Homeless Living in Vehicles, Screwed Again Details
2. The CD organizes evidence from residents and LAPD and brings LADOT into the conversation.
3. The motion is written.
Back in the day of Ed Reyes and Dennis Zine, I’m sure that was true. And it was also true back then that the police and City felt free to tow cars any time they wanted. Of course, that was before the homeless crisis, including a subset of people living in their cars, or trying to.
Anyhow, prominent on the LA City Council Agenda for Wednesday, February 10, 2021 was another attempt to root these homeless folks from living in their vehicles like RV’s. The difference this time was that Gil Cedillo and Curran Price have teamed up to do the deed with a new twist. Here’s the Item and text:
LA City Council votes to move forward with hero pay plan for grocery workers
LA City Council votes to move forward with hazard pay plan for grocery workers
LA City Council unanimously voted to move forward with a proposed emergency ordinance requiring large grocery and pharmacy retailers to pay employees an extra $5 per hour during the pandemic.
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to move forward with a proposed emergency ordinance requiring large grocery and pharmacy retailers to pay employees an extra $5 per hour during the pandemic.
The City Attorney is now preparing the ordinance.
The President of the LA City Council, Nury Martinez, believes the hazard pay is necessary.
Both motions were introduced by Council President Nury Martinez.
The first one instructs the Chief Legislative Analyst to work with the Department of Recreation and Parks and the Department of General Services to identify city facilities, particularly in higher risk communities and low-income communities of color, that could be used to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine.
The second one instructs the Chief Legislative Analyst to: report back to City Council with a strategy for equitable distribution of vaccines with priority given to low-income communities of color and essential workers who are people of color; and report back to City Council with information on Gov. Gavin Newsom s $300 million vaccine budget proposal and how Los Angeles can use that fund on a public outreach campaign for communities of color.
Police commission OKs sending mental health teams to answer some emergency calls
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Mental health teams to answer some emergency calls
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners moved forward Tuesday on a plan to have mental health professionals respond to certain 911 calls as part of a one-year pilot program.
The board voted unanimously to authorized Police Chief Michel Moore to execute an agreement with Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services to have their psychiatric professionals respond to some nonviolent calls.
The pilot program was adopted in a motion by the City Council on Dec. 8 and approved by Mayor Eric Garcetti on Dec. 15.
The second one instructs the Chief Legislative Analyst to:
report back to City Council with a strategy for equitable distribution of vaccines with priority given to low-income communities of color and essential workers who are people of color; and
report back to City Council with information on Gov. Gavin Newsom s $300 million vaccine budget proposal and how Los Angeles can use that fund on a public outreach campaign for communities of color. Equitable allocation and distribution of the vaccine is critical to Los Angeles, especially to the communities who (bear) the brunt of this outbreak, Martinez said in one of the motions. The purpose of the vaccine is to prevent the spread of the virus but it must be the city of Los Angeles goal to ensure that the spread stops at the highest risk areas first.