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Westwood, CA - May 06: Pro-Palestinian supporters were arrested at the Westwood campus of UCLA on Monday, May 6, 2024 in Westwood, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, Mar Vista, California-March 11, 2022-Top lawmakers and state officials tour a newly constructed, all-electric affordable apartment building in Mar Vista, Los Angeles, California on March 11, 2022. They announce the availability of $60 million for builders to produce all-electric affordable housing, uplift the Governor's proposed $1 billion budget investment for building decarbonization and state efforts to address extreme heat. The building is called Vista Ballona and is located in the Mar Vista neighborhood at 3960 Grand View Blvd. Los Angeles.(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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FILE - Republican primary challenger for Rep. Richard Pombo's seat, former Rep. Pete McCloskey, is shown at his law office in Redwood City, Calif., March 16, 2006. Former California Congressman McCloskey, who ran as a Republican challenging President Richard Nixon in 1972, has died Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at age 96. McCloskey was a pro-environment, anti-war lawmaker who co-authored the federal Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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‘Are you a Zionist?’ Checkpoints at UCLA encampment provoked fear, debate among Jews
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Pajaro, California March 15, 2023-California Governor Gavin Newsome speaks to the media as he stands next to a flooded strawberry field in Pajaro Wednesday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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FILE - Ippei Mizuhara stands next to Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani and translates during an interview at Dodger Stadium on Feb. 3, 2024. The firing of Ohtani's interpreter by the Los Angeles Dodgers over allegations of illegal gambling has highlighted an issue many outside of California don't realize: Sports betting is still against the law in the nation's most populous state. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

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