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THE BUZZ: From state legislators to reluctantly homeschooling parents to mask-weary residents, Californians have a common coronavirus query: Are we there yet?
California’s miniscule transmission rate has us on the brink of a wide-scale reopening. Much of the state’s population already lives in the least-restrictive tier, which allows businesses to operate at the maximum pandemic capacity. Gov.
The Bureau of Engineering will need to offer recommendations on transitioning all existing al fresco participants into permanent sidewalk dining locations while adhering to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The city attorney will need to report on the feasibility of revising the Department of Transportation s People St. Program to let restaurants have the exclusive use of the public right-of-way.
The Department of Building and Safety, Los Angeles City Planning and the Los Angeles Fire Department will need to draft recommendations for a regulatory framework for a permanent al fresco program.
During a State of the City address in April 2021, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, In a city whose unofficial motto is 72 and sunny, let s make al fresco dining permanent.
The operator of a major U.S. fuel pipeline said Monday it hopes to have services mostly restored by the end of the week as the FBI and administration officials identified the culprits of a ransomware attack as a gang of criminal hackers. The attack stunned the Biden administration and the energy industry.
Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45 percent of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, was forced on Saturday to halt operations after revealing an attack that it said had affected some of its systems. On Monday, U.S. officials sought to soothe concerns about price spikes or damage to the economy by stressing that the fuel supply had so far not been disrupted. Colonial Pipeline said it is working toward “substantially restoring operational service” within days (The Associated Press).
The series of sit-downs will give leaders a sense if a bipartisan bill is possible by early July, which is Pelosi’s stated goal, or if Democrats will be forced to go it alone and advance a bill via budget reconciliation and a simple majority.
As The Hill’s Jordain Carney notes, the next 100 days will also serve as a crucial test for the majority party. Schumer noted in a recent interview that along with infrastructure, the Senate is likely to vote on a number of partisan measures, including a bill to overhaul federal elections, which Republicans oppose. That legislation, coupled with a progressive push to pass a $15 minimum wage and a Washington, D.C., statehood bill, is amping up the pressure on the Senate to nix the 60-vote legislative filibuster.