A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Assembly District 45 – Jackie Goldberg, D – Los Angeles UC alumni in this district: 3,924
UC in Your District
The University of California’s reach
goes well beyond its 10 campuses,
five medical centers and three
national laboratories. The
University’s presence is felt in each
of California’s 58 counties through
a wide array of exemplary
community partnerships, enriching
cultural resources and innovative
research programs. From health-
care education for rural physicians
to agricultural research advice for
local farmers to college preparation
efforts in nearly every public
school, UC has a direct influence in
your community. Find out more
about UC programs in your district
by visiting:
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
UCLA MEDICAL CENTER CALIFORNIA NANOSYSTEMS UC ARTS OUTREACH
INSTITUTE (CNSI)
UCLA Medical Center provides UC Santa Cruz’s African American
services throughout District 45, and CNSI will facilitate a public/private Theater Arts Troupe is dedicated to
is known for its pioneering approach to developing the providing an outlet for the creativity and
advancements in organ transplantation information, biomedical, and talents of underrepresented students
and ultrasound and is ranked # 1 in the manufacturing technologies that will through plays, presentations and
West by U.S. News and World Report. dominate science and the economy workshops on campus and throughout
More than 300,000 people – including in the 21st century. The Institute will the community. The troupe provides
a disproportionate share of the provide a world-class intellectual and scholarships, mentoring and
state’s poor and uninsured – are physical environment that supports performances to K-12 schools and
cared for at UCLA Medical Center each collaboration among California's community colleges throughout Los
year. UCLA’s Mattel Children’s university, industry and national lab Angeles, including Hollywood High.
Hospital offers a full range of specialty scientists. The Institute will be
health services for children. The located at UCLA and UCSB and will
Medical Center serves as a training site include corporate-sponsored
for physicians and as a research center incubator labs.
that drives innovations in life-saving
drugs and surgical procedures.
A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Assembly District 45 – Jackie Goldberg, D – Los Angeles UC alumni in this district: 3,924
The world-renowned UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive UC’s Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles County works to
Cancer Center provides cancer care services and investigative improve nutrition, reduce child obesity, ease the transition from
clinical trials at satellite clinics throughout the region. welfare to work and engage 4-H youth in educational activities.
Patients who come to UCLA centers for cancer care benefit The Echo Park Community Garden on Sunset gets research-
from the most advanced forms of therapy available, and from a based support from UC Cooperative Extension Master
variety of supportive services. http://www.healthcare.ucla.edu Gardeners, who are also helping construct a community garden
at Manzanita and Sunset. http://www.ucanr.org
The California Policy Research Center (CPRC) applies UC’s
research expertise to the analysis, development and The VA Greater Los Angeles
implementation of state and federal policy. CPRC provides Healthcare System is an
policy-relevant UC-led research on statewide issues, oversees affiliate of the UCLA Medical
legislatively mandated research projects, and disseminates Center and provides a full
research findings through publications and special briefings. range of medical care to
CPRC also hosts projects such as the Welfare Policy Research thousands of veterans in
Project (WPRP), the California Program on Access to Care the region. The system
(CPAC), the Latino Policy Institute and the California- houses a teaching hospital
Mexico Health Initiative (CMHI). and provides a full range of
patient care services using state -of-the-art technology. An
UC’s MESA (Mathematics, outpatient clinic is located in East Los Angeles.
Engineering & Science http://www.va.gov
Achievement) works to prepare
educationally disadvantaged The UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic provides free eye exams in the
students for four-year colleges at greater Los Angeles area at schools, agencies working with
K-12 schools throughout Los abused and foster children and the elderly and homeless
Angeles. http://mesa.ucop.edu shelters. Over 5,000 patients are treated each year.
UC’s Design for Sharing purchases thousands of tickets to The UC-affiliated Stunt
events presented by UCLA Performing Arts. Tickets are Ranch Santa Monica
distributed through social service agencies for those who could Mountains Reserve is located
not otherwise afford to attend the events – including at in the Cold Creek watershed of
multiple sites in Hollywood. www.performingarts.ucla.edu Malibu Creek and is one of the
most pristine and biologically
UC Riverside’s CE-CERT program contributes to improved diverse watersheds in the
environmental quality and energy efficiency through Santa Monica Mountains. The
interdisciplinary research and by providing educational reserve, one of 34 UC-affiliated natural reserves throughout
opportunities for the next generation of engineers, scientists the state, hosts environmental and anthropological research
and policy-makers. http://www.cert.ucr.edu and also provides educational opportunities for K-12 schools
throughout the region.
UC’s Early Academic
Outreach Program (EAOP) has For a complete listing of UC programs in your district, access
provided academic support, our online database at: www.universityofcalifornia.edu
college counseling and skill-
building workshops to over
85,000 California students to
help them realize their dreams of
a college education. EAOP
works with several K-12 schools in Hollywood.
http://www.eaop.org