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April 30, 2020

• Skilled Nursing Facilities (KNX – Margaret Carrero)

April 28, 2020

• Los Angeles County officials call for new protections for nursing home residents, staff (Fox 11)
• Increased COVID-19 Protections At Skilled Nursing Homes Approved By Supervisors (Hometown Station)

April 24, 2020

• Need for Better COVID-19 Data (LA Watts Times)

April 23, 2020

• New plan could provide aid to homeless senior citizens (Our Weekly)

April 20, 2020

• Los Angeles County is planning a COVID-19 small business support program (Archinect)
• Los Angeles ordinance requires food delivery platforms to provide protective gear for delivery workers during COVID-19, but some restaurants are still skeptical (Restaurant Hospitality)
• Roundup: California rushes to rescue small businesses feeling COVID-19 impact (China.org)
• Coronavirus golpea a los ‘Farmers Markets’: sus ventas caen a la mitad (La Opinion)
• L.A. DIGEST: Transit System To Reduce Services (LA Wave)
• NUMBERS TELL THE STORY: County Supervisors Seek Complete COVID-19 Demographic Data (LA Wave)
• ‘We can’t get well in a cell!’(LA Watts Times)
• Irene Hirano Inouye, champion of Japanese American causes, dies at 71 (LA Times)
• Covina Considers Legal Action After Local Hotel Signs Deal to House Homeless (CBS)
• Councilman Jawane Hilton Fights To Bring Covid-19 Testing To Carson (LA Sentinel)
• MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS ON HOMELESS SHELTERS (KPCC)
• Masks REQUIRED | L.A. County Issues New Face Covering Mandate (KPCC)

April 15, 2020

• LA County Board Approves Relief Fund For Small Businesses Impacted By Coronavirus (CBS)
• L.A. County to Create COVID-19 Relief Fund for Small Businesses (Urbanize)
• LA County to Gather More Data On Impact of Coronavirus by Race, Ethnicity (NBC)
• LA County Creates $28M Small Business Coronavirus Relief Fund (The Patch)
• L.A. County moves to protect delivery workers, limit number of customers in stores (LA Times)

April 13, 2020

• LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas on fixing disparities, keeping businesses afloat during COVID-19 (KCRW)
• Construction problems delay Metro’s $2-billion Crenshaw Line opening until 2021 (LA Times)

April 10, 2020

• Demographic Data and LA County’s New Testing Site at Charles R. Drew University (CBSN)

April 9, 2020

• Preventing price gouging in a pandemic (Our Weekly)
• CDU Embarks on Bringing Historic Medical School to Watts-Willowbrook (LA Sentinel)
• New COVID-19 Mobile Testing Site in South L.A. (LA Sentinel)
• Servicios de entrega de víveres gratuito para adultos mayores aquí… (LA Times Espanol)
• LA County Launches Free Delivery Service for Older Adults (Precinct Reporter)
• Black people are disproportionately hit hard by coronavirus. L.A. County is taking action (LA Times)

April 8, 2020

• COVID-19 Testing Site at Charles R. Drew University (KTLA)
• Testing Site Opens at Charles R. Drew University (CBS)
• New Testing Site at Charles R. Drew University (ABC)
• Statement by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas on the Passing of Irene Hirano Inouye (LA Post)

April 7, 2020

• COVID-19 and Demographic Data with Beverly White (NBC)
• New study seeks to learn if COVID-19 death rates are higher among African Americans (Fox 11)

April 6, 2020

• Supes to Consider More Aid for Small Businesses (SCV News)

April 3, 2020

• LA County COVID-19 Small Business Assistance Program (LA Post)
• County’s First Bioscience Fund Could Fuel COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine (LA Post)

April 2, 2020

• Ralphs and Food for Less Workers Get $2 an Hour Raise, Puts Them on Par With Peers (Voice of OC)
• County approves new safety measures for grocery stores (Beverly Press)
• Coronavirus: Seamstresses donate personal protective equipment to South LA hospital (ABC-7)

