California
May 27, 2026 10:58 p.m.LA ballot measures could increase taxes on billionaires, hotels, sales
Four measures seeking to raise taxes will appear on Los Angeles’s June 2 ballot.
The measures, if passed, would subsidize LA County’s public health system amid federal funding cuts and fill in tax gaps for unlicensed cannabis businesses and online travel companies.
By Josephine Murphy and Gemma Gentin
News
May 19, 2026 10:56 p.m.AFSCME Local 3299 members react to tentative deal as ratification vote begins
This post was updated May 21 at 7:58 p.m.
More than two years into bargaining and just hours before an indefinite strike was set to begin, the UC reached a contract with a union representing more than 40,000 employees.
By Josephine Murphy
California
May 2, 2026 5:50 p.m.‘It’s eye opening’: Deportation Data Project maps rise in immigration enforcement
When Graeme Blair heard President Donald Trump’s promises to carry out a mass deportation campaign ahead of the 2024 presidential election, he began planning the Deportation Data Project.
By Delilah Brumer and Josephine Murphy
Campus
April 30, 2026 11:42 p.m.Civil liberties group denounces UCLA Law administrator’s email
A civil liberties group told UCLA on Monday that the university should not stop a conservative student group from identifying demonstrators who protested a United States Department of Homeland Security lawyer’s campus event.
By Josephine Murphy and Phoebe Huss
Campus
April 23, 2026 12:50 p.m.US Department of Homeland Security condemns UCLA protest against agency’s lawyer
This post was updated April 23 at 9:03 p.m.
The United States Department of Homeland Security condemned a protest held at UCLA against the agency’s top lawyer Wednesday.
By Josephine Murphy
California
April 21, 2026 6:55 p.m.Demonstrators protest UCLA event hosting DHS General Counsel James Percival
This post was updated April 23 at 10:52 a.m.
More than 150 demonstrators protested an event with the United States Department of Homeland Security’s head lawyer at the UCLA School of Law on Tuesday.
By Josephine Murphy and Phoebe Huss
California
April 16, 2026 11:00 p.m.‘There’s not real power in Washington’: Former Sen. Butler is focused on the local
Former U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler emphasized the importance of local governments in enacting political change at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs 2026 Luskin Summit on Wednesday.
By Josephine Murphy
California
April 5, 2026 3:41 p.m.Judge blocks Trump administration’s data demands over alleged affirmative action
This post was updated April 5 at 9:46 p.m.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Friday from requiring California universities to share the personal data of applicants and admitted students with the federal government.
By Josephine Murphy
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