Congress will triple housing assistance for landlords and tenants, sending $ 250 million – which could include rent back. The mayor said several million rent exemptions are on the way when everything is added.
“We could see up to $ 300 or $ 400 million up to more than four times what we gave in December. So it’s important as a homeowner to make sure your tenants know about it, that they sign up.”
If the COVID-19 rate continues to decline, Los Angeles could emerge from its most restrictive purple level in about a week, leading to a partial reopening of businesses such as restaurants.
“We are at the limit of the red level, which will allow meals inside, if the county allows this at 25%,” Garcetti said. “And if this trend continues, we could expand beyond 25%.”
The mayor believes that schools can open until April. He is willing to help open the Dodger Stadium vaccination site on Sunday to speed up teacher vaccinations. He offers his help in negotiating the reopening, if asked.
“I think it’s such a reflection of how badly this nation has gone, that our children are left behind. And that here we have bookrooms that opened before the classrooms. This is inexcusable.”
Many viewers asked how they were allowed to continue growing homeless camps. The CDC recommends against moving the homeless in a pandemic.
Mayor Garcetti says the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine would be good for this population.
“Let’s bring them the vaccines. Then let’s have an honest conversation about making sure we get those cleanups in a humane way, with services and showers and housing recommendations, and we even help people get off the streets. It seems like zombies in too many places. “
Viewers asked the mayor if he regretted changing his approval in George Gascón for the Los Angeles County prosecutor on the current Jackie Lacey.
He said he supported Gascón’s “turning the page”, but said he might not agree with all of his directives.
“When I support people, it doesn’t mean I agree with 100% of what I do. I follow these things closely. Where I disagree, I won’t be shy to speak.”
The mayor added that it is very important to make sure that we not only have the support of the victims, but also to turn a new page in which people are not “repeated, repeated, repeated and blocked forever by our own amount.”
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