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‘Tone deaf’ LA Mayor Garcetti Tweets Urging Residents to Conserve Energy

September 7, 2020 2:11 pm

On Sunday, a tweet by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti that said to use less electricity and not run the air conditioning very high despite a record heat wave faced severe backlash from thousands of LA residents. ‘Time to turn...

Los Angeles Announces Fiscal Emergency, Plans To Furlough Over 15,000 City Workers

September 3, 2020 3:10 pmSeptember 4, 2020 2:47 pm

On Wednesday, the city of Los Angeles declared a fiscal emergency, with the LA City Council announcing the furloughs of more than 15,000 city workers to help fill in the $400 million deficit the city is now facing. Over 15,000...

LA Mayor Garcetti Denounces New CDC COVID-19 Testing Standards

August 27, 2020 2:03 pm

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti temporarily went against new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and announced during a press conference that everyone who wants a COVID-19 test should get one. Mayor Garcetti promotes more...

California Eviction Moratorium Could End As Soon As Next Month

July 29, 2020 9:13 pmJuly 30, 2020 3:26 pm

The statewide eviction moratorium, set in place by the Judicial Council in April, has been placed on notice for expiration next month following an announcement last Friday by California Supreme Court Chief Justice and Judicial Council leader Tani Cantil-Sakauye. An...

LA Mayor Garcetti Says City Reopened Too Early In May, Helped Cause Second Spike

July 20, 2020 6:30 pmJuly 20, 2020 6:50 pm

In a series of interviews this weekend, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti admitted that Los Angeles reopened too early, as well as commenting on an “overwhelming” need for rental assistance in the city due to a high number of rent...

Los Angeles Facing A Second Citywide Shutdown

July 15, 2020 2:15 amJuly 16, 2020 8:48 am

On Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warned that Los Angeles was close to going into a complete shutdown due to the high number of new COVID-19 cases within the city. Less than 24 hours after Governor Gavin Newsom announced...

Los Angeles Faces Possible Second Mandatory Stay-At-Home Order

July 9, 2020 9:38 pmJuly 10, 2020 7:41 pm

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warned that the city could be facing a second mandatory stay-at-home order if COVID-19 cases continued to grow. LA’s COVID-19 threat level remains high Mayor Garcetti utilized the cities recently unveiled color-coded COVID-19...