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Ferguson elections, CA's water use guidelines, LA and the single-family home
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Apr 8, 2015
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Ferguson elections, CA's water use guidelines, LA and the single-family home

Ferguson will see half of its city council controlled by black members, the state water board's enforcement of water cuts, does the single-family home fit into L.A.'s future?

A suburban tract home for sale in the predominantly Latino middle class enclave of north Downey, Calif., September 2010.  The National Association of Realtors Monday says its seasonally adjusted index for pending home sales dropped 4.3 percent to 101.7 in December. That's still 6.9 percent higher than it was a year ago. The decline signals that sales of previously occupied homes may drop in the coming months. There's generally a one- to two-month lag between a signed contract and a completed sale.
A suburban tract home for sale in the predominantly Latino middle class enclave of north Downey, Calif., September 2010.
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Ferguson will see half of its city council controlled by black members, the state water board's enforcement of water cuts, does the single-family home fit into L.A.'s future?

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Once candidates Wesley Bell and Ella Jones take their seats, it will be the first time that blacks have controlled half the council.
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Voter turnout Tuesday in Ferguson was nearly 30 percent. For the sake of comparison, voter turnout in L.A.'s most recent municipal elections was about 8 percent.
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This week on Impatient, advice on shopping for medical care, physician assisted suicide in California and whether the state will outlaw exemptions for vaccinations.
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Max Gomberg, senior scientist for the California State Water Resources Control Board, tells more about the plan to reduce water use in Los Angeles.
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California's current contributions to Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol are President Ronald Reagan and Father Junipero Serra, but that could change.
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State-run homes for the developmentally disabled were responsible for 13 deaths since 2002, according to the California Department of Public Health.
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Water use in Southern California actually went up more than 2 percent in February compared to the same month in 2013, according to a report released Tuesday. But some Southern California cities, like the City of Big Bear Lake, did cut water use.