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City commission will consider bid to declare Los Angeles Times buildings historic-cultural monuments

LOS ANGELES_A bid to gain protected status for three Los Angeles Times buildings moved forward Thursday when the Cultural Heritage Commission agreed to consider an application to make them historic-cultural monuments.

Monument status could hinder a plan to redevelop the downtown L.A. block where they stand. The property is owned by Onni Group, which purchased the former Times Mirror Square in 2016 with plans to redevelop it.

The Times, now a tenant of Onni in its historic home, is nearly finished moving to El Segundo, where it will occupy a building owned by

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