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Board of Supervisors Approve Motion Seeking Improved Voter Transparency and Consistency

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved Supervisors Mitchell and Barger’s motion to close a gap in providing transparent and consistent information to voters by directing the Auditor-Controller to include a fiscal impact statement for countywide ballot measures on the official sample ballot. The November 2024 general election will mark the first-time county sample ballots will consist of objective information on the estimated cost of countywide ballot measures. Currently, this information is only provided to voters by the state for statewide ballot measures.

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Supervisor Mitchell’s Statement on Abstaining from Vote to Create a Ballot Measure to Expand the Board of Supervisors to Nine and Create an Elected Executive Position

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, in a 3-to-0 vote, approved Chair Lindsey Horvath and Supervisor Janice Hahn’s motion to put forward a charter amendment on the November 2024 ballot – that, if passed by voters – will expand the Board to nine members and create a new countywide elected Executive Officer position. Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, who authored a 2023 motion with Chair Horvath for governance reform that passed with unanimous support, calling for an independent review of the County’s governance structure that would include data-informed recommendations on the number to expand the Board abstained from voting and provided the following statement:

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Supervisor Mitchell’s Statement on the 2024 Homeless Point in Time Count

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the results of its annual count of residents experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County, showing a slight decline for the first time in five years of 0.27% to 75,518 in the City of Los Angeles and 5.1% to 52,365 in Los Angeles County and an 18% increase in permanent housing with 28,000 people experiencing homelessness placed in housing.

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LA County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell to Host 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration & Resource Fair at New Location in Carson on Friday, June 21st

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles County Board Supervisor, Holly J. Mitchell, representing the Second District, will host her 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration & Resource Fair on Friday, June 21, 2024. This year, the event will take place at Victoria Community Regional Park, located at 419 Martin Luther King Jr. St., Carson, CA 90746, in the evening, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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Los Angeles County Moves to Create a Framework for Delivering Reparations and an Apology to Black Residents for the Harms Caused by Slavery and Systematic Racism

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell’s motion calling for Los Angeles County’s Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI) Initiative in collaboration with key County departments and robust community outreach to report back in 180-days on a framework to inform how the County can deliver reparations and an apology to Black residents informed by recommendations from The California Reparations Report.

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Supervisor Mitchell’s Statement on Studying the Environmental Impact of the Right-of-Way Hybrid Alternative for the Metro C-Line (Green) Extension from Redondo Beach to Torrance

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — During this week’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors, the Board approved the staff recommendation to select the Right-of-Way grade separated Hybrid Alternative to further study in the Final Environmental Impact Report for the C-line (Green) extension from Redondo Beach to Torrance. Metro Board Director Holly J. Mitchell provided the following statement: 

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Los Angeles County Passes Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations Ordinance and Commits to Waiving Application Fee for 1000 Eligible Sidewalk Vendors and Home Cooks

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (the Board) unanimously approved the final reading of the County’s Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOs) ordinance. This ordinance goes into effect on November 1, 2024. It is the result of Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell’s motion that passed last year calling for a streamlined process for the over 50,000 home cooks and sidewalk vendors throughout the County to become permitted to cook safe and regulated food for the public.

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Board of Supervisors Take Steps to Prepare Los Angeles County for the Economic and Community Impact of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Hilda L. Solis calling for the County’s Chief Executive Office in collaboration with the Department of Economic Opportunity to conduct an analysis within 150-days of the economic opportunities and potential impact of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games for Los Angeles County and its unincorporated communities.

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Supervisor Mitchell’s Statement on Los Angeles County’s $3.3 Million Settlement to the Estate of Dijon Kizzee

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved authorizing a $3,375,000 settlement from the Sheriff Department’s budget to the estate of Dijon Kizzee in response to the civil rights lawsuit for the fatal shooting of Mr. Kizzee. Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, provided the following statement regarding the settlement:

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LA County Board of Supervisors Fast-Track Approval of $21.5 Million Federal Grant to Fund Traffic Safety Improvement Project in Florence-Firestone

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion introduced by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, representing the Second District to accelerate $21.5 million in Federal grant funding for the Florence-Firestone for All project to create safer streets, improve infrastructure, and enhance the overall quality of life for the over 64,000 residents of unincorporated Florence-Firestone community.

