This post was updated May 18 at 9:49 p.m.
Undergraduate students elected a new Undergraduate Students Association Council and renewed funding for the Bruin U-Pass in the 2025 USAC election.

Daily Bruin Podcasts sat down with some of the candidates running for Undergraduate Students Association Council president in the 2025 USAC election — Syed Tamim Ahmad, Diego Emilio Bollo, Mafruha Esha and Teesha Sreeram.

Daily Bruin Podcasts sat down with some of the candidates running for Undergraduate Students Association Council president in the 2025 USAC election — Syed Tamim Ahmad, Diego Emilio Bollo, Mafruha Esha and Teesha Sreeram.

Daily Bruin Podcasts sat down with some of the candidates running for Undergraduate Students Association Council president in the 2025 USAC election — Syed Tamim Ahmad, Diego Emilio Bollo, Mafruha Esha and Teesha Sreeram.

Daily Bruin Podcasts sat down with some of the candidates running for Undergraduate Students Association Council president in the 2025 USAC election — Syed Tamim Ahmad, Diego Emilio Bollo, Mafruha Esha and Teesha Sreeram.

This post was updated May 8 at 10:58 p.m.
The USA Elections Board disqualified three candidates from the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council elections Wednesday. 
The candidates, Maya Wertheim, Mitchell Stevens II and Johanna Vu, were disqualified for failing to submit required documents to the elections board by Tuesday night, according to notices of disqualification issued by the board. 
Wertheim, a former Daily Bruin Opinion intern who is running for general representative, was disqualified for failing to submit an expense account form, while Stevens – who is running for Cultural Affairs commissioner – and Vu – who is running for Student Wellness commissioner – failed to submit the expenses form and sources of funding forms, according to the notices.

This post was updated May 6 at 12:05 p.m.
Bruins will vote for next year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council during a weeklong voting period starting Friday.

Editor’s note: This post was updated May 20 at 8:46 p.m. to remove a photograph which contained a Daily Bruin contributor.
As the Friday ballot release approaches, Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates have been campaigning through social media and in person on Bruin Walk.

Students will vote on a referendum in the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council election that would increase the #UCLAWellness fee to fund campus organizations.
The Resources First Referendum would approve an increase in the #UCLAWellness fee by $4 per quarter.

Students will vote on whether to expand what the Basic Needs Redistribution Center can purchase in an upcoming referendum.
The Good Clothes Good People Basic Needs Referendum, passed in 2020, established a $0.39 quarterly student fee that currently provides funding for the Basic Needs Redistribution Center to purchase school supplies and hygiene products.