Eric Garcetti Archives - Page 14 of 16

Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Announces Historic Number of Furloughs During State of the City Address

April 20, 2020 3:00 pmApril 20, 2020 3:42 pm

On Sunday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced during the annual State of the City address that due to a budget shortfall caused by the effects of the coronavirus, a sweeping 26 unpaid days off of furloughs for all civilian...

Los Angeles Begins New Coronavirus Assistance Program as Pandemic Hits Peak

April 14, 2020 8:19 pm

On Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a new ‘Angelino Card’ program that will give additional funds to select residents affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Angelino Cards Los Angeles residents with households below the federal poverty line who...

San Bernardino County, City of Los Angeles Now Require Masks in Public for COVID-19

April 8, 2020 2:49 pmApril 8, 2020 2:51 pm

A few days after Riverside County enacted a mandatory mask-in-public law, both San Bernardino County and the city of Los Angeles announced their intention to make masks a requirement to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. San Bernardino’s law,...

What Executive Orders Has Gov. Newsom Issued During Coronavirus Crisis?

March 26, 2020 7:32 amMarch 27, 2020 8:13 am

The extraordinary measures California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking ostensibly to prevent the spread of Coronavirus appear autocratic and undemocratic, but all in the name of public health: self-quarantines and isolation for the state’s 40 million residents. However, Gov. Newsom...

Many Californians Temporarily Move From Cities to Rural Towns

March 25, 2020 2:35 amMarch 25, 2020 1:54 pm

In an attempt to escape cities in California where the COVID-19 coronavirus has hit, many Californians have temporarily moved out of cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco to towns in nearby deserts and mountain areas for several months....

Los Angeles County Introduces Stricter ‘Stay at Home’ Measures

March 23, 2020 1:28 pm

Only days after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti set some of the harshest COVID-19 coronavirus ‘stay at home’ restrictions in the state, Los Angeles County announced late Sunday that more restrictions would now be put into place for the entire...

Do the Numbers in the Coronavirus Outbreak Justify Tanking the Economy?

March 22, 2020 10:15 amMarch 22, 2020 10:44 am

Perusing the daily headlines alerting readers about the Coronavirus outbreak could make anyone want to self-quarantine. But the numbers aren’t the entire story when broken down. Deliberate omissions of important information tell the full story: Coronavirus is spreading, and more...