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Your Afternoon LA Report
Today's headlines:
- A new lawsuit accuses the city of L.A. of illegally stopping work on a housing development for low income and unhoused residents.
- At the Lake Fire, heat is taking its toll on firefighters
- Your guacamole likely comes from a California avocado discovered by mistake
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Following uproar from homeowners and local elected leaders, a state law allowing denser housing in single-family areas will no longer apply to the Pacific Palisades.
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Starting Aug. 1, a state rent control law will limit annual increases to 8%. The region’s ceiling on rent hikes has been 8.9% over the last year.
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The city may need to return up to $10 million in grants meant for cannabis businesses after a state audit found those funds may not have been spent as intended.
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Should Palisades and Altadena homeowners be able to build duplexes on their burned lots? Some state and local officials say no.
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