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Here’s How.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/11996-municipal-deregulation-inequality-here-s-how) PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Deregulation, the elimination of governmental review of private investments, many of them speculative, has benefited a small perc… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/dc/085i-dc2b0619.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/11995-legalizing-recreational-pot-all-eyes-on-california)### [Legalizing Recreational Pot: All Eyes on California](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/11995-legalizing-recreational-pot-all-eyes-on-california) Written by Nadia Prupis on October 20 2016. 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