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March 7, 2026 10:00 p.m.
The event was organized by the UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment and took place at the UCLA School of Law, which is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Law professor Alex Wang credited China for its advancements in green technology but criticized its shortcomings in ecological protection at a book talk Wednesday.
The talk was divided between Wang’s explanation of his book titled “Chinese Global Environmentalism” and a conversation between him and Mary Nichols, the former chair of the California Air Resources Board.
By Charlie Hamilton
California
March 7, 2026 7:22 p.m.California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot.
Leaders from Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West and St. Johns Community Health in Los Angeles – a healthcare justice union and network of community health centers, respectively – filed a ballot initiative in October 2025 that would impose a 5% one-time tax on California billionaires’ total wealth.
By Lilly Leonhardt and Alexis Muchnik
Campus
March 6, 2026 8:15 p.m.Rejected fee initiative cannot appear on May USAC ballot, USA Judicial Board rules
This post was updated March 6 at 8:18 p.m.
The USA Judicial Board on Friday unanimously rejected an appeal to overturn the USA Elections Board’s disqualification of a student fee initiative from the May Undergraduate Students Association Council election.
By Natalia Mochernak and Shiv Patel
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March 6, 2026 12:50 p.m.In Plain Sight: Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden staff cultivate connection, education
This post was updated March 6 at 8:30 p.m.
Most UCLA students dread taking 8 a.m. lectures – the earliest courses that UCLA offers.
But by 7:30 a.m., John Cluff – the manager of the Mildred E.
By Alisha Hassanali
Campus
March 5, 2026 9:58 p.m.Students debate activist Chloe Cole at Turning Point USA at UCLA event
UCLA students debated a conservative activist who opposes gender-affirming care for minors at a Turning Point USA event in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday.
The event – organized by TPUSA’s West Hollywood and UCLA chapters – was part of a series called “Pick up the Mic” which invites college students to debate Chloe Cole, a speaker who supports banning minors from receiving gender-affirming care after her own gender detransition.
By Lilly Wellons
Campus
March 5, 2026 9:47 p.m.USA Judicial Board to hear allegations against USA Elections Board
The USA Elections Board is set to face allegations at a USA Judicial Board hearing Friday that it improperly applied the Elections Code when eliminating a petition-based student fee initiative.
By Natalia Mochernak
Campus
March 5, 2026 7:19 p.m.USAC IVP office sanctioned for early campaigning on Bruin Success Referendum
This post was updated March 5 at 10:00 p.m.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council internal vice president will be unable to campaign for a referendum he proposed until two weeks into the May USAC election’s designated campaigning period.
By Shiv Patel
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March 5, 2026 5:18 a.m.UCLA community remembers Black Panther students, calls to rename Campbell Hall
This post was updated March 5 at 9:51 p.m.
About 30 people gathered in Campbell Hall on Feb. 25 to honor two students and Black Panther Party members who were killed there in 1969 – and to call for the building to be renamed after the activists.
By Sophia Pu and Delilah Brumer
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