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West Hollywood Votes to Remove Trump's Walk of Fame Star

The vote is non-binding and the decision is up to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

The West Hollywood City Council voted unanimously on Monday night to calling for the removal of Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

The vote is non-binding, with the council having no control ultimately over the decision.

"Once we receive a communication from the City of West Hollywood, it will be referred to our Executive Committee for consideration at their next meeting. As of now, there are no plans to remove any stars from the Hollywood Walk of Fame," said Leron Gubler, the president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which has the power to make the call. It would mark the first time a star has been removed.

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Donald Trump at the Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage)

"The West Hollywood City Council does not have jurisdiction over the Hollywood Walk of Fame," Gubler added, CNN reports.

West Hollywood Mayor John Duran confirmed news of the vote on Twitter.

"The West Hollywood City Council did not pass the resolution because Donald Trump is a conservative or a Republican. Earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is an honor. When one belittles and attacks minorities, immigrants, Muslims, people with disabilities or women—the honor no longer exists," he told CNN.

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HOLLYWOOD, CA - JULY 25: Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star is vandalized on July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images)

The star has been vandalized on several occasions, most recently with a pickax by a man charged on the same day as the vote. Austin Mikel Clay turned himself in for the July 25 incident, and faces a possible maximum sentence of three years in jail if convinced, according to prosecutors.

In 2016, another man, James Lambert Otis, attacked the star with a pickax and sledgehammer. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation and 20 days of road maintenance work, and was also ordered to pay $3,700 to the Hollywood Historic Trust, which maintains the Walk of Fame, and $700 to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

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