Los Angeles city and community leaders are pushing for an urgent recovery plan to bring businesses back and restore confidence in the downtown LA area.

Downtown LA business owners gathered at Grand Central Market Thursday as they continue to grapple with a slow growing crisis: the downtown heart of Los Angeles is in a state of decay following years of compounding problems.

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“The pandemic, immigration raids, tariffs, curfews, ongoing homelessness – these have hit downtown Los Angeles harder than anyone else,’ said Nella McOsker, president of the Central City Association.

Downtown may represent just 1% of the land mass of the city but it represents a third of its business, parking and hotel tax base.

But office tow

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