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California defies Trump’s environmental rollbacks | Los Angeles Times

“The threat of the Trump administration rollback has really amplified interest and concern about a need for developing state-level protection,” said Julia Stein, a supervising attorney at UCLA’s environmental law clinic.

The politics of the release of the Mueller report | KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk”

“First of all, there’s going to continue to be a push to see the Mueller Report. What we know so far is very little. It’s just a four-page summary by Trump’s appointed attorney general,” said UCLA’s Matt Barreto. (approx. 1:20 mark)

Drivers protest Uber’s pay cut | Los Angeles magazine

Uber likes to pitch its service as a way to make extra cash on the side, but a 2018 study by UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment found that two out of three ride-hailing drivers in L.A. rely on that driving as a main source of income, while 44 percent of drivers couldn’t even afford basic work expenses like gas, insurance, and car maintenance fees. (Also: Curbed Los Angeles)

San Diego considers tax hikes to fund transit system | San Diego Union-Tribune

“Transit-only measures face a much more demanding hurdle than measures that include things for multiple interest groups,” said Martin Wachs, a distinguished professor emeritus at UCLA’s Department of Urban Planning, who has studied transportation systems and policies around the world. Wachs also said that putting two tax increases before voters could jeopardize the success of both.

Bump stock ban takes effect Tuesday amid lawsuits | Dallas Morning News

Even though the devices are banned, enforcing the rule will be difficult, said Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor who has studied firearms issues. There won’t be raids or police going around searching for bump stocks, he said. Unless someone commits a crime and is in possession of a bump stock, it’s unlikely that the devices would be found. “You can make it illegal, but it will be pretty hard to stop,” Winkler said.

Video conference hearings could cost people seeking asylum | Arizona Public Media

Alleged due process violations were at the heart of failed legal challenges in appeals courts. More cases could be brought as the government’s use of video conference grows, said Ingrid V. Eagly, UCLA law professor. “It can also be much harder for attorneys to actually defend these cases,” she said.

Giant chimneys are spewing energy from the center of the galaxy | Digital Trends

“We hypothesize that these chimneys are exhaust vents for all the energy released at the center of the galaxy,” Mark Morris, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Los Angeles, who contributed to the research, said in a statement.

Film tests Nigerians’ habits on reporting corruption | Quartz

The tactic to test audience behavior was two-fold, says Graeme Blair of UCLA. “First, we distributed two versions of the film directly to their communities, which included information on the cover and in the film about how to send in reports. In one version of the film, actors modeled reporting corruption, and in doing so provided an additional way for viewers to see how to send in a report,” he says. “Second, we sent a mass text message to everyone in each of the study communities several days after they would have watched the film” to send corruption reports to SMS short-codes, like the movie’s actors had done.

Female radiation oncologists submit fewer charges to Medicare | Medical Xpress

A new study by UCLA researchers has found that female radiation oncologists submit fewer charges to Medicare, are reimbursed less per charge submitted and receive lower Medicare payments overall in comparison to male radiation oncologists. The team of UCLA investigators was led by Dr. Ann Raldow, a member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Lessons from the trade war | South China Morning Post Opinion

A right time can emerge only if you give it enough time. This is the view of intellectual property expert Kal Raustiala, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and co-author of “The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation,” which has been widely translated, including into Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Says Professor Raustiala: “I think this is an issue that is sorting itself out over time. My take has been that the U.S. should calm down since China will move toward a better system. And it will, and has. But pushing has been helpful too.”