“That was the killer,” Portantino told The Associated Press over the phone as he waited to board a flight home to Southern California.
California gun bill fails on tactical error
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“There has always been an incentive to chase retail and a disincentive to build housing,” said Sen. Anthony Portantino, a Los Angeles-area Democrat who authored the bill to pay local governments.
California eyes shuttered malls, stores for new housing
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