Take Two FOR March 3, 2021

City Council Overrides Mayor Veto to Spend $88 Million of LAPD Budget on Poor Communities, Vaccines for Farmworkers, On the Lot

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Plan to spend $88 Million of LAPD budget on poor communities moves forward, the challenges of vaccinating California's farmworkers, film production comes back to LA. See full episode >

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September 1, 2016 California's Prop 64 would make recreational marijuana legal in the state. If the law passes, it would mean a big shift in the way the Golden State — already the largest market for pot in the U.S. — regulates marijuana.