April 1, 2020

• Looking to brighter days, Natural History Museum wins county funding for a makeover (LA Times)
• L.A. County Board passes motion to protect grocery store workers, delivery drivers amid COVID-19 pandemic (Fox 11)
• Coronavirus: Grocery store workers fight for new protections amid COVID-19 pandemic (ABC7)
• Price Gouging Protections Strengthened In L.A. County Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic (KHTS)
• Some Of L.A. County’s Top Officials Talk About How To Stay Safe During The Coronavirus Pandemic PT 1 (KJLH)
• Some Of L.A. County’s Top Officials Talk About How To Stay Safe During The Coronavirus Pandemic PT 2 (KJLH)
• Health officer to take lead in protecting L.A. County jails from coronavirus (Antelope Valley Times)
• LA County leaders aim to broaden eviction moratorium to cities, using coronavirus emergency powers (SGV Tribune)
• Amid coronavirus threats, LA County leaders greenlight order to assess safety of jails (SGV Tribune)
• COVID-19 & Homelessness (KTLA)

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February 28, 2020

• Ten More Trailers Donated to South Los Angeles for Homeless People by Governor (My News LA)
• Trailers in South LA are providing shelter for homeless families with children (Intersections South LA)

February 27, 2020

• Civil Rights Champion, Rita Walters, Passes at 89 (LA Sentinel)
• Trailers in South L.A. are providing shelter for homeless families with children (USC Annenberg Media)
• Walkway over La Cienega will connect South L.A. to the beach (The Argonaut)
• Newsom Wants Cities To Lease State Land To Fight Homelessness. Here’s What Some Might Do (LA IST)

February 26, 2020

• Supervisor Discusses Arts & Entertainment for Black History Month (KTLA)

February 24, 2020

• Pioneering former L.A. Councilwoman Rita Walters dies at 89 (Los Angeles Daily News)

February 20, 2020

• Photographer Steven Williams Shares Snaps of his Godmother Ja’Net DuBois (EUR Exclusive/Look!) (Eurweb)
• L.A. Community comes together to construct “Safe Landing” housing project for homeless families (LA Sentinel)
• Supes Back Fernandeño Tataviam Petition for Federal Rcognition (SCV News)

February 19, 2020

• Does California need ‘another cook in the kitchen’ to fix homelessness? Newsom says yes (Los Angeles Times)
• Pan African Film Festival Screens a Record Breaking 225 Films (Broadway World)

February 18, 2020

• Stars Break Ground on Multi-Million-Dollar LADF Dodgers Dreamfields Project (Look At The Stars)
• Frieze LA 2020: What The Dealers Said (Artlyst)
• State Delivers Travel Trailers to South LA for Homeless (SCV News)
• South Los Angeles receives 10 trailers for homeless families from state (FOX 11)
• Children’s Institute Breaks Ground in Watts Celebrating a New Landmark In the Community (LA Sentinel)
• First travel trailers delivered to Los Angeles as part of emergency state action on homelessness (KUSI)

February 14, 2020

• California governor orders state to use vacant land for homeless (Moose Gazette)
• Gov. Newsom Sends Los Angeles County 10 Trailers for Homeless (California Globe)
• First Wave of Travel Trailers Arrive in South LA for Homeless Families (KNX)
• Frieze Week launches with Getty Museum gathering and Barbara Kruger celebration (Los Angeles Times)
• LA County program aims to keep homeless, mentally ill from returning to jails (ABC 7)
• LA County supervisors vote to rethink structure, function of lead homeless services agency (ABC 7)
• 10 Trailers Used by Camp Fire First Responders Arrive in South L.A. to House Homeless Families (KTLA)

February 9, 2020

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  Why two supervisors are encouraging Los Angeles County to hire formerly incarcerated workers (Salon)

February 5, 2020 

• L.A. County Jobs Program Will Aim To Diversify Film, Digital Media Workforce (My News LA)

February 4, 2020

• New county jobs program to focus on diversifying film and digital media industry (The Eastsider)

February 3, 2020

• Owning their pasts, students look to a future in homelessness services (Post Bulletin)