USC GOULD LAW — Professor Deepika Sharma, founding director of the Housing Law and Policy Clinic at USC Gould School of Law, has been appointed to a citizens oversight committee supervising Measure ULA, a new property transfer tax approved by Los Angeles voters in 2022. Sharma, appointed by Mayor Karen Bass and approved by the Los Angeles City Council in March, is a longtime tenants’ rights advocate with a 15-year career in housing litigation and policymaking.