“I cannot vote to keep pools open...
“I cannot vote to keep pools open an extra week when I know kids in my district all year round don’t have anything to do for recreation.”
--Los Angeles City Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores, the lone vote against reopening 27 city pools for another week because of the hot spell. Flores noted that none of the pools serve public housing project residents.
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