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. Read more...
Photo: USAC internal vice president candidate Tommy Contreras and a member of his campaign hand out flyers. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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. Read more...
Photo: Covel Commons, which contains one of the UCLA Campus Assault Resources and Education locations, is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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. Read more...
Photo: The Student Activities Center, which houses the Basic Needs Redistribution Center, is pictured. Undergraduate students will vote on a referendum that, if passed, would allow the center’s operators to spend the revenue it collects via student fees on a wider array of things. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students will determine the future of the Bruin U-Pass in the 2025 Undergraduate Students Association Council election. The 2023 Universal Access Transit Pass Referendum, which provides UCLA students with TAP cards for unlimited public transit across Los Angeles County for what was initially $3.30 per quarter, is set to expire in 2026. Read more...
Photo: A Big Blue Bus is pictured. Undergraduate students will vote on whether to renew funding for the Bruin U-Pass. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 6 at 10:39 p.m. Two major UC unions struck on campus Thursday, limiting access to dining halls and cleaning services. The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents researchers and technical workers – and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents service, patient care and skilled craft workers – called for the strike in response to the UC’s systemwide hiring freeze. Read more...
Photo: Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents researchers and technical workers – strike on campus Thursday. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents service, patient care and skilled craft workers – also struck Thursday in response to the UC’s systemwide hiring freeze. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
UCPD will be releasing cell phones it has held for nearly a year, which were confiscated after arrests made during last spring’s pro-Palestine protests. Police officers confiscated around 40 phones from people arrested at pro-Palestine protests in spring 2024 to be used as evidence in investigations for potential charges, said Cynthia Anderson-Barker, a civil rights attorney who advocated for phones to be returned to students. Read more...
Photo: The first Palestine solidarity encampment is pictured. People who were arrested at pro-Palestine protests last spring had their phones confiscated for the past year. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 4 at 9:20 p.m. Five candidates running for Undergraduate Students Association Council president debated their approaches to advocacy and inclusivity Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Diego Emilio Bollo, Mafruha Esha, Syed Tamim Ahmad, Jiorden King and Teesha Sreeram speak at a debate. Five candidates running for Undergraduate Students Association Council president attended an election debate Thursday. (Left to right: Zimo Li/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Zimo Li/Photo editor)
