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LOS ANGELES -- Big-box, home-improvement stores in Los Angeles will have to set aside space for day laborers under an ordinance passed by the City Council on Wednesday. When the ordinance takes effect -- the mayor has to sign it, and most city laws take effect 30 days afterward -- it will apply to stores such as The Home Depot that have 100,000 square feet or more, or any structure where 250,000 square feet or more of warehouse floor area is added.

LOS ANGELES -- The proliferation of oversized homes on small lots would come to an end in some parts of Los Angeles if an ordinance unanimously approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles City Council is signed by the mayor.

Under the so-called "Mansionization Ordinance" -- which would not apply in the hills or coastal areas -- the maximum square footage of a single-family house would be half the size of the lot.