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- ↑ La vida latina en L.A. urban Latino cultures. Gustavo Leclerc, Raúl. Villa, M. J. Dear, University of Southern California. Southern California Studies Center. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications. 1999. ISBN 0-7619-1619-9. OCLC 40467433.
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- ↑ Pagel, David (September 6, 2002). "This Glittery Lawn Mower Cuts to the Tough Questions". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
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