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Bianco, Bonta clash over ballot ruling, LAHSA cleared to pursue federal funding, Vroman's gets new owners — Morning Edition · The LA Report

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  Speaker 1: Today on the LA Report Morning Edition.
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  Speaker 1: California court rules Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco illegally seized
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  Speaker 1: thousands of ballots. Obviously it's wrong, that never should have happened.
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  Speaker 1: Lhasa gets the green light to keep pursuing millions in
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  Speaker 1: federal funding.
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  Speaker 1: And Broman's bookstore gets new owners.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning. It's Friday, September 25th. I'm Austin Cross, and
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  Speaker 1: this is the LA Report from LAS News. The California
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Court says Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco broke state
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  Speaker 1: law by seizing more than 650,000 ballots from county election officials.
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  Speaker 1: He's been ordered to return them and stop investigating alleged
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  Speaker 1: election fraud.
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  Speaker 1: Bianco says he'll comply but argues the ruling hands the
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General too much power. Never would anyone have thought
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  Speaker 1: that we would have an Attorney general who would prevent
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  Speaker 1: the investigation into criminal activity and corruption. Attorney General Rob
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  Speaker 1: Bonta says the ruling reaffirms his authority over county sheriffs.
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  Speaker 1: It takes a case all the way to the California
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Court to try to justify his law breaking as
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  Speaker 1: a law enforcement officer. Obviously.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, it's wrong. That never should have happened. That audio
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  Speaker 1: from our media partner CBS LA.
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  Speaker 1: A federal appeals court says LA's Homeless Services Agency can
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  Speaker 1: keep applying for millions in federal funding for now, Aaron
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  Speaker 1: Schrank reports the Ninth Circuit sided with LASA, rejecting the
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  Speaker 1: Trump administration's push to keep the agency suspended from federal grants.
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  Speaker 1: The ruling said US Housing and Urban Development gave no
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  Speaker 1: good reason for suspending LASA in the middle of an
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  Speaker 1: active funding cycle, with a deadline looming.
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  Speaker 1: They called the Fed's backup plan of local service providers
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  Speaker 1: applying on their own nearly impossible to pull off in time.
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  Speaker 1: The ruling means LASA can finish a $239 million funding
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  Speaker 1: application now due next month. HUD says it stands by
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  Speaker 1: the suspension. Aaron Schrank, LAS News. A bipartisan group of
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  Speaker 1: lawmakers are up with a bill that would create a
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  Speaker 1: federal tax credit for film production in the US
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  Speaker 1: It would give film studios a 20% credit for labor
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  Speaker 1: costs on productions over a million dollars where three quarters
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  Speaker 1: or more happens in the US.
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Senator Adam Schiff introduced the bill alongside Republican Tim
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  Speaker 1: Scott of South Carolina. Schiff says current state incentives just
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  Speaker 1: aren't cutting it. States have tried, and California has certainly tried,
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  Speaker 1: but can't on its own make up for the very
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  Speaker 1: substantial incentives overseas, he says he hopes Congress passes the
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  Speaker 1: bill in a lame duck session after the election.
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  Speaker 1: Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena and Book Soup in West Hollywood
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  Speaker 1: have new owners after a nearly 3-year search. The stores
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  Speaker 1: announced yesterday that Robert Hoffman and his family are taking
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  Speaker 1: over for Joel Sheldon, who's retiring. Sheldon's family owned Vroman's
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  Speaker 1: for more than 100 years and picked up Book Soup
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  Speaker 1: in 2009.
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  Speaker 1: Froman says Hoffman grew up coming to the store. Both
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  Speaker 1: stores say the locations, staff, and books are staying the same.
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  Speaker 1: Coming up, new exhibits arrive to our local museums this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Stick around.
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  Speaker 1: Back now with the LA Report. I'm Austin Cross. Some
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  Speaker 1: new exhibits open at local museums this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: The Grammy Museum unveils a special Olivia Rodrigo showcase today
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  Speaker 1: in downtown LA. Note by note features her stage outfits,
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  Speaker 1: tour memorabilia, and pieces from the Daisy Chain Fields Festival.
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  Speaker 1: Down in Mid Wilshire, the Academy Museum opens a spooky
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  Speaker 1: exhibit tomorrow called The Horror Show. Horror-themed galleries take over
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  Speaker 1: the museum just in time for Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: All right, new music dropped from Taylor Swift. She gifted
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  Speaker 1: fans with a surprise EP overnight titled The Life of
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  Speaker 1: a Showgirl, The Encore, featuring 4 new tracks. That song
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  Speaker 1: is called Pink Clouding. Here's another one that we liked here.
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  Speaker 2: Something wicked this way.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that one is called Canceled. The new music video
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  Speaker 1: for her track Patient Zero premieres this weekend at MTV's
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  Speaker 1: Music Video Awards.
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