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A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Assembly District 38 — Keith Richman, R- Granada Hills UC alumni in this district: 7,819
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 NATURAL RESERVES
INSTITUTE (CNSI)
UCLA Medical Center provides The UC-affiliated Stunt Ranch Santa
services throughout District 38, is CNSI will facilitate a public/private Monica Mountains Reserve is located
known worldwide for its pioneering approach to developing the in the Cold Creek watershed of Malibu
advances in organ transplantation and information, biomedical and Creek near District 38. The site, one
ultrasound, and is ranked the # 1 manufacturing technologies that will of 34 UC-affiliated natural reserves
hospital in the West by U.S. News and dominate science and the economy in the state, protects one of the most
World Report. More than 300,000 in the 21st century. The institute will pristine and biologically diverse
people, including a disproportionate provide a world-class intellectual and watersheds in the Santa Monica
share of the state’s poor and physical environment that supports Mountains. The reserve is an important
uninsured, are cared for at UCLA collaboration among California's environmental and anthropological
Medical Center annually. UCLA’s university, industry and national lab research site and provides a wealth of
Mattel Children’s Hospital offers a full scientists. The institute will be educational opportunities for the
range of specialty health services for located at UCLA and UC Santa local community and area K-12
children. The medical center also Barbara and will include corporate- schools.
serves as a training site for physicians sponsored incubator labs.
and as a preeminent research center
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 38 — Keith Richman, R- Granada Hills UC alumni in this district: 7,819
The UCLA Regional Oncology Centers, affiliated with the UC’s Division of Agriculture and
world-renowned UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Natural Resources Cooperative
Center, provide cancer care services and investigative clinical Extension provides accessible and
trials at a satellite clinic in Santa Clarita in District 38. comprehensive agricultural research
Patients who come to UCLA centers for cancer care benefit information for local growers, ranchers,
from the most advanced forms of therapy available, and from a governments and the larger community
variety of supportive services. http://www.healthcare.ucla.edu through county advisors at the Ventura
and Los Angeles county offices. UC
advisors also work to improve nutrition,
UC’s MESA (Mathematics, reduce child obesity, ease the
Engineering & Science transition from welfare to work and engage 4 -H youth in
Achievement) works to prepare educational activities. http://ucanr.org
educationally disadvantaged
students for four-year colleges at UC’s California Subject Matter Projects develop teachers'
several K-12 schools in the area, knowledge in major K-12 subject areas by enhancing
including Fillmore Senior High instructional strategies, providing access to the techniques that
School. The UC-affiliated MESA improve student achievement and developing ‘teacher-leaders’
California Community College Program increases the number of – at over 500 California school districts. With the expertise
math and science majors who successfully transfer and receive of teachers and UC faculty, the program annually trains
degrees from 4 -year universities and operates from a site at thousands of teachers through intensive summer courses –
CSU Northridge. http://mesa.ucop.edu including teachers at several schools in Thousand Oaks.
http://csmp.ucop.edu
The UC Davis Animal Ambassadors program uses web-
based and hands -on interaction with animals to foster children’s The VA Greater Los
interest in science. The program uses interactive materials and Angeles Healthcare System
written curriculum for classrooms that develop scientific inquiry is an affiliate of the UCLA
and critical thinking skills. Between 3,500 - 4,000 children Medical Center and
participated in the program between 1999-2002. The program provides a full range of
is present in schools throughout Los Angeles county. medical care to veterans in
the region. The system
houses a teaching hospital
UC’s Early Academic Outreach and provides a full range of
Program (EAOP) has provided patient care services using state -of-the-art technology.
academic support, career Outpatient clinics are located in the Sepulveda, Oxnard and
advising, college counseling, Ventura areas. http://www.va.gov
motivational and skill-building
workshops to help over 85,000
California students realize their For a complete listing of UC programs in your district, access
dreams of a college education. EAOP works with multiple K- our on-line database at: www.universityofcalifornia.edu
12 schools in District 38, including Acacia Elementary in
Thousand Oaks. http://www.eaop.org
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