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Small businesses, restaurants and mom and pops are being particularly hard hit, says Maria Salinas, chief executive of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.

Many cities are reeling from declining tax revenues and struggling businesses.

I have not seen that in my entire 40 years in business.

Ava runs a line dancing business of her own and teaches three classes a week.

"It was very hard for me to see my business burning. Everything I had worked for, for over 30 years," Nasser says.