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The Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday targeting home improvement stores (such as Lowe?s, Home Depot) for their significant role in attracting day laborers. Typically, such Californian stores have been gathering places for jobless workers seeking temporary employment, often leading to increased trash, noise, etc. The ordinance demands that all newly-proposed store locations larger than 100,000 square feet obtain conditional-use permits, which could require them to build shelters and/or provide bathrooms, water, and trash cans. The ordinance has set off a storm of different reactions, running the spectrum from praise for aiding the hard-pressed workers to the belief that such a measure only condones illegal immigration.