California

Jan. 17, 2026 9:03 p.m.

Senate Bill 895 seeks to establish $23 billion research fund amid federal cuts

State senator Scott Wiener announced a bipartisan ballot measure intended to backfill research funding amid the Trump administration’s cuts in a press conference Friday.
Senate Bill 895 – joint-authored by state senators Sasha Perez and Aisha Wahab – was first introduced to the state senate Thursday.

By Jenna Saklawi

Campus

Oct. 31, 2025 12:47 p.m.

Former Secretary Becerra talks Proposition 50, impacts in collaborative UCLA event

This post was updated Nov. 2 at 10:03 p.m.
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra expressed support Tuesday for Proposition 50 and criticized Texas’s partisan redistricting push at an event at UCLA.

By Jenna Saklawi

News

July 13, 2025 5:06 p.m.

UC faculty concerned over lack of consultation, privacy on cybersecurity software

This post was updated July 20 at 7:40 p.m.
Following the implementation of a systemwide cybersecurity program, UC faculty said they are concerned about privacy – and the University’s failure to consult the Academic Senate before requiring its installation.

By Jenna Saklawi

California

March 13, 2025 6:25 p.m.

Legal experts speak on reproductive rights under Trump at UCLA Law event

A panel of legal experts warned that recent federal executive orders threaten reproductive and gender rights during a UCLA School of Law event March 6.
The panel – hosted by the UCLA Law Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, in partnership with Yale Law School’s Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice and Temple University Beasley School of Law – discussed issues in the growing fight for gender and reproductive justice under the new Trump administration.