Earlier this week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti gave some credence to that timetable, saying having fans for the NBA playoffs is a “realistic timeline”. Garcetti suggested that fans in attendance should have to confirm vaccination via a “vaccine passport” of some sorts, so that there can be some benefit for having been through the vaccination process.
“We don’t have dates yet for NBA,” Garcetti said. “I would hope by playoffs, when one or both of our LA teams is in the playoffs both of them should get there we should have some limited capacity and get fans back.”
Same issues have arisen again and again : LAPD mishandled George Floyd protests last summer, report finds Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY
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A scathing new report has found that the Los Angeles Police Department was reactive, rather than proactive in response to city unrest following the death of George Floyd.
The report, commissioned by City Council June 2020 and released March 10, 2021, concluded that the LAPD was unprepared for unrest and disregarded rules for mass arrest and crowd management historically a pattern within the department.
The LAPD s response to the protests sparked intense backlash lastsummer, with videos of officers hitting protesters with batons and social media posts detailing illegal detainment conditions. Hundreds of people were injured as a resuilt..
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti: We don t have enough doses yet to meet Biden s May 1 deadline
From CNN s Leinz Vales
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during an interview on March 15. CNN
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday that his city does not have enough doses yet to meet President Biden s goal of making all adults over the age of 18 eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by May 1. I would like to see more doses, Garcetti told CNN s Wolf Blitzer. We ve used 98% of what was sent.
Garcetti made it clear that his city has the capacity to handle vaccinations and are making progress within minority communities.
One problem: As Newsom crowed in his State of the State speech, and as he told the ladies of “The View” Tuesday, the state has a budget surplus.
. @MeghanMcCain to @GavinNewsom: Californians are fed up and leaving the state because of high taxes and a terrible business climate. Why?
Gavin: but we have a record budget surplus in California.
If that’s true, why isn’t it being immediately directed to this dire emergency your supporters claim the state has?
How much will a recall election cost? According to Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), $100 million.
.@KarenBassTweets organized black elected officials across the CA to oppose the recall of @GavinNewsom.
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