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Last month, a BBC investigation found that some vets felt they were under pressure to "generate income".

McDonald's has been working for months to try to re-ignite its business, after facing backlash from customers, especially lower income households, over rising prices.

But a little-known provision of Proposition 66 allowed the state to house condemned inmates in other prisons, where they would be required to hold prison jobs and pay 70% of their income to victims.

"Our community is affected by poverty. So they look at the tree as a cheap alternative source of income," Mr Gerima said.

Rooftop solar advocates have challenged that assertion, citing statistics from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that show 39% of the owners of the rooftop panels in 2023 had household incomes of less than $100,000.