[hanamizu]

“Local leaders expressed their concern...”

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Who would these ‘local leaders’ be. City officials or is ‘leader’ kind of like ‘Indian elder’, a title one gives oneself.

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“Local leaders” is a blanket term for state legislators. In this case... “The legislators include: Sens. Luz Escamilla and Jani Iwamoto and Reps. Angela Romero, Karen Kwan, Mark Wheatley, and Sandra Hollins”. In other words, the Democrats.