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Big-box Ban Targeting Chinatown Wal-Mart Fails To Get Enough Votes - Latimes.com

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A Walmart sign on the opening day of the new Walmart Neighborhood Market in Panorama City, California, a working class area about 13 miles (20km) northwest of Los Angeles, on September 28, 2012. Smaller than Walmart's SuperCenter, the Neighborhood Market resembles a traditional supermarket, selling food, health and beauty products and home cleaning supplies. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)

A temporary ban on big-box retail stores in Chinatown fell short Tuesday, when Los Angeles City Councilman Ed Reyes failed to get enough colleagues to add their support. The measure needed at least 12 votes, but got 10, with four members opposed.

The council is expected to reconsider the issue again at its meeting Wednesday, but could delay a re-vote until next week.

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