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State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, discusses his single-payer health care bill at a Capitol news conference, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, accompanied by members of the California Nurses Association, discusses his single-payer health care bill at a Capitol news conference, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, stands between a pair of charts outlining estimated cost savings concerning his single-payer health care bill at a Capitol news conference, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, stands between a pair of charts outlining estimated cost savings concerning his single-payer health care bill at a Capitol news conference, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, discusses his single-payer health care bill at a Capitol news conference, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, accompanied by members of the California Nurses Association, discusses his single-payer health care bill at a Capitol news conference, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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California state Democratic Senators Ricardo Lara of Bell Gardens, left, and Holly Mitchell of Los Angeles, discuss their proposed juvenile justice legislation Monday, March 20, 2017, at Leataata Floyd Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif. California should start treating juvenile offenders more like children, state lawmakers said Monday as they promoted bills that they said reflect research showing that children's brains are different from adults. (AP Photo/Don Thompson)

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FILE -- In this May 26, 2016 file photo Sen. Janet Nguyen, R-Fountain Valley, is congratulated by Sen. Richardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, after the Senate approved one of her bills, in Sacramento, Calif. Lara, who was presiding over the Senate, ordered Nguyen removed from the floor Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, after she refused to stop delivering a speech criticizing former Sen. Tom Hayden for his anti-war activism in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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Neighbor Maria Sanchez holds a Jan. 29, 2012 photo of her neighbor Isidro Garcia at his daughter's third birthday at Bell Gardens church, while talking to the media on Wednesday, May, 21, 2014 in Bell Gardens, Calif. Garcia allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl in Santa Ana in 2004 then repeatedly physically and sexually assaulted her over the course of 10 years. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)