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Environmental

Aug. 31, 2006

Ficus Fight Highlights Role Activists Can Play in Economic Development

LOS ANGELES - For most people in Southern California, the city of Commerce is just an exit off Interstate 5, home to a factory outlet mall called the Citadel and known by the glowing lights of the Commerce Casino.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer
     
LOS ANGELES - For most people in Southern California, the city of Commerce is just an exit off Interstate 5, home to a factory outlet mall called the Citadel and known by the glowing lights of the Commerce Casino.
      But a legal battle over ficus trees shows how residents of this industrial city east of downtown Los Angeles aim ...

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