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City Council urges Chandler family to keep Los Angeles Times under local control; motion passes 13-1

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The Los Angeles City Council adopted a nonbinding motion urging the Chandler family to keep the Los Angeles Times locally owned or consider local buyers; the motion passed 13-1 with one recorded no vote.

The Los Angeles City Council approved a nonbinding motion urging the Chandler family to keep the Los Angeles Times under local control or to sell to local buyers, passing the measure 13-1. The clerk recorded Councilmember Holden as the lone dissenting vote.

Why it matters: Council members said preserving local ownership — or assuring that the paper’s operations remain physically present in Los Angeles — matters for the…

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