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The underground COVID economy: Businesses say they sidestepped rules to survive [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-UNDERGROUND:LA]
The businesses appeared closed, but there were telltale signs of life: light seeping out from behind boarded-up windows, customers coming and going through employee entrances, Instagram posts alluding to in-home appointments.
The COVID-19 shutdown orders imposed in March and again during the holidays crippled large swaths of the California economy. But even before an easing of restrictions announced this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom, some business owners continued to carry on covertly. In Los Angeles and other counties with forced closures, you could still get your nails done and your hair trimmed, practice Pilates inside a studio and eat a restaurant meal with a group of friends no takeout containers involved.
Some L.A. Businesses Survive on Underground COVID Economy As Gov. Newsom enacted statewide stay-at-home orders that closed and restricted businesses for months, some business owners had to sidestep the rules to make ends meet while risking costly fines and contracting COVID. Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times | January 27, 2021 | Analysis
(TNS) The businesses appeared closed, but there were telltale signs of life: light seeping out from behind boarded-up windows, customers coming and going through employee entrances, Instagram posts alluding to in-home appointments.
The COVID-19 shutdown orders imposed in March and again during the holidays crippled large swaths of the California economy. But even before an easing of restrictions announced this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom, some business owners continued to carry on covertly. In Los Angeles and other counties with forced closures, you could still get your nails don
The businesses appeared closed, but there were telltale signs of life: light seeping out from behind boarded-up windows, customers coming and going through employee entrances, Instagram posts alluding to in-home appointments.
The COVID-19 shutdown orders imposed in March and again during the holidays crippled large swaths of the California economy. But even before an easing of restrictions announced this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom, some business owners continued to carry on covertly. In Los Angeles and other counties with forced closures, you could still get your nails done and your hair trimmed, practice Pilates inside a studio and eat a restaurant meal with a group of friends no takeout containers involved.
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Her co-founder Dina Samson, co-owner of DTLA’s Rossoblu; Socalo’s Baja seafood platter; Her merch; Hotville Chicken’s Kim Prince; All Day Baby’s Lien Ta.
Running Jan. 21-30, the 10-day fest will include more than 100 eateries as organizers attempt to boost female-run businesses that have suffered during the pandemic.
Last fall, as restaurants in L.A. faced an endless wave of changing COVID-19 restrictions, nine female restaurateurs from across the city started a virtual meetup. We needed a place to vent, a sounding board to just talk, says Hotville Chicken owner Kim Prince. Those discussions evolved into the sharing of resources and grant information. Some ladies have six locations and 300 employees and now they re down to 40. Hearing things like that gave me some comfort and allowed me to breathe and recognize, OK, I m not the only one struggling. We re all struggli