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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...

Parents, Students Protest For Reopening Schools in Los Angeles

August 19, 2020 9:21 pmAugust 19, 2020 9:31 pm

On Wednesday, dozens of parents, kids, and other supporters in favor of reopening schools in Southern California protested outside of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) building in Los Angeles. A rally outside of the LA teacher union headquarters Members...

Los Angeles County Rent Relief Program Applicants Begin August 17th

August 11, 2020 7:25 pm

On Monday, Los Angeles County officials announced that a $100 million rent relief fund program will begin collecting applications on August 17th. The program, funded by the recent $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act block of...

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 amMarch 17, 2022 8:18 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. 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...

City Of Los Angeles To Accept Applications For Rent Relief Program

July 14, 2020 3:13 amJuly 13, 2020 8:17 pm

On Monday, Los Angeles began accepting applications from residents for $100 million in rent relief from a CARES Act program. Passed last month by the LA City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors as the Emergency Rental Assistance...

Christy Smith Indicates Support for Defunding LAPD, LA Sheriff in Tweet

July 9, 2020 5:18 pmJuly 10, 2020 3:43 pm

Wednesday, Democrat Assemblywoman Christy Smith (CA-25) Tweeted indicating support of the Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ decision to slash LAPD and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s budgets, blaming the cuts on an economic crisis created...