A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Assembly District 47 – Herb Wesson, D – Culver City UC alumni in this district: 20,324
UCLA employees: 22,913
UC in Your District
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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
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UCLA MEDICAL CENTER UC ARTS OUTREACH UCLA
UCLA Medical Center provides UC Santa Cruz’s African American UCLA – In District 47, is one of the
services throughout District 47, and Theater Arts Troupe is dedicated to country’s top 10 research
is known for its pioneering providing an outlet for the creativity and universities with more than 100
advancements in organ transplantation talents of underrepresented students majors offered to undergraduate
and ultrasound. The medical center is through plays, presentations and students. UCLA has a $4.34 billion
ranked # 1 in the West by U.S. News workshops on campus and throughout annual economic impact on the state
and World Report. More than 300,000 the community. The troupe provides economy. The UCLA faculty is
people, including a disproportionate scholarships, mentoring and distinguished internationally – with five
share of the state’s poor and performances to K-12 schools and current Nobel Laureates. UCLA
uninsured, are cared for at UCLA community colleges throughout Los postgraduate schools include
Medical Center each year. UCLA’s Angeles, including Crenshaw High renowned schools of Education,
Mattel Children’s Hospital offers a full in District 47. Engineering, Law, Medicine, Nursing,
range of specialty health services for Public Health, Public Policy and
children. The medical center serves as
Theater, Film and Television.
a training site for physicians and as a
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 47 – Herb Wesson, D – Culver City UC alumni in this district: 20,324
UCLA employees: 22,913
The world-renowned UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive UC’s Early Academic
Cancer Center provides cancer care services and investigative Outreach Program (EAOP) has
clinical trials at a satellite clinic in West Los Angeles in District provided academic support,
47. Patients who come to UCLA centers for cancer care benefit college counseling, motivational
from the most advanced forms of therapy available, and from a and skill-building workshops to
variety of supportive services. http://www.healthcare.ucla.edu over 85,000 California students
to help them realize their dreams
The California Policy Research Center (CPRC) applies UC’s of a college education. EAOP
research expertise to the analysis, development and works with several K-12 schools, including Crenshaw High,
implementation of state and federal policy. CPRC provides Mt. Vernon Middle, Baldwin Park High, Sierra Vista High
policy-relevant UC-led research on statewide issues, oversees and Culver City High in District 47. http://www.eaop.org
legislatively mandated research projects and disseminates
research findings to the public. CPRC also hosts projects such UC Cooperative Extension’s
as the Welfare Policy Research Project (WPRP), the California Master Gardener program helps
Program on Access to Care (CPAC), the Latino Policy low-income residents grow fresh
Institute and the California-Mexico Health Initiative (CMHI). food in their home or community
gardens, including the community
UC’s MESA (Mathematics, gardens at the Culver City Senior
Engineering & Science Center and Proyecto Jardín in
Achievement) works to prepare Boyle Heights. UC advisors at the
educationally disadvantaged Los Angeles County office work
students for four-year colleges at to improve nutrition, reduce child
Culver City and Crenshaw High obesity, ease the transition from welfare to work and engage
in District 47. 4-H youth in educational activities. http://ucanr.org
http://mesa.ucop.edu
The VA Greater Los Angeles
Healthcare System is an
UC’s Design for Sharing purchases thousands of tickets to affiliate of the UCLA Medical
events presented by UCLA Performing Arts. Tickets are Center and provides a full
distributed through social service agencies for those who could range of medical care to
not otherwise afford to attend the events, including at multiple thousands of veterans in
sites in Culver City and Crenshaw and a site in Baldwin the region. The system
Park in District 47. www.performingarts.ucla.edu houses a teaching hospital
and provides a full range of
UC Riverside’s CE-CERT program contributes to improved patient care services using state -of-the-art technology. An
environmental quality and energy efficiency through outpatient clinic is located in West Los Angeles and the
interdisciplinary research and by providing educational Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Counseling Center is
opportunities for the next generation of engineers, scientists located in Culver City in District 47. http://www.va.gov
and policy-makers. http://www.cert.ucr.edu
The UC-affiliated Stunt
UniCamp operates educational and recreational programs for Ranch Santa Monica
children from low-income families at a site in Culver City in Mountains Reserve is
District 47. UniCamp strives to build self-esteem, promote the located in the Cold Creek
value of education, and foster a sense of community. watershed of Malibu Creek,
www.unicamp.org near District 47. The site,
one of 34 UC-affiliated
The UCLA Medical Center Mobile Eye Clinic provides free natural reserves in the
eye exams in the greater Los Angeles area to those without state, protects one of the
medical insurance at schools and agencies working with most pristine and biologically diverse watersheds in the Santa
abused and foster children, the elderly and the homeless. Over Monica Mountains. The reserve is an important environmental
5,000 patients are treated each year. and anthropological research site and also provi des educational
opportunities for K-12 schools throughout the region.
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