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“Trump already tried this, and he failed because it’s unconstitutional,” Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez said in a statement.

Los Angeles City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez has demanded that the county fix roads in Tujunga that she said were damaged by the trucks.

The Huntington Park City Council has chosen a local civil service commissioner to replace former Councilmember Esmeralda Castillo, whose seat was declared vacant after a probe determined she was not living in the city.

The group said it looked forward to working with officials, notably Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, who represents downtown, to ensure that “the loss of these trees signals the beginning of the end of the ongoing corrosion of DTLA’s public realm.”

City Councilmember Traci Park, whose district includes Pacific Palisades and who has advocated for more Fire Department funding, said that the mayor’s proposal was a good sign but that the city should go further.