraising tool for the city’s housing and homelessness-prevention initiatives.
