Today’s Headlines
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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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