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FILE - Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa who participated in protests after rents doubled in 2019, stands for a photo inside her apartment building in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

FILE - Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa who participated in protests after rents doubled in 2019, stands for a photo inside her apartment building in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

FILE - An inmate selects the letters and numbers to be used to make a specialty license plate by Prison Industries at Folsom State Prison, May 15, 2012, in Folsom, Calif.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - An inmate selects the letters and numbers to be used to make a specialty license plate by Prison Industries at Folsom State Prison, May 15, 2012, in Folsom, Calif.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - Lawrence Cheng, left, whose family owns seven Wendy's locations south of Los Angeles, works with part-time employee Adriana Ruiz at his Wendy's restaurant in Fountain Valley, Calif., June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

FILE - Lawrence Cheng, left, whose family owns seven Wendy's locations south of Los Angeles, works with part-time employee Adriana Ruiz at his Wendy's restaurant in Fountain Valley, Calif., June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

FILE - Neighbors and local business owners join in to support California's Proposition 36 on the November ballot at a news conference in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

FILE - Neighbors and local business owners join in to support California's Proposition 36 on the November ballot at a news conference in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

FILE - 7-Eleven leadership and franchisees support the Yes on Prop 36 campaign outside the 7-Eleven that was robbed by about 50 juveniles in late September in Los Angeles during a news conference, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)

FILE - 7-Eleven leadership and franchisees support the Yes on Prop 36 campaign outside the 7-Eleven that was robbed by about 50 juveniles in late September in Los Angeles during a news conference, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)