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Supervisor Mitchell Urges Congress and Biden Administration to Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War and Urgently Deliver Humanitarian Aid

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, Los Angeles County Supervisor sent a letter to the Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation seeking their support in urging Congress and the Biden Administration to call for an immediate and lasting bilateral ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all captives, including Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas and Palestinians detained unlawfully by the Israeli government, and the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid.

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Supervisor Mitchell’s Statement on LA County Submitting Amicus Brief in the Johnson v. City of Grants Pass Pending Supreme Court Case

LOS ANGELES, Calif. —Today, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted to submit an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Johnson v. City of Grants Pass case urging the Supreme Court to rule upholding the prohibitions on both criminal penalties and civil penalties for unhoused individuals considered camping in public spaces while clarifying the application of Martin v. City of Boise.

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Board of Supervisors Invest $20 Million in Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital to Help Support Access to Critical Health Services

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — This week the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell that invests a total of $20 million dollars of Los Angeles County’s unallocated Measure B funding over the next four years to help support the operational needs of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH). The motion authorizes the County’s Department of Health Services to allocate $8 million in one-time Measure B funding to be released to MLKCH and an additional $4 million up until the fiscal year 2026-2027.

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Board of Supervisors Move to Expand Access to Family Sustaining Job Opportunities for Residents Through LA County’s Contract and Procurement Process

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell and Board Chair Lindsey P. Horvath to further the County’s progress in making its contracting and procurement process more equitable by leveraging the $6 to $9 billion the County spends on goods and services annually to create pipelines into quality jobs on County contracts. The motion directs the Departments of Internal Services and Economic Opportunity, along with other key departments, to report back with recommendations for using the County’s market power to compel county contractors to hire residents who have completed either a County sponsored High Road Training Program, pre-apprenticeship, or apprenticeship program.

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LA County Board of Supervisors Call for Enhanced Student Protections Amid Disturbing Reports of Racial Bias in School Policing

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, representing the Second District, and co-authored by Supervisor Hilda Solis, representing the First District, to draft an ordinance granting the Probation Oversight Commission (POC), a civilian oversight body, authority to receive and refer complaints related to school law enforcement services provided by School Resource Deputies (SRDs).

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LA County Takes Steps for Tougher Enforcement Measures to Hold “Vanlords” Accountable for Targeting Unhoused Residents and Helping to Proliferate RV Encampments

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Kathryn Barger, to prevent vanlords – people who rent recreational vehicles to people experiencing homelessness – from continuing to profit off the homelessness crisis and to hold them accountable in fostering unsafe living conditions.

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Board Calls for Ordinance to Help Regulate Sidewalk Vendors through Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — To help provide a pathway for unregulated home cooks and sidewalk vendors to become permitted, this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell that directs the Department of Public Health to report back in 120 days with an ordinance to implement Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations.

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Board of Supervisors Standup Landmark Countywide Prevention Infrastructure Model to Transform Life Outcomes for Residents

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Lindsey P. Horvath’s motion to adopt a unifying countywide vision for prevention and to establish the infrastructure to achieve it, through the Prevention and Promotion Systems Governing Committee – an inaugural Brown Act body comprised of County department leaders working together to significantly improve the conditions necessary to foster well-being for Angelenos and solve for risk factors throughout a person’s life that lead to engaging in government systems like foster care, justice, and public social services.

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Board of Supervisors Expand Countywide Mentorship Program for At-Risk Youth to Focus on Black Girls

LOS ANGELES, Calif. —The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion in a 4-0 vote, authored by Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Kathryn Barger that builds on the success of professional mentors in preventing at-risk youth from entering Los Angeles County’s foster care system. The motion directs the Department of Mental Health in collaboration with the Department of Children and Family Services to extend the County’s partnership with the non-profit, Friends of the Children – Los Angeles, to provide paid, full-time mentors for over 170 Black girls countywide starting at ages 4 to 6 that will remain throughout their teenage years.

