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By Joe Linton

8:53 AM PDT on June 24, 2020

Today: L.A. City Council Takes Up Unarmed Response Proposal (BLM Twitter)
…and Vacancy Tax (Healthy L.A. Alert)
City Council Approves $100M COVID Rent Relief Program (LAT)
LAUSD Fails To Approve Defunding School Police (LAT)
California Sees Alarming Coronavirus Spike (LAT)
Many LAPD Officers Calling In Sick For Metro Policing Shifts (LAT)
196-Unit Affordable Housing Development Planned Next To A Line Station In Watts (Urbanize)
Mixed-Use Development Under Construction Near Burbank Metrolink Station (Urbanize)
CA High-Speed Rail Agency Delays Approving Business Plan (LAT)
More On Councilmember Huizar Bribery Scandal (L.A. Podcast, Biking in L.A., LAT editorial)
LAT Travel Recommends Bike Touring This Summer

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