California’s independent commission adopted final congressional and state legislative districts for the next decade, starting with 2022 elections. The Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles County Supervisorial districts have already been adopted and went into effect in January 2022.
UCLA Government and Community Relations has created a new mapping tool with a rich set of overlays for evaluating the new redistricting maps.
In a nutshell, users can:
View overlay of pre-redistricting and post-redistricting maps
Search by address
View cities, zip codes, L.A. neighborhood councils and county boundary overlays
LA Metro will soon conclude the scoping period for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. This project has the potential to bring rail transit to an area currently only accessible by car along the 405 freeway, providing a 20-minute direct ride from the San Fernando Valley to the Westside if done properly. Metro is considering six alternatives, two of these do not include a UCLA campus station and three alternatives do not have a seamless connection to the Purple/D Line station in Westwood Village. UCLA recently joined a coalition comprised of community groups, neighborhood councils, environmental and business organizations advocating for an equitable Sepulveda Transit Corridor.
Visit stc4all.org to learn more about this coalition and how you can help bring equitable transportation to the region.
The Samueli School of Engineering’s Master of Science Online Program was ranked #1 for veterans in the 2022 US News rankings. It was also ranked as the #1 public and #2 overall.
Knowing that higher education can play a powerful role advancing disability justice, inclusivity and equity, UCLA’s School of Nursing and disability studies program are welcoming internationally renowned disability rights activist Judy Heumann to campus for a week of conversations, talks and workshops.
Discussions will focus on how institutions of higher education have embraced disability rights and inclusion, and how UCLA can be a global leader in this space.
In his Winter quarterly update, Chancellor Gene Block featured a new effort to deepen UCLA's relationship with Westwood Village.
Starting in March, a new initiative called First Thursdays will provide monthly opportunities for further engagement with the Village via free, interactive experiences for all Bruins and the greater community. Through collaboration with local businesses and campus partners like UCLA Alumni and UCLA Arts, the campus will offer daytime programming at the Westwood Farmers Market on Broxton Avenue, covering topics like maintaining good mental health and building your career. Then, in the evenings, we’ll bring the community together — with health and safety protocols in place — for events, networking, student art installations and more.
UCLA Health clinical microbiologist Shangxin Yang, PhD, says that while the effectiveness of natural infection is not as predictable as vaccines, they both prompt the body to produce an immune response in the form of disease-fighting antibodies and virus-targeting T-cells. But because infection with COVID-19 can lead to viral spread, serious illness and death, vaccination is considered the best way to protect against COVID-19 infection.
Say goodbye to cloth face coverings. Because omicron is so much more contagious than previous COVID-19 variants, health officials say we need masks that are more protective. Surgical masks or KN95 and N95 respirators are made with several layers of filtering material, which makes them more effective at capturing infectious particles before they can be inhaled.
Wired’s YouTube channel featured UCLA computer science professor Amit Sahai in its ongoing “Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty” series. Released on January 18, the video has garnered over 1.7 million views. Using a variety of techniques, Professor Sahai breaks down what zero-knowledge proofs are and why it’s so exciting in the world of cryptography.