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LA County’s Maggie Hathaway Golf Course Receives $7 Million from U.S. Open Community Legacy Project to Expand Access to the Sport in South LA

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — This June, Los Angeles will host the U.S. Open Golf Championship for the first time in 75 years. As part of the U.S. Open partners’ commitment to expanding access to the sport in the host community, the U.S. Golf Association (USGA), Southern California Golf Association (SCGA), and the Los Angeles County Club have joined together to create the Fore Youth Foundation and contribute an initial donation of $7 million to the Maggie Hathaway Golf Course in South Los Angeles.

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Board of Supervisors Call for Action to Depopulate Juvenile Halls and Use Least Restrictive Placements for Young People in the Care of the Probation Department

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In response to the crisis in our juvenile halls and Los Angeles County’s commitment to Care First Jails Last, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell and co-authored by Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath to create a structured release system that is aligned with best practices for effectively reunifying young people with their community.

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Board of Supervisors Move to Strengthen Employment Protections for Individuals Impacted by Justice System with Fair Chance Ordinance

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell and co-authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis to establish a countywide Fair Chance ordinance to provide individuals that have been impacted by the justice system with equitable access to employment opportunities.

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Board of Supervisors Move to Establish County Fair Workweek Employment Protections for Retail Workers

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell and co-authored by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath that sets Los Angeles County on track to establish a Fair Workweek ordinance requiring employers with 300 or more workers in unincorporated Los Angeles County to provide standard protections that include but are not limited to proper time off, control over schedules, and anti-retaliation measures.

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Supervisor Mitchell Releases Priority Areas for Community Broadband Network in LA County’s 2nd District and Hosts Laptop Giveaway for over 100 Households

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell released a map of priority locations where the County will build low-cost internet for households in the Second District. Supervisor Mitchell made the announcement in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Internal Services Department (ISD), which is Los Angeles County’s lead on digital equity, during a free laptop giveaway event at the Willowbrook Library this morning.

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Board of Supervisors Approve Ground Lease to Charles R. Drew University Providing a Home for the Historic Launch its Independent Four-Year Medical Education Program

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, with the unanimous support of the Board of Supervisors, voted to approve a 60-year ground lease agreement that will be the future site of a 46,650 square foot state-of-the-art home for Charles R. Drew University’s (CDU) four-year medical education program.

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LA County Moves to Transform Interim Homekey Properties into Permanent Housing for Persons Experiencing Homelessness

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— In response to the urgent need for permanent housing options for people experiencing homelessness, today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Chair Holly J. Mitchell, and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn, to transform ownership of eight Homekey (Homekey 1) properties to community-based developers for the construction of 612 permanent supportive housing (PSH) units, with construction set to begin in 2023..

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LA County Set to Launch Community Air Monitoring Program and New Policies Aligned with the State to Protect Residents During Phase Out of Oil Drilling

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Building on the County’s commitment to phasing out oil drilling, today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Chair Holly J. Mitchell, and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn, to ensure the County’s environmental policies and programs to protect communities are aligned with the County’s updated Oil Well Ordinance and Senate Bill 1137- which prohibits new oil wells within 3,200 feet of residential neighborhoods and requires new health and safety regulations.

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LA County Board of Supervisors Move to Launch Pilot Program to Connect 1,500 People Living in RV Encampments to Housing & Services in 3 Years

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (Board) unanimously approved a motion authored by Chair, Holly J. Mitchell and co-authored by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, that builds on the County’s commitment to addressing the homelessness crisis by establishing a countywide RV encampment pilot program prioritizing hot spot areas where crime and dilapidated RVs have increased over the past two years.

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Board of Supervisors Invests $56M in Broadband Access and Establishes Intergovernmental Committee Focused on Closing Digital Divide

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (Board) approved a motion authored by Chair, Holly J. Mitchell, and co-authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, to establish the Intergovernmental Broadband Coordinating Committee (IBCC) to expand affordable and reliable internet access across unincorporated LA County and maximize Federal and State funding to achieve digital equity.

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Board of Supervisors Expand Equitable Access to LA County Contracts for Diverse and Local Small Businesses and Non-Profits

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Today, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Chair Holly J. Mitchell and co-authored by Supervisor Sheila Kuehl that launches comprehensive strategies for making the contracting process with the County more accessible for small business and non-profits owned by under-represented populations, including veterans, Black, Ingenious, People of Color, people with disabilities and the LGBTQIA+.

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Chair Mitchell Proclaims Monkeypox a Local Emergency

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— As the number of Monkeypox cases increase in our communities, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Holly J. Mitchell has issued a Proclamation of a Local Emergency for Monkeypox to bolster the County’s response to this outbreak.

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LA County Moves to Identify Investments for Expanding the Office of Diversion and Re-Entry’s Housing Program to Reduce the Rising Jail Population Suffering from Mental Illness

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion authored by Chair Holly J. Mitchell to create a plan for expanding the County’s Care First, Jails Last vision by addressing the crisis of a rising jail population with serious mental illness and substance abuse dependency and the disproportionately high rate of Black and Latinx residents within the County’s justice system.

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Chair Mitchell Passes Motion Declaring LA County a Housing First County, Rejects Wasting Taxpayer Money on Strategies that Fall Short in Ending Homelessness

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Holly Mitchell provided the following statement on why she voted no on the motion to support the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness and the importance of declaring LA County a Housing First County in helping to end the homelessness crisis:

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Chair Mitchell’s Statement on Reward Motion for Tioni Theus

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Chair Holly J. Mitchell to establish a reward offer in the amount of $10,000 in exchange for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of persons responsible for the death of 16-year-old Tioni Theus.

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Chair Mitchell’s Statement on LA County’s Efforts to Protect Access to Abortion and Reproductive Health Care in the Fight to Uphold Roe v. Wade

Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Chair Holly J. Mitchell and co-authored by Supervisor Sheila Kuehl to receive a report back in 30 days with a plan for how the County can protect and expand access to abortion rights and reproductive healthcare if Roe v. Wade is overturned this year.

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Los Angeles County Demands Answers for Largest Sewage Spill in LA County Sanitation Districts History and Strengthens Investments in Preventative Measures

Today, in the first public hearing meeting of the year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Chair Holly J. Mitchell and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn, to identify the cause of the eight and half million gallons of untreated sewage into County waterways that occurred the end of December, and the necessary steps to prevent sewage spills and protect surrounding communities.

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Chair Mitchell’s Statement on the Death of LA County Fire Fighter Jonathan Flagler

I am sending my heartfelt condolences to the family of LA County Fire Fighter Jonathan Flagler, who passed away this morning after sustaining fatal injuries while engaged in fire fighting operations at a single family residence in Rancho Palos Verdes. Fire Fighter Flagler was a 21-year veteran of the fire service, having served 19 years with the Vernon Fire Department before transitioning to the Los Angeles County Fire Department in October 2020. He is survived by his wife and two teenage sons. I want to thank Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Tony Marrone and every single member of the LA County Fire Department as our County family mourns this terrible loss. In honor of Firefighter Flagler’s memory, all County Departments will lower all flags to half-staff.

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Los Angeles County Strengthens Mental Health Services and Safety at Restorative Care Villages by Creating On-Site Behavioral Health Crisis Teams

Today, the Los Angeles County Board Supervisor approved a motion authored by Chair Holly J. Mitchell, Supervisor to the Second District and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn to provide additional support to Restorative Care Villages with trained and responsible crisis intervention teams to help quickly de-escalate and prevent violence, suicides or mental health crisis from occurring at restorative care village campuses.

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Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell Appointed Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the appointment of Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell to serve as Chair, and Supervisor Sheila Kuehl as Chair Pro Tem. Representing Los Angeles County’s Second District, Chair Mitchell shared a video message on her goals as Chair to help strengthen the County’s path to recovery from COVID-19 with a commitment to building back with equity.

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Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell’s Statement on Proclaiming The Dominguez Channel Odor Incident a Local Emergency

Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, representing the Second District, shared the following statement after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved her motion, proclaiming the Dominguez Channel Odor Incident a local emergency and requesting the Governor of California issue a proclamation declaring a State of Emergency in the County of Los Angeles.

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Update on Air Monitoring of Odor In Carson

We are continuing to work with LA County Public Works, Public Health and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) to address the odor coming from the Dominguez Channel that has been impacting the Carson community and nearby neighborhoods.